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FIT THESIS FORMATTING

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Douliery, O. (2012). President Barack Obama institutes limits on lobbyists and freezes salaries of high-paid aides.

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Tips

1. Use a TEMPLATE.

2. Use the PILCROW.

3. Use STYLES.

4. Use SECTION BREAKS.

Research Guides > Graduate Research

Template

Contains placeholder text

Contains styles

Pilcrow

Reveals spaces and breaks

Styles

View and apply styles

Create and manage styles

Styles

Font, alignment, line spacing

Summary of formatting

Styles

Page break before headings

Space between paragraphs

Section breaks

Page Layout > Breaks

Next Page or Continuous

Caveats

1. The template is a starting point.

2. You are responsible for document accuracy.

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Souza, P. (2012). President Barack Obama participates in a Twitter #My2k live question and answer session in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

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