information on thesis binding 

Graduation Requirements / University Library Requirements / Binding Procedures

Pay Binding Fee / Instructions for E-Thesis / Converting to PDF 

 Creating PDF Linkable Table of Contents / Deposit Copies to be Bound  / E-thesis Form

Graduation Requirements

• If you are participating in Commencement: The department requires a receipt for a copy deposited at the Library at least 10 days before commencement. College of Natural Resources also requires an e-thesis.  Other colleges encourage but do not require an e-thesis. 

• If you are not participating in Commencement: A receipt is due to the Department Representative no later than commencement day.

University Library Requirements

• Paper copy:  You are required to deposit a bound copy of your thesis at the University Library in order to complete your graduate degree. 

• E-thesis:  CNR graduates are required to file an electronic copy of your thesis to be made available from the University Library online catalog.  Graduates from other colleges are urged to provide an electronic copy.

Binding Procedures

• You may have your thesis commercially bound or the Library offers the service of binding the thesis for $9.00 a copy. Exceptional binding requirements (e.g. Text + videocassette) will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. For personal copies, a cardboard covering can be provided at no charge.

• For the Library copy, a black copy is preferred. The author and date will appear on the spine. 

• For Departmental/Personal copies, the author, title, and date of the thesis will appear on the spine:  

(Example of spine for departmental/personal copies)

Pay Binding Fee

•  Pay at the Main Circulation Desk on the first floor of the University Library if you are using the Library’s binding service.

Deposit Copies to be Bound 

• Deposit desired number of unbound copies of the thesis and complete the binding information form in room 12 in the library basement.

Please contact Anne Swenson 346-4937 (Room 12, University Library) for further binding information. The office is open in general from 8:00-4:30, Monday through Friday. However, hours vary during interim, summer and holidays. Please call ahead during these times.

Please also contact your department to see how many copies are required (or preferred) by advisors, department chair, or any other people involved.   

E-Thesis Information

The Library is providing online access to newly received UW-Stevens Point theses. All theses from the College of Natural Resources submitted with an electronic copy since the spring semester of 2006 will be available electronically from the University Library Catalog. Theses from other Colleges from 2008 on will be made available if submitted by the author. 

Instructions

The e-thesis may be submitted via Email attachment, Or submitted on flashdrive, CD, or DVD with your paper copy to Room 12 Library. Submitting theses in PDF format is urged and theses in PDF format will appear the way the author intended it to be. Students are required to complete the UWSP Library Electronic Thesis Access Agreement Form when submitting the thesis. This is done in room 12 Library.

• Students should convert Word documents directly to PDF using Adobe Acrobat Professional using the instructions below.  The Library will do the conversion if necessary.
• If any other program is used (WordPerfect, Microsoft Works, etc.), the document should be saved in Rich Text Format (RTF) before conversion. Please be aware that when converting to RTF, most formatting and outlines are lost. To convert to RTF: open the file, click on "File" / "Save As" / and select "Rich Text Format" as the file type. After the document has been converted to RTF, students can open the file in Word and convert the document to PDF.
• Students using MacIntosh computers can directly save to PDF from most programs.
   

Converting Word Files to PDF

In order to convert files to PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0 or higher (not Adobe Reader) installed on your computer.

1. Open Word file.
2. Click "File" / "Print"
3. Select "Adobe PDF" and click "OK"
4. Save file to desired location
5. Close Word file

Creating a Table of Contents (Adobe calls it "Bookmarks")

In order to create a linkable table of contents, you must have Adobe Acrobat Professional installed on your computer.

1. Open PDF file using "Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional" (not Adobe Reader)
2. Click on Hide to remove the "How To...?" pane.
3. Click on the Bookmarks tab at the left edge of the display.
4. Display page where segment to be bookmarked (listed in table of contents) begins.
5. Click on "Options" / "New Bookmark" (or, click on the icon of the open book with a red bookmark)
6. Type the label for the bookmark and press <enter>
7. Repeat steps 4-6 until all bookmarks are created.
8. If desired, embed bookmarks as secondary to others by dragging them to the Adobe icon left of the higher-level bookmark. A "-" appears to the left of the higher-level bookmark, and the embedded bookmark appears below it and indented.
9. If it is necessary to move bookmarks to different positions, just drag them to the correct position.
10. Save the file! (Save as same file. No need to rename it.)

• Electronic Thesis Access Agreement Form
  • Word Format