Latex thesis setup

Also, the code for compiling to PDF does not work so well in Windows, and so it is recommended that Windows users use the template without PDF code. The guidelines for theses to be submitted to the University of Nottingham specify that: the document should be presented on single-sided a4 paper and typeset in a double-spaced size 10-12 font;

Your thesis could be the longest and most complicated document you'll ever write, which is why it's such a good idea to use LaTeX instead of a common word processor. LaTeX makes tasks that are difficult and awkward in word processors, far simpler. When writing something like a thesis its worth splitting up the document into multiple.tex files.

LaTeX is a great tool to create documents. It's based on the 'WYSIWYM' (what you see is what you mean) idea, meaning you only have to focus on the contents of your document and the computer will take care of the formatting. With LaTeX, it's very easy to create professional-looking material.

To do this we use the \appendix command to tell LaTeX that what follows are appendices. Again We'll write the appendix in a separate file and then input it. If we now compile the document, all our chapters will be added to the document and the table of contents will be automatically generated. Now we have a basic structure for a thesis set up.