Format Training and Troubleshooting
As your document begins to take shape, it's important to also start thinking about formatting requirements. The easiest way to ensure your document meets the minimum requirements is to use the template designed for your college and utilize the Document Format Checklist found below.
The Graduate College requires the following:
- Students must follow discipline-specific style guidelines (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).
- Students must format the front of the document and other general formats to meet TAD guidelines.
- The student, advisor, and committee are responsible for the academic integrity, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and scholarly content of the document.
Templates have been designed with a Styles toolbar modified to reflect requests by each college pertaining to suggested style manuals.
Campus wide, the most popular style guides are APA (7th edition), MLA, and Chicago. TAD Services is happy to honor any style guide a student wishes to use provided the front matter, page order and other minimum formatting requirements are met.
Above all, TAD Services exists to help you produce a professional research document that represents your abilities, your college and the university in a positive light. Because all Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) are available for a full text download and indexed by all major search engines, it is in your best interests to ensure your document is consistently formatted, free from errors and easy to read.
Below is the most recent TAD formatting video. Click above to be taken to the TAD YouTube channel to find more videos.
For additional help with your document:
If you cannot find the answer you need in the resources linked above, please email tad@ohio.edu for additional assistance.