UCL Learning Portfolio

The aim of the session is to teach a large number of research students the necessary skills to quickly and effectively format content in MS Word, create a thesis template that meets university guidelines and save time to focus on your writing. You will follow a demonstration and use your own Mac to practice each technique.

The method of delivery, which includes the use of online screencasts which can be referred to after each session, allows a large number of students to attend and learn necessary skills.

This session will cover:

• How to use styles for quick and consistent formatting of content throughout your paper
• How to format your content in a high-quality style and create a template for your paper

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Move sections of content at speed
• Change the layout of pages from portrait to landscape to suit specific content
• Customise headers and footers in chapters
• Ensure tables are consistent in appearance
• Edit images and diagrams
• Use automated captions and cross references for objects
• Create a table of contents and use a wide range of shortcuts to save time.