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Formatting your thesis in Word

This guide is primarily intended for those who use the Library's thesis templates in Word, but may also be useful for those who have chosen not to use the templates.

The Show/Hide button ¶ enables and disables hidden characters such as spaces, page and paragraph breaks, paragraph markers, and tab marks. We recommend typing with ‘show hidden characters’ enabled (¶).

  1. Go to Start > Paragraph.
  2. The Show/Hide button ¶ is located in the ‘Paragraph’ group.
  3. Click on the Show/Hide button ¶.