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\url{http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com}\\
\url{http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com}\\
Making the effort now means you're not stuck learning the system when what you \emph{really} need to be doing is writing your thesis.
Making the effort now means you're not stuck learning the system when what you \emph{really} need to be doing is writing your thesis.
For best practice information and how to write a large \LaTeX{} document (a~thesis perhaps..?) then an excellent source is \url{https://web.science.mq.edu.au/~rdale/resources/writingnotes/}.
For best practice information and how to write a large \LaTeX{} document (a~thesis perhaps..?) then two excellent sources are \href{https://web.science.mq.edu.au/~rdale/resources/writingnotes/}{Robert Dale's Writing Advice for Student} and \href{https://tug.org/pracjourn/2008-1/mori/mori.pdf}{Writing a thesis with \LaTeX{}}(Ch. 2 and 4 onwards)
This is a plain to read guide that will cover things you perhaps haven't thought of but probably should.
These are plain to read guides that will cover things you perhaps haven't thought of but probably should.
It will help you to achieve consistency in your \LaTeX{} markup and make sure your documents are well formatted and easy to maintain.
It will help you to achieve consistency in your \LaTeX{} markup and make sure your documents are well formatted and easy to maintain.
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If you are familiar with \LaTeX{}, go and explore the template and use it. Maybe start with putting your info in the section \emph{THESIS/DOC INFORMATION} block of the \verb|Thesis.tex| or \verb|Progress.tex| file. You can then modify the rest of this file to your unique specifications based on your degree/university. If you are new to \LaTeX{} then read about the file structure below.
If you are familiar with \LaTeX{}, go and explore the template and use it. Maybe start with putting your info in the section \emph{THESIS/DOC INFORMATION} block of the \verb|Thesis.tex| or \verb|Progress.tex| file. You can then modify the rest of this file to your unique specifications based on your degree/university. If you are new to \LaTeX{} then read about the file structure below.
\section{File Structure}
\section{File Structure}
The \verb|Thesis.tex| file is composed of two main parts.
The \verb|Thesis.tex| file is composed of three main parts.
Firstly, \verb|frontmatter| is all the information that goes before your \verb|mainmatter|.
Firstly, \verb|frontmatter|, \verb|mainmatter|, \verb|backmatter| as in Figure~\ref{matter_arrangement}
\begin{figure}[b]\caption{Separation of document content within thesis. Modified from \citet[p.~5]{latex_moril}. The symbol *
indicates optional sections and $^\circ$ indicates sections that should
not be in the table of contents.}\label{matter_arrangement}
\begin{elencopar}{frontmatter}
\item Title page$^\circ$%
\item Abstract*$^\circ$%
\item Table of contents
\item Other lists$^\circ$%
\item Definitions and Abbreviations*%
\item Acknowledgements*$^\circ$
\item Dedication*$^\circ$%
\end{elencopar}\\[\spacez]
%
\begin{elencopar}{mainmatter}
\item Inner chapters
\item Appendices*%
\end{elencopar}\\[\spacez]
%
\begin{elencopar}{backmatter}
\item Bibliography%
\item Glossary*%
\item Index*%
\end{elencopar}
\end{figure}
It is advisable to write each chapter (and possibly section) in a separate file to
It is advisable to write each chapter (and possibly section) in a separate file to
