Fwd: Dissertation MAGIC

[Catherine Meador]

If any of you are writing your dissertation right now, congrats. Haven't looked at this link but trust Mary Ellen's judgment so, FYI if it's useful!

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From: Jason Metcalf <jason.andr...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: Dissertation MAGIC
To: MSTP 2009 <vand...@googlegroups.com>

Baller.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Kevin K. Kumar <kevin...@gmail.com> wrote:

In exactly two years and four months after starting phd, MEK is writing thesis.

Kevin K. Kumar

MD/PhD Candidate

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Medical Scientist Training Program

On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Mary Ellen Koran <m.k...@vanderbilt.edu> wrote:

Hey everyone, 

I found this and wanted to share because it is AMAZING. 

http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/services/exploratory/pdfs/word2010fordissertation.pdf

This will show you all the tricks you'll need when writing your dissertation so you don't have to fight with Word for 173894723498574389 hours. 

Not sure if you already know this, but I would recommend writing your papers/grants/any word docs using the styles and automatic heading/subheading structures in Word and the automatic insert captions. This made it EXTREMELY easy to transfer it into a dissertation because I could copy and paste it into the dissertation from the paper draft and Word would automatically update the Table of Figures/Tables, and the caption numbers.  

This pdf is so well done and it has saved me a ton of time. 

Hope it helps! 

Mary Ellen Koran
MD/PhD Candidate, MSTP

Thornton-Wells Lab, Center for Human Genetics Research
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Duke University, Class of 2009, BSE
Cell: 919.943.5114

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