TITLE

STUDENT’S NAME
ID NUMBER
Supervisor’s Name

Name of Degree

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 TABLE OF CONTENT

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TITLE PAGE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv

TABLE OF CONTENT iv

LIST OF TABLES iv

LIST OF FIGURES iv

LIST OF SYMBOLS iv

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iv

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 4

1.1 Heading 1 4

1.2 Heading 2 4

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 4

2.1 Heading 1 4

2.2 Heading 2 4

2.2.1 Sub-heading 2.2 4

2.3 Heading 3 4

CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY 4

3.1 Heading 1 4

REFERENCES 4

APPENDIX A SAMPLE APPENDIX 1 4

 LIST OF TABLES

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Table 2.1 Sample table 1 4

Table 2.2 Sample table 2 4
 LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 1.1 Enabling the Developer Tab 4

Figure 1.2 Navigation Pane 4
Figure 1.3 Enabling the Styles pane 4
Figure 1.4 Styles pane on the right side of the window, listing all recommended
styles for selection 4
 LIST OF SYMBOLS

SBPWM Simple Boost Pulse Width Modulation

ZSI Z source inverter
 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SBPWM Simple Boost Pulse Width Modulation

ZSI Z source inverter
 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 UMP Thesis Template

Thesis formatting has long been one of the nightmares for postgraduate students.
More often than not, students find themselves spending more time than expected just to
format their thesis. Starting from 2016, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) provides
Microsoft Word template of the thesis format to UMP postgraduates. This module aims
to guide users (both postgraduates and undergraduates) to effectively use the template.
The module has been written with step-by-step instructions, accompanied with
appropriate diagrams. Its design is aimed at facilitating users with self-practice on the
computer simultaneously.

This document is a template created to ease the thesis writing process. The file
is in .dotx extension, a dedicated file extension for creating a template in Microsoft
Word. Before this template can be applied to your document, it is important that you
should enable several Microsoft Word features first.

1.2 Developer Tab

To create a new Microsoft Word document for your thesis based on this .dotx
template, just double click the file. A new document will open in Microsoft Word,
normally named Untitled.docx or Document1.docx. You can start writing your content
in that file without having to worry about thesis formatting. However, if you want to
apply this .dotx template to your current thesis, you need to enable the Developer Tab
option first. To do this, see Figure 1 .1.

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Figure 1.1 Enabling the Developer Tab
Source: Zuli (2016).

Developer Tab will allow you to apply this .dotx template onto any Microsoft
Word document files.

1.2.1 Navigation Pane

Navigation Pane is where you can browse through your thesis based on its
heading name. To enable it, see Figure 1 .2.

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Figure 1.2 Navigation Pane

As shown in Figure 1 .2, the option to enable navigation pane resides in View
ribbon.

1.2.2 Styles Function

The basis of applying any given template is controlled by the Styles function.
This function enables the formatting of texts and paragraphs to be predefined. It is
suggested that the Styles pane is placed on the right side of the Microsoft Word working
environment so that you can work through the entire thesis formatting and writing most

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efficiently. This can be done by clicking a small arrow as shown in Figure 1 .3. If your
pane appears to be floating, click and hold the window and place it on the right side of
the window.

Figure 1.3 Enabling the Styles pane

Once it has been secured on the right side of the Microsoft Word working
environment, the Styles pane should be able to show the predefined formatted texts and
paragraphs (see Figure 1 .4).

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Figure 1.4 Styles pane on the right side of the window, listing all recommended
styles for selection

Enabling the styles pane will allow faster and easier thesis formatting.

1.3 Summary

This chapter introduces users to the UMP Microsoft Word Thesis Template
in .dotx format and the basic features of Microsoft Word that need to be enabled first

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before the .dotx template can be used. Once these important features have been
enabled, your computer should be ready and the template can now be applied to your
document. You can familiarize yourself with the styles used in this .dotx template.
Some of the styles will be explained further in Chapter 2.

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 CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Heading 1

Heading 1 is used in naming each chapter. In this template, it is called Heading

1, UMP Chapter Title. In most cases, a thesis will usually have between five and seven
chapters.

2.2 Heading 2

The style used for this subchapter 2.2 is Heading 2, UMP Level 2.

2.2.1 Heading 3

The heading for Subchapter 2.2.1 is formatted with Heading 3, UMP Level 3.

2.2.1.1.1 Heading 5

In this template, Heading 4 is not used. Instead, the heading for level 4 will be
using the Heading 5, UMP Level 4. These are all the heading styles needed to format a
thesis.

Heading 6

Level 5 subsection will be headed using Heading 6 style. It is not numbered as

other headings.

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2.3 Other important styles

All styles developed in this template are essential to ensure proper formatting of
a thesis. The most widely used style is UMP Paragraph. This paragraph style is formatted
by UMP Paragraph syles.

Another equally important style is the caption. All captions for figures, tables
and equations are formatted using their respective styles prepared in this template.

2.4 Equations

As shown in Equation 2 .1, all equations must be systematically numbered. To

insert any equation, copy the whole equation and numbering as shown below and paste
them on the desired location. Then, edit the equation. The style used for equation is
Caption for Equation UMP.

y=mx +c 2.1

The paragraph that comes after an equation of a figure, has to be formatted using
UMP Paragraph 2. This is to allow some space between the paragraph and the caption
of the equation or the figure. This paragraph uses UMP Paragraph 2 style.

2.5 Quotes

In any case that a writer need to quote 40 or more words, block quotation should
be used. To insert a block quotation, use Quotation UMP style. All quotations must be
properly cited to avoid plagiarism.

On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are

designed to coordinate with the overall look of your
document. You can use these galleries to insert tables,
headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document
building blocks. When you create pictures, charts, or
diagrams, they also coordinate with the current look of
your document. You can easily change the formatting of a
selected text in the document text by choosing a look for
the selected text from the Quick Styles gallery on the
Home tab. You can also format the text directly by using
the other controls on the Home tab. Most controls offer
the option of either using the look from the current theme
or using a format that you specify directly.

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 However, if a quotation is short, in text quotation should be used.

2.6 Table

The text in the paragraph can be formatted using Table text style whereas the
header is formatted using Table header style. Meanwhile, the style for caption is called
Caption for Table UMP. Table 2 .1 shows an example of properly formatted table.

Table 2.1 Sample table 1

Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Source: Rahman (2007).

If the table need citation, use the Citation for Table UMP style at the bottom of
the table. To allow for greater flexibility, this template includes another two types of
styles for formatting tables, named Table text center and Table header center.

Table 2.2 Sample table 2

Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text
Test Text

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 CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY

3.1 Heading 1

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 REFERENCES

Use APA style according to alphabetical order.

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 APPENDIX A
SAMPLE APPENDIX 1

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