POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉAL

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POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉAL

affiliée à l’Université de Montréal

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en vue de l’obtention du diplôme de [Choose from the drop-down list]

a été dûment [Choose "accepté" for a thesis or "acceptée" for a dissertation] par le jury d’examen constitué de :

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DEDICATION

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Notes: For title pages and examples of tables of contents and a complete thesis, see the Examples in the Publishing a Thesis or a Dissertation guide.

Do not mention PhD, etc. after the names of the jury members.

There is no external member on the the jury for a master's thesis.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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RÉSUMÉ

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ABSTRACT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The TABLE of contents will be automatically generated here. Select this text, right-click it and choose "Update Field" or use the shortcut F9. Do the same thing for the appendices: select only the page number, right-click it and choose "Update Field".

AppendicES	5

IMPORTANT! If you are writing a dissertation or a thesis by articles there are articles in appendices:

The appendices with the style Titre sans numéro (Title without number) will appear in the Table of Contents before the APPENDICES line.

Once your document IS READY and you have updated the table of contents for the last time, cut the APPENDICES line above and paste it in the table of contents between REFERENCES and the appendix with your first article. See all the necessary information in APPENDIX A at the end of this template.

If, by mistake, you update the table of contents again and the APPENDICES line disappears, copy the table of contents and the APPENDICES line from the template, paste it into your document and start over.

If the table of contents does not recognize the Titre sans numéro style anymore (e.g., when appendices with the Titre sans numéro style no longer appear in the Table of Contents) or when the Titres sans TdM (= Title without Table of Contents) appear in the Table of Contents even though they are not supposed to be there, delete the existing table of contents except for the APPENDICES line and recreate it as follows:

References tab → Table of Contents → Custom Table of Contents... → Options... → Scroll down the list and enter 1 in the TOC Level next to the Titre sans numéro style. This list should also include Heading 1 with 1, Heading 2 with 2 and Heading 3 with 3 entered in TOC level, but nothing for the TOC level next to Titre sans TdM (if this is the case, delete the 1 there) → OK → OK:

LIST OF TABLES

Word 2007-2016 : Insert the tables and their captions in this document.

To update the list of tables:

Select the list of tables below, right-click it (or press F9) and choose "Update field" → "Update entire table".

Tableau 2.1 Exemple de tableau	5

Unfortunately, the numbering of the tables in the appendices will continue with the number of the last chapter before the References, e.g. 7.5 instead of starting with A.1. Number these tables manually, for example:

Table A.1 My table.

Attention! The tables in the appendices will not automatically appear in the List of Tables.

Manually add in the List of Tables a table inserted in an appendix (4 steps)

Insert a bookmark for this table:

Bookmark the destination (= the table in the appendix): Select the title of the table in the appendix → Insert tab → Bookmark → Bookmark name: type a name without spaces or punctuation marks, which must start with a letter. Use _ to separate words. → Add.

Enter the name of the table and the page number at the end of the List of Tables:

Table A.1 My Table98

Manually add a dotted line in the List of Tables, between the name of the table and the page number:

Home → Paragraph → Tabs... → Tab stop position: 16.5 cm / 6.5" / 16,5 cm / 6,5" (depending on the measurement units in your Word document and the language chosen for Windows), Default tab stops: 1.25 cm / 0.49" / 1,25 cm / 0,49", Alignment: Right, Leader: 2... → Set → OK.

Place the cursor between the name of the table and the page number, press the Tab key and the dotted line will be inserted.

Note on measurement units in Word (how to view or change them):

File → Options → Advanced → Scroll to Display → Show measurements in units of: Choose from the drop-down list → OK.

Add the hyperlink to the bookmarked table in the List of Tables:

Select the whole row with the name of the table, the dotted line and the page number in the List of Tables → Right click → Hyperlink… → Link to: Place in this document → From the list, select the bookmark for the table, previously created at 1 → OK.

LIST OF FIGURES

Word 2007-2016 : Insert the figures and their captions in this document.

To update the list of figures:

Select the list of figures below, right-click it (or press F9) and choose "Update field" → "Update entire table".

Figure 2.1 Exemple de figure	5

Figure 2.2 Un autre exemple de figure	5

Unfortunately, the numbering of the figures in the appendices will continue with the number of the last chapter before the References, e.g. 7.5 instead of starting with A.1. Number these figures manually, for example:

Figure A.1 My figure.

Attention! The figures in the appendices will not automatically appear in the the List of figures.

Manually add in the List of Figures a figure inserted in an appendix: see Manually add in the List of Tables a table inserted in an appendix (4 steps).

LISTE OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

The list of acronyms and abbreviations presents, in alphabetical order, the acronyms and abbreviations used in the thesis and their meaning. Examples:

ACI	Adenylyl cyclase 1

DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid

CaM	Calmodulin

HOT	Highly optimized tolerance

LIST OF APPENDICES

Word 2007-2016: Insert your appendices at the end of the document.

To update the list of appendices:

Select the list of appendices below, right-click it (or press F9) and choose "Update field" → "Update entire table".

APPENDIX A Title of the first appendix	14

APPENDIX B Title of the second appendix	16

INTRODUCTION

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The style of the chapter titles should be Heading 1:

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The style of the chapter titles should be Heading 1 (see the screenshot at Chapter 1).

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The style of the section titles should be Heading 2:

Table 2.1 Example of a table

Column	Column	Column	Column
Content	Content	Content	Content

Every table should have a caption, placed above the table, composed of a numbered label (e.g., Table 2.1) followed by the title of the table. The first figure in the numbered label is the chapter number (e.g., 2) and the second one is the order of appearance of the table in the chapter (e.g., the first table in Chapter 2).

All explanations regarding the table should be given in the text and not after the title.

The margins should be respected. If a table takes up more than one page, repeat the caption on the following page (e.g., Table 2.2 Title of the table (cont’d)). However, to avoid inserting long tables in the text, we recommend that you include large tables in appendices. If needed, change the Portrait orientation to Landscape.

How to insert a table in the text: Insert tab → Table:

How to insert the title of a table:

Select the table → References tab → Insert Caption → Choose Label: Table → Enter the title of the table in Caption after the numbered label Table x.x.

To create the numbered label Table x.x, choose "Include chapter number" and "Use separator: . (period)" under Numbering.

The List of Tables only considers "Table" labels and not "Tableau" labels.

A table is added to the List of Tables only if the style of its caption is Caption:

To renumber the tables in the correct order if other tables are inserted in the text, select each of the captions, right-click it and choose "Update Field" or press F9:

How to insert a Landscape table:

Insert a page break before and after the table and set the orientation of the page with your table as Landscape and the orientation of the page after the table as Portrait.

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The style of subsection titles should be Heading 3:

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How to insert an equation:

Insert tab → Equation → Insert New Equation → In the box, at the end of the equation, enter #(chapter number.equation number in the chapter) → Enter. The equation will be centred and its number will be aligned to the right:

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[Enter the section title]

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Figure 2.1 Example of a figure

Every figure (image, diagram, drawing, photograph, chart, graph, etc.) should have a caption, placed below the figure, composed of a numbered label (e.g., Figure 2.1) followed by the title of the figure. The first figure in the numbered label is the chapter number (e.g., 2) and the second one is the order of appearance of the figure in the chapter (e.g., the first figure in Chapter 2).

How to insert the title of a figure:

Select the figure → References tab → Insert Caption → Choose Label: Figure → Enter the title of the figure after the numbered label Figure x.x.

To create the numbered label Figure x.x, choose "Include chapter number" and "Use separator: , (period)" under Numbering.

A figure is added to the List of Figures only if the style of its caption is Caption:

Even though the figures in an article included in the thesis were called Fig. x (e.g., Fig. 2), in the thesis they should be called "Figure" (for example Figure 3.2, if the article is Chapter 3 in the thesis).

To renumber the figures in the correct order if other figures are inserted in the text, select each of the captions, right-click it and choose "Update Field" or press F9:

Here is another figure:

Figure 2.2 Another example of a figure

[ENTER THE TITLE]

The style of chapter titles should be Heading 1 (see screenshot at Chapter 1).

If you are writing a dissertation or thesis by articles, these articles may be included as chapters or as appendices. See Appendix A for information on including articles as appendices.

A thesis or dissertation by articles should have a single reference list, placed at the end of the document, which also includes the references in the articles.

Even if an article included in your thesis or dissertation has been submitted to or published in a journal that requires a different citation style, its references should be in the same style as your thesis (APA and IEEE are recommended).

[Enter the section title]

The style of section titles should be Heading 2 (see screenshot at 2.1).

Attention! If your document is slow, because it includes many pages and/or figures, consider creating a master document. More about master documents here.

Here is an example of a quotation longer than forty words:

Quotations longer than 40 words should be indented to the right and single-spaced. Do not enclose them in quotation marks. At the end of the quotation, cite the author, year, and optionally the page or paragraph. Do not add a full stop after the citation. (Author, Year, Page or Paragraph)

Enter your text here.

[Enter the subsection title]

The style of subsection titles should be Heading 3 (see screenshot at 2.1.1).

Enter your text here.

[ENTER THE TITLE]

The style of chapter titles should be Heading 1 (see screenshot at Chapter 1).

Enter your text here.

Insert a footnote: References tab → Insert a footnote.

[Enter the section title]

The style of section titles should be Heading 2 (see screenshot at 2.1).

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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The style of chapter titles should be Heading 1 (see screenshot at Chapter 1).

If there are no recommendations, this chapter can be named CONCLUSION.

REFERENCES

[Insert the reference list here.]

Normally, the references inserted with EndNote in the text and appendices will appear in the area above.

ATTENTION! If the reference list is created at the end of this document, in Appendix B, select these references, then copy and paste them into the area above ([Insert the reference list here.]). When new documents are cited in the text, the updated reference list will not move back to Appendix B.

A reference list and a bibliography are not the same thing. A reference list enumerates all the documents cited in the text, whereas a bibliography contains all the relevant documents consulted (books, conference papers, journal articles, etc.) during the research, including the ones that were not cited in the text.

We recommend that you use the APA or IEEE styles when writing your thesis or dissertation.

The references should always be presented in a consistent, complete, and coherent manner, according to the APA and IEEE Citation Guide prepared by the Library.

In general, academic research projects require an exhaustive bibliography, but a dissertation or thesis may also include a reference list. We strongly suggest that you use a piece of reference management software such as EndNote, which is able to import and manage references and to automatically format bibliographies or reference lists as you write. The Library has created guides for bibliographic management software (EndNote, BibTeX, Zotero) and also offers workshops on these topics. To learn about the dates of the workshops and to register, consult the Activity Calendar on the Library home page.

APPENDIX A Title of the first appendix

ATTENTION: Do not delete the word APPENDIX in "APPENDIX A"! A bookmark has been inserted so that the page number in the APPENDICES section in the Table of Contents is automatically updated.

To add another appendix, copy/paste in a new page the title above (APPENDIX A TITLE OF THE FIRST APPENDIX), select it, right-click it (or press F9), and choose "Update Field".

Do not type the titles of the appendices in capital letters, because they will automatically appear in capital letters in the table of contents and in lower case in the list of appendices.

Although necessary for understanding the dissertation or thesis, some additional materials can make them unnecessarily long. If need be, provide additional information in appendices with appropriate titles.

Attention! If you insert your articles in the appendices (e.g., APPENDIX C ARTICLE 1: TITLE OF ARTICLE 1 and APPENDIX D ARTICLE 2: TITLE OF ARTICLE 2), these appendices should appear in the table of contents after the APPENDICES line. To do this, the style of the titles APPENDIX C ARTICLE 1: TITLE OF ARTICLE 1 and APPENDIX D ARTICLE 2: TITLE OF ARTICLE 2 should be Titre sans numéro (= title without number):

The style of the titles of the appendices that should not appear in the table of contents should be Titre sans TdM (= Title without Table of Contents):

See more under the Table of Contents.

Unfortunately, the numbering of sections, tables, and figures in the appendices will continue with the number of the last chapter before the References, e.g. 7.5 instead of starting with A.1. Change these titles and captions to the Normal style and these numbers will disappear. Number these titles manually, for example:

A.1 Title, with two spaces between the number and the title;

Table A.1 My table.

ATTENTION! These titles and captions will not automatically appear in the Table of Contents, the List of Tables, and the List of Figures. See Manually add in the List of Tables a table inserted in an appendix (4 steps).

APPENDIX B Title of the second appendix

This appendix is landscape-oriented.

Do not type the titles of the appendices in capital letters, because they will automatically appear in uppercase letters in the Table of Contents and in lowercase letters in the List of Appendices.

To remove this page from the template, change it to Portrait mode before deleting it.

Footnotes should be brief and should respect the margins.