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+# University Of Southampton LaTeX documents
+LaTeX Documents for the University of Southampton. Mainly for Thesis and project reports
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+This whole folder can be moved into the ~/texmf directory to begin using the class files.
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+Created with docstrip `.ins` and `.dtx` files in the source directory. See the Instructions manual for more info about usage and building.