INDESIGN for PHD thesis? Mad, I tell you, MAD!! Comment on Twitter regarding the use of InDesign for a thesis Scrivener is really great software for writing, esp. longer texts like a dissertation. However, it’s output options are a bit limited if you want to have decent formatting. It’s designed to write text, not to do layout. This isn’t a problem if you just need to produce a document you can give your supervisor for feedback, as you can simply compile the (necessary parts of the) Scrivener document as Word document or PDF (e.g., in APA paper style). But when you need to format your thesis for submission you might need another program. The easiest way is probably to use Microsoft Word. You find a few tips regarding headers and footnotes in this posting. But personally, I avoid using Word whenever I can. And I used InDesign to format my thesis for the submission version (the ones which ended up in the university library). However, InDesign is a professional DTP program and not exactly easy to understand. A reader (John) asked me about tips regarding InDesign. That’s a hard question without knowing how well the person already understands InDesign. Furthermore, [...]
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