Page Numbers
Page numbers must appear on each page of the disquisition, except for the Title page and the Disquisition Approval page. These two pages should not contain page numbers.
- Appearance – In the prefatory material (such as the Abstract, Table of Contents, List of Tables, etc.), page numbers must use lower-case Roman numerals (such as iii, iv, v, etc.). In the body of the disquisition (including Chapters, Tables, References, Appendices, etc.), page numbers must use Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.). In the prefatory material, the page numbering should begin at iii on the page containing the Abstract, as the Title page and Approval page are still counted even though they do not contain page numbers. In the main document, the first page of the first chapter must be identified as page 1.
- Font – Page numbers must use the same type and size of font as the text in the body paragraphs.
- Location – Page numbers must be center-aligned in the bottom margin of the page, at three-quarter inches (0.75”) from the bottom edge of the page, and they should not intrude into the text of the body of the disquisition. Likewise, content of the disquisition (such as paragraph text) should not obscure the page numbers.
- Page orientation – If you have a table or a figure that uses landscape page orientation, then page numbers must still appear in portrait orientation. In other words, the page number should appear in the same location as a portrait-aligned page number when the page is printed. This ensures that if your disquisition is printed, all of the page numbers appear consistently throughout the document. For help formatting landscaped pages, see Appendix C.