Find Joy in Formatting
A beginner's guide to formatting your thesis or manuscript in Microsoft Office (Word & Excel)
Event Details
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Bata Library BL 411 or Zoom
Cost: Free
This a hybrid workshop. Please register on the SEP to join us in-person in Bata Library 411 or on Zoom.
Do you want your thesis or manuscript to have:
- an auto-generated table of contents/Figures/Tables?
- linked multi-level headings?
- linked figure/table captions?
- page numbers (in roman numerals & numbers?)
- aesthetically appealing graphs?
- tables with/without fancy borders?
- a single landscape page somewhere?
We've got you! Join Academic Skills for a 1-hour workshop on formatting your papers. Follow along step-by-step as an Academic Skills Instructor walks you through how-to take advantage of all the wonders of MS Office (Word & Excel)
Bring a draft of your work and follow along. Don't have a draft just yet? No problem! We will share a document you can use to practice your formatting skills.
Note: We will be working in Microsoft Word. This program is available free to all Trent University students. You can download and install it via myTrent>Services>IT Services. Please ensure you have access to this program (ideally in the desktop, not the browser version).
Contact Info
Sumiko Polacco, Academic Skills Instructor
spolacco@trentu.ca