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INLS161-001 fall 2026
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Style application and inline style modification

Apply different styles to different parts of the document

Start first on the title page of the document.

  1. On the first page of the document, apply the modified Title style to the words EVERYBODY'S TALKING AT ME: INFORMATION FLOW IN A COMMAND-AND-CONTROL ENVIRONMENT
  2. Apply the modified Subtitle style to all the words from Pat Johnson to December 2026
  3. Apply the modified Approvals style to all the words from Approved by: to Christopher C. Fordham
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Apply a Heading 1 style to the words

  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Relevant Literature
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendix

The Table of Contents tool will find each instance of a Heading 1 for the Table of Contents we will create later.

Text formatting (not STYLE formatting)

Style formatting is akin to changing a style definition in a stylesheet;
Text formatting is akin to doing an inline style declaration on a particular object.

Modify the line reading Approved by on the title page

  1. to have a spacing before of 72 pts

72 points on this line places the line two inches below the line above it.

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We need to ensure the copyright page follows the Thesis and Dissertation Guide instructions.

Find the text that reads © 2026 (followed by Pat Johnson and ALL RIGHTS RESERVED).

  1. The guidance says the last line of the copyright should be centered 2″ above the bottom of the page. Since the footer takes the bottom inch of the page, the last line ("ALL RIGHTS RESERVED") should be one inch above the footer. To make this happen we will ensure the spacing before the copyright date ("2026") places the copyright in the correct location.
  2. Your page break should have put a blank paragraph immediately before 2026 on the same new page created by the break
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  3. using the paragraph ribbon, modify the line paragraph containing 2026 to have 552 pts before
  4. Then center all three lines center, using the paragraph ribbon.

This provides us the spacing to have the copyright at the bottom of page 2.

Note that 5524 pts is the correct setting for text using the Garamand font.
Other serif fonts may be slight bigger than Garamond, so you may need to adjust the spacing before "2026" to get the placement right.

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Do an inline style modification of the title.

After looking once again at our title, it doesn't stand out enough for our taste. We will modify this instance of the title style so it will stand out by bolding the title.

This modification will meet the standards in the UNC Graduate School Thesis and Dissertation Guide.

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