PsuThesi (New Edition) Thesis Package Now Available

A new edition of the former PsuThesi thesis package has been released for public use. The new edition, version 1.1, is a Penn State thesis package for Microsoft Word users. It includes Word templates, styles and programmed functions which help produce a dissertation, masters thesis or Schreyer honors thesis according to guidelines set forth by Penn State. PsuThesi currently works with either the 2000 or 2002 versions of Microsoft Word for Windows. It is hoped that soon there will be an equivalent version for the Macintosh environment.

The New Edition is a complete rewrite with significant changes making the package easier to use and transport as well as conforming to the current software standards for Microsoft Word.

Some of the current features include the following:

• Automatic file creation and thesis layout
• Dynamic thesis settings and document style modification
• Automatic caption numbering, cross-referencing and tables of contents
• Text coloring options for captions numbers and references
• A selectable hotlist of frequently used phrases
• Five different bibliography referencing options
• A final thesis master document generator with dynamic table(s) of contents

Users of the older edition of PsuThesi (version 2.2 for Word 2002) should install and create files with the new edition and then import the text from the older files into the new ones (see the FAQ at the website).

Users of the more recent thesis package known as PsuLight can transparently upgrade to PsuThesi by downloading the program template into the existing PsuLight thesis folder (see the FAQ at the website).

Information, documentation and software download links, as well as other thesis resources can be found at the website: http://css.its.psu.edu/theses