ABSTRACT
The content of the dissertation includes preliminary information and relevant support material in addition to the main body of the text. The Title page and Abstract come first, then the 'List of contents' which presents the headings of the chapters and any sub-headings exactly as they appear in the text, along with page numbers. It is also needed to have separate pages for List of tables, List of figures and List of appendices showing the exact details of the captions of each table and figure, and the exact titles of each appendix. It is useful to keep 'running' versions of these lists from an early stage. It is also really important to make sure that the various lists correspond exactly with what they refer to. 'Copy and paste' in word-processing can be used to ensure that each heading, sub-heading, figure caption, table caption, and appendix title are present in the lists exactly word-for-word as they appear in the dissertation itself.
