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The front matter is the first thing a format reviewer opens, and it is often the first place a dissertation gets sent back. Rarely because the abstract is weak. It comes back because the title on the title page doesn't match the approval page, the Table of Contents points to the wrong pages, the roman numerals start over halfway through, or a table never made it into the List of Tables.
Every one of those is a hand-built problem. Front matter typed by hand goes stale the moment you revise a chapter. Front matter built from Word's own fields keeps itself current. This kit gives you both halves: what belongs on each page, and the Word wiring that lets the pages maintain themselves.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Front Matter That Passes (PDF guide) — the page order and where schools differ; the title page and the three errors I correct most often; the abstract, with a five-move skeleton and the keywords line; acknowledgments; roman-to-Arabic page numbers; a Table of Contents that builds itself; Lists of Tables and Figures; and a final front-matter checklist
The Word pages — title, copyright, approval, dedication, acknowledgments, abstract and keywords, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, and List of Abbreviations, already numbered i, ii, iii, with a section break that restarts Chapter 1 at 1. Use it as the base of a new dissertation file, or copy the pages into the one you already have.
An honest note: if your dissertation already has a live Table of Contents, page numbers that switch from roman to Arabic and hold, and inserted captions feeding its lists, you likely do not need this.
APA 7 gives you a correct foundation; your graduate school sets the front-matter order and the title-page wording. Where they differ, follow your school. Every page in the kit is built to move.
PAIR IT WITH
The APA 7 Tables & Figures Kit ($9) — build the tables and figures your lists will point to
APA 7 Dissertation Template — Full Edition ($15) — the whole dissertation, front matter included, already styled
START FREE
WANT IT DONE FOR YOU?
APA 7 Dissertation Editing — full formatting and editing, front matter to references
The front matter is the first thing a format reviewer opens, and it is often the first place a dissertation gets sent back. Rarely because the abstract is weak. It comes back because the title on the title page doesn't match the approval page, the Table of Contents points to the wrong pages, the roman numerals start over halfway through, or a table never made it into the List of Tables.
Every one of those is a hand-built problem. Front matter typed by hand goes stale the moment you revise a chapter. Front matter built from Word's own fields keeps itself current. This kit gives you both halves: what belongs on each page, and the Word wiring that lets the pages maintain themselves.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Front Matter That Passes (PDF guide) — the page order and where schools differ; the title page and the three errors I correct most often; the abstract, with a five-move skeleton and the keywords line; acknowledgments; roman-to-Arabic page numbers; a Table of Contents that builds itself; Lists of Tables and Figures; and a final front-matter checklist
The Word pages — title, copyright, approval, dedication, acknowledgments, abstract and keywords, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, and List of Abbreviations, already numbered i, ii, iii, with a section break that restarts Chapter 1 at 1. Use it as the base of a new dissertation file, or copy the pages into the one you already have.
An honest note: if your dissertation already has a live Table of Contents, page numbers that switch from roman to Arabic and hold, and inserted captions feeding its lists, you likely do not need this.
APA 7 gives you a correct foundation; your graduate school sets the front-matter order and the title-page wording. Where they differ, follow your school. Every page in the kit is built to move.
PAIR IT WITH
The APA 7 Tables & Figures Kit ($9) — build the tables and figures your lists will point to
APA 7 Dissertation Template — Full Edition ($15) — the whole dissertation, front matter included, already styled
START FREE
WANT IT DONE FOR YOU?
APA 7 Dissertation Editing — full formatting and editing, front matter to references