Fit for Word - Table of contents, formatting templates & more.

The word processing program Word offers useful functions for academic writing, such as styles and automatic tables of contents. In the "Fit for Word" course, we show you how to effectively prepare your Word document for academic writing.

These topics are the main focus:

• Form and format of your scientific work document
• Table of contents, list of figures and tables
• Headers and footers
• References
• (Formatting) sections
• Important shortcuts
• Caching

Participants who have already started creating their document with Word will have the opportunity to revise their template during the event. Participants who have not yet created a document can develop a basic structure for their document.

Target group:
Members of THM with a writing task in Word.

Format:

Online via Zoom
or
hybrid: You can participate in person at the Friedberg or Gießen or online using Zoom.
Duration: 90 minutes

Regarding the dates

LaTeX - Typesetting technical/scientific texts with LaTeX

For publishing scientific results or writing academic papers and theses that require a professional layout, the typesetting program LaTeX can be used. LaTeX supports the layout process of documents – especially with extensive text and image material.

LaTeX is free and compatible with most common operating systems.

For working with LaTeX, we offer the course LaTeX - Typesetting technical/scientific texts with LaTeX , alternating between Friedberg and Gießen .

The first part of the course demonstrates how to work with the system and its capabilities. It also briefly covers the most important rules of typography. Afterwards, participants will be able to begin working with LaTeX. The following topics are the focus of the first part:

• Getting started with LaTeX
• Mathematical formulas
• Integration of tables, figures and quotations
• How cross-references to figures, tables and chapters work
• Convert existing texts to LaTeX
• Interaction with other scientific programs, such as Mathematica and Citavi

The second part presents a LaTeX template for writing a thesis at THM.

The presentation will be supplemented by:

• Exercises
• Your individual questions about LaTeX
• Support with the installation of LaTeX

Speaker:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolf-Rainer Novender, formerly Department of IEM

Target group:
Members of THM.

Format:

Alternating between the Friedberg and Gießen
Duration: 9:45 AM - 3:30 PM

Regarding the dates

We recommendinstalling LaTeX before participating in the course. All documents and installation files can be found at this link.