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Add a term paper or Thesis template to Word.
I would like Word (student and teacher version) to have a template a
student can use to write a term paper, essay, or thesis. This should include various writing formats: proposal, applications paper, dissertation, thesis, research project etc.) I want it to also include a template for the reference page; choices of either Chicago, APA or MLA style. Or any other popular styles. This will help students, young and mature, with work flow and fewer work interruptions. There should be a feature to save references so we can choose and input previously use citings or just create them while reading the source and input them when the paper is written. The synonym and dictionary feature should be periodically updated with new words. It's too basic for students and teachers. I use Microsoft Office 2003 for Students and Teachers. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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Add a term paper or Thesis template to Word.
I'm betting you would also like Word to automatically write your
term paper, essay, or thesis for you while you snooze on a tropical beach somewhere... tchicks wrote: I would like Word (student and teacher version) to have a template a student can use to write a term paper, essay, or thesis. This should include various writing formats: proposal, applications paper, dissertation, thesis, research project etc.) I want it to also include a template for the reference page; choices of either Chicago, APA or MLA style. Or any other popular styles. This will help students, young and mature, with work flow and fewer work interruptions. There should be a feature to save references so we can choose and input previously use citings or just create them while reading the source and input them when the paper is written. The synonym and dictionary feature should be periodically updated with new words. It's too basic for students and teachers. I use Microsoft Office 2003 for Students and Teachers. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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Add a term paper or Thesis template to Word.
tchicks wrote:
I would like Word (student and teacher version) to have a template a student can use to write a term paper, essay, or thesis. This should include various writing formats: proposal, applications paper, dissertation, thesis, research project etc.) [snip] I use Microsoft Office 2003 for Students and Teachers. Click File New to open the New Document task pane. Click the link in the pane to "Templates on Office Online". There are hundreds of templates there. Enter your terms in the Search box and see what comes back. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Add a term paper or Thesis template to Word.
LOL, NOT! No need for the sarcasm.
"garfield-n-odie" wrote: I'm betting you would also like Word to automatically write your term paper, essay, or thesis for you while you snooze on a tropical beach somewhere... tchicks wrote: I would like Word (student and teacher version) to have a template a student can use to write a term paper, essay, or thesis. This should include various writing formats: proposal, applications paper, dissertation, thesis, research project etc.) I want it to also include a template for the reference page; choices of either Chicago, APA or MLA style. Or any other popular styles. This will help students, young and mature, with work flow and fewer work interruptions. There should be a feature to save references so we can choose and input previously use citings or just create them while reading the source and input them when the paper is written. The synonym and dictionary feature should be periodically updated with new words. It's too basic for students and teachers. I use Microsoft Office 2003 for Students and Teachers. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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Add a term paper or Thesis template to Word.
My initial reaction was not unlike that of garfield-n-odie. Jay's response
was more productive, though. There are useful templates out there. Seriously, I hope Microsoft does _not_ take you up on the suggestions for changes to Word. I realize that you put some time into making the suggestions and they are heartfelt. It could make Word a lot harder for most general users to use. Each time specialized features are added, they make Word more complicated and risk making current features not work as well as they do now. They seldom work well enough to really be helpful. (Take a look at the Master Document "feature.") To the extent Microsoft can develop and distribute templates that do what you want, more power to them, and you. The synonymn and dictionary are updated periodically, but not monthly, probably just when a new version of Word is released. There are other tools available for this. If you are using Word instead of a real dictionary and thesaurus for your research, you are limiting yourself. These tools in Word are intended to be rudimentary and are helpful for general writers. The cross-reference features already in Word are very powerful and few people are willing to take the time to learn them. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "tchicks" wrote in message ... I would like Word (student and teacher version) to have a template a student can use to write a term paper, essay, or thesis. This should include various writing formats: proposal, applications paper, dissertation, thesis, research project etc.) I want it to also include a template for the reference page; choices of either Chicago, APA or MLA style. Or any other popular styles. This will help students, young and mature, with work flow and fewer work interruptions. There should be a feature to save references so we can choose and input previously use citings or just create them while reading the source and input them when the paper is written. The synonym and dictionary feature should be periodically updated with new words. It's too basic for students and teachers. I use Microsoft Office 2003 for Students and Teachers. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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Add a term paper or Thesis template to Word.
Reasonable requests....
There are programs that will manage your citations for you so that you can use and reuse and format them automatically. I strongly doubt Word will ever have this feature, as it's quite specialized and there are already third-party solutions for those who would actually use it. Google for bibliographic management software--the big three (all discounted for students, aimed at academics/research scientists) are EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager, but there may be cheaper ones more suited to a student's limited needs. Otherwise, copy and paste and Find & Replace can save quite a lot of time. Like Jay said, the templates you want are probably already online. If MS has not created them, try searching the web via google. Re the various writing formats, most schools/professors tend to have their own preferred styles for the layout and formatting of dissertations, research projects, etc, so a template would not necessarily be that helpful. If you are hoping templates would help with the content of such things, e.g., how to organize them, what to put in them, god forbid that such issues get left up to Microsoft and then distributed to the entire world. Again, there are many "how to write a paper proposal" etc, guides on the internet. Better to have students searching the web for a selection and choosing the tips most appropriate for their topic, than to inflict a "one-size-fits-all" solution on the globe. However, if other people find your suggestions, I suspect it would get lots of votes. An APA template is a very common request. On 1/20/06 11:14 AM, "tchicks" wrote: I would like Word (student and teacher version) to have a template a student can use to write a term paper, essay, or thesis. This should include various writing formats: proposal, applications paper, dissertation, thesis, research project etc.) I want it to also include a template for the reference page; choices of either Chicago, APA or MLA style. Or any other popular styles. This will help students, young and mature, with work flow and fewer work interruptions. There should be a feature to save references so we can choose and input previously use citings or just create them while reading the source and input them when the paper is written. The synonym and dictionary feature should be periodically updated with new words. It's too basic for students and teachers. I use Microsoft Office 2003 for Students and Teachers. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...=40f7e6ed-5a41 -4ce8-a2fc-6fbfc18b1f28&dg=microsoft.public.word.pagelayout -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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