Submission checklist
Thesis formatting checklist before submission
Use this checklist before sending your thesis to your supervisor, jury, printing office, or university submission portal.
Document structure
- Cover/title page follows the university template.
- Dedication, acknowledgments, abstract, and summaries appear in the required order.
- Introduction, chapters, conclusion, bibliography, and annexes are clearly separated.
- Section breaks are intentional and not randomly inserted.
Body formatting
- Body text uses the required font and size.
- Line spacing follows the guide, commonly 1.5 for the main text.
- Paragraphs are justified if required.
- Margins match the guideline on every section.
- Arabic, French, or English text uses readable fonts and direction settings.
Navigation pages
- Sommaire, if required, contains only major entries.
- Table of contents contains the required depth.
- List of figures is not empty and points to real figures.
- List of tables is not empty when tables are present.
- Navigation entries are clickable or updateable where required.
Figures, tables, and captions
- Every figure has a caption.
- Every table has a caption or title according to the guide.
- Images are visible in the DOCX and exported PDF.
- Large tables do not overflow page margins.
- Caption numbering is consistent across chapters.
Footnotes and references
- Footnotes are real Word footnotes.
- Footnote font size is smaller than body text if required.
- Website URLs, DOI links, and source details are preserved.
- Bibliography entries are not accidentally converted into footnotes or body text.
- Citation style is consistent if the university requires one.
Final export
- PDF opens without warnings.
- DOCX opens without unreadable-content warnings.
- Page numbers match between DOCX and PDF.
- No page has broken layout, missing image, or overlapping text.
- File name follows the university submission rule.