When
an undergraduate degree student or a master's degree student has
selected his dissertation topic and completed the research process
for his topic, the next step he would usually do is formatting the
dissertation document or the dissertation format process. The format
of the dissertation is based on the particular style guide or style
manual that is specified by the university or college lecturer. A
style manual is a published guide that contains the written standards
for writing and designing academic documents such as dissertations,
theses, and essays.