Dissertation Formatting—Inserting Blank Pages Make sure you

Dissertation Formatting—Inserting Blank Pages

Make sure you follow the guidelines below carefully or your document will be returned to

you for correction.

ProQuest copies of your dissertation will be printed double sided. To ensure that major pages are

positioned on the right side (odd-numbered recto pages) of the bound volume when it is laid

open, a blank page will need to be inserted after a chapter or section that ends on an odd-

numbered page. Inserting an even-numbered verso blank page will force the next chapter or

section to begin on an odd-numbered recto page.

These blank pages must be counted, but page numbers should not appear on them. However, if

you are using Word and are unable to remove the page number, do not worry. Insert the required

blank pages, PDF the document, and submit it to the ReDOC office. We will remove the page

numbers manually.

ProQuest will insert a blank page before and after your dissertation. Therefore, the first page of

your PDF file should be the title page, and the last page will be the vita. Follow the pagination

guide below for dissertation elements.

Element Page Number Appears Required

Title Page i (recto) No Yes

*Report of Dissertation

Examination form iii (recto) No Yes

BLANK iv (verso) No Yes

Dedication v (recto) No No

Epigraph recto No No

Acknowledgments recto first page Yes No

Table of Contents recto first page Yes Yes

List of Tables recto first page Yes No

List of Illustrations recto first page Yes No

List of Abbreviations recto first page Yes No

Abstract recto first page No Yes

Chapters of body recto first page Yes Yes

Appendix title page recto No No

Appendixes recto first page Yes No

Selected Bibliography recto first page Yes Yes

Vita recto No Yes

*This form will be inserted by the ReDOC Office. Include this page in the page count.

The preliminary page items, except for the copyright page, must begin on odd-numbered pages.

If your Table of Contents is more than one page, DO NOT put blank pages between pages after

the initial page. The additional pages of the Table of Contents will flow onto the even and odd

pages that follow. DO NOT add a blank page if the Table of Contents ends on an even page.

If a chapter ends on an odd page number, make sure to put a blank page before the next chapter

so that the chapter begins on an odd-numbered page. These blank pages WILL be part of the

page count. Therefore, you will need to adjust your Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, etc.

to reflect the addition of blank pages as needed. DO NOT ADD A BLANK PAGE IF A

CHAPTER ENDS ON AN EVEN PAGE.

If you have questions, contact the ReDOC office.

Sample Pagination. [Numbers in brackets

should not appear on the page. Sections are

shown as single pages.]

Blank

[iv]

Title Page

[i]

[ii]

Report of

Dissertation

[iii]

iii

Dedication

[v]

Blank

[vi]

Acknowledgments

vii

Blank

[viii]

Contents

Blank

[x]

Tables

Blank

[xii]

Illustrations

xiii

Blank

[xiv]

Blank

[xvi]

Abbreviations

Abstract

[xvii]

Blank

[xviii]

Main text

Blank

Appendixes

Blank

Selected

Bibliography

Vita

Blank