Merging First 8 with Old Template - Thesis Processing Office

Merging First 8, Title

 

If you have an older template (before October 1, 2022): 

Nested Applications
Merging First 8, PC

 

PC

1. Download your First 8 Pages.

2. In the template, on the cover page (the questionnaire where you typed in your metadata), place your cursor after the very last word on the page (most likely "button"; for the CHDS template, click underneath the bottom border of the "Abstract" field to place your cursor there).

3. Press Shift+Control+Home to grab all the text above it.

4. Hit your Delete button to delete all of that text from the page.

5. You will be left with a blank page in front of the Table of Contents. 

6. Your cursor should now be blinking at the top-left of the blank page. If you do not see your cursor there or anywhere, it is likely because it is being hidden behind the section break on that first page, but rest assured, your cursor is there. 

7. Now, change the margins of that page: In Word's Ribbon, click Layout > Margins > Office 2003 Default. Leave the cursor where it is, blinking at the top-left of the blank page.

8. Next, open your First 8 Pages file and copy the entire file (Control + A, then Control + C).

9. Go back to your template, where the cursor is still blinking at the very top-left, and press Control + V to paste in your First 8 Pages.  

Merging First 8, Mac

 

Mac

1. Download your First 8 Pages. Do not open it.

2. In the template, place your cursor in front of the Table of Contents heading.

3. Press Command + Shift + FN + Left Arrow button to select all the text and the hidden section break before the Table of Contents.

4. Hit the Delete button. The Table of Contents will now be the first page, and your cursor will be blinking in front of the "T" in the Table of Contents heading.

5. Now, move your mouse pointer all the way up to the system menu bar (has the Apple icon on the left).

6. Select Insert > File > choose your First 8 file > click Insert.

7. Your First 8 Pages will appear.

8. Finally, adjust the page numbering: On the very first page (the one that begins with "Do not Delete This Page"), 1) Double-click onto the footer to activate it. 2) Tap onto the page number ("vii") three times to select it. 3) Hit the Delete button.