1. On-Line Thesis Submissions http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/ethesis.html http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/documents/course.ppt http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/ethesis.html http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/documents/course.ppt Christine Jewell, Library cjewell@uwaterloo.ca, x35623 cjewell@uwaterloo.ca Steve Carr, IST (LaTeX) smcarr@uwaterloo.ca, x36444 smcarr@uwaterloo.ca Lisa Tomalty-Crans, IST ltomalty@uwaterloo.ca, x35873 ltomalty@uwaterloo.ca

2. Related Courses/Notes Creating Theses With Microsoft Word: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/thesis/ThesisCourse/WordTheses.html Creating Theses with LaTeX: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/saw/latex/ http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/saw/latex Word and PowerPoint Equations: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ec/equations/equation.html http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ec/equations/equation.html RefWorks (via http://library.uwaterloo.ca ) RefWorkshttp://library.uwaterloo.ca Details/registration for all above courses at: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/saw/index_real.html http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/saw/index_real.html Information on how to upload your thesis via the upload site can be found at: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/uploading-new.html http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/uploading-new.html – Also, ensure your email address in uwdir is correct at: https://ego.uwaterloo.ca/~uwdir/Update ) https://ego.uwaterloo.ca/~uwdir/Update

3. Word Issues http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/wordtips.html Page orientation, Page numbering Template Multimedia files/appendices – see http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/enhanced-new.html http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/enhanced-new.html Images – if your PDF file is very large consider making images smaller: change resolution, image type, or visual size (or consider submitting images separately; see http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/enhanced-new.html) http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/enhanced-new.html

4. Converting Thesis To PDF ActivePDF ($12 from MC1052) Acrobat Pro ($30 for faculty/staff, $55 for students from MC1052) or in some Nexus labs: – see http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/createpdf.htmlhttp://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/createpdf.html DEMO of PDF creation Use standard fonts; do not enable any security settings If your PDF file is very large, you could also consider optimizing your pdf file using Adobe Acrobat; see: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/createpdf.html http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/createpdf.html DEMO an online thesis submission: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/uploading-new.html http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/ethesis/uploading-new.html