\documentstyle{thesis} \markboth{}{} \begin{document} %\vglue 1.6in \setcounter{page}{0} {\narrower The set of \LaTeX\ macros described in this manual is the culmination of two EE403/EE404 projects. The macros for the Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables, and the references are still quite rudimentary. What is needed is for someone to modify the document style so as to use the nice features of \LaTeX\ to automatically keep track of the page numbers. I would like to express my appreciation to Lily Barkovic for her help in exorcising the final stubborn bugs. \hfill{Pierce Cantrell} \hfill{April 1987} The following user manual was created by modifying Donna Knight's and Suzanne Lednicky's {\em \TeX\ Macros For Thesis Formatting} user manual. This document style was written for \LaTeX\ by Vijay Kodali and Mike Payne as an ELEN 403/404 Senior Design Project which was completed in August of 1986 at Texas A\&M University. \hfill{Mike Payne} This user manual and the accompanying software package are the results of our EE 403/404 Senior Design Project which we completed in August of 1984 at Texas A\&M University. In undertaking this project, our goal was to provide a beneficial service to the students in the Department of Electrical Engineering. We hope that our work will save you from all of the formatting hassles and enable you to spend more time in research and in perfecting the content of your thesis. I will be in College Station through December of 1984, and would appreciate your comments via VAX mail. I may even entertain questions and suggestions concerning our macros. My account name is 4smlednic--feel free to correspond. Good luck! \hfill{Suzanne Lednicky} \vfill\eject} \pagenumbering{roman} \tocontsect \tocsectionone{Introduction}{~~1} \tocsubsectone{Background}{~~1} \tocsubsectone{Getting Started}{~~1} \tocsubsectone{Where to Find the Files}{~~2} \tocsubsectone{Running Your Thesis}{~~2} \bigskip \tocsectionone{Using the Thesis Macros}{~~4} \tocsubsectone{The Title Page}{~~4} \tocsubsectone{The Approval Page}{~~4} \tocsubsectone{The Abstract Page}{~~6} \tocsubsectone{The Dedication Page (optional)}{~~7} \tocsubsectone{The Acknowledgment Page (optional)}{~~8} \tocsubsectone{The Table of Contents for Chapter Method}{~~8} \tocsubsectone{The Table of Contents for Section Method}{11} \tocsubsectone{List of Tables}{12} \tocsubsectone{List of Figures}{13} \tocsubsectone{The Reference Page}{14} \tocsubsectone{Appendices}{16} \tocsubsectone{The Vita Page}{16} \bigskip \tocsectionone{Formatting the Body}{18} \tocsubsectone{The First Page of the Body}{18} \tocsubsectone{Headings for Chapter Method}{18} \tocsubsectone{Headings for Section Method}{20} \tocsubsectone{Equations}{20} \tocsubsectone{Table and Figure Titles}{21} \bigskip \tocrefvita{Appendix }{22} \newpage \pagenumbering{arabic} \section{INTRODUCTION} \subsection{Background} The Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Texas A\&M University currently uses a text processing program called \TeX\ to generate theses. \TeX\ can create documents of typeset quality but is difficult to learn, requiring a great deal of time and effort on the part of the user, and is rather cumbersome to use. Donna Knight and Suzanne Lednicky were members of a EE 403/404 team that designed a set of macros called ``\TeX\ Macros for Thesis Formatting'' which somewhat alleviated this problem. However, their package does not allow virtual labeling of equation and reference numbers. The user must copy the macros into his or her directory in order to make use of the package. Of course, this does not make effcient use of available disk space. In light of these facts, a new software package that will further simplify the typesetting task by removing these hurdles has been developed for the Department of Electrical Engineering. This package incorporates the current \TeX\ Thesis Macros into a new \LaTeX\ documentstyle {\em Thesis} so as to utilize the many useful built-in functions available with this system. \subsection{Getting Started} Before you embark upon your thesis production, we suggest that you obtain a copy of the ``Thesis Manual'' from the Thesis Clerk and a copy of Leslie Lamport's {\em \LaTeX\ User's Guide and Reference Manual} which is available in the MSC Bookstore. If you intend to write equations in \TeX\ you may wish to purchase a copy of Donald Knuth's {\it The \TeX book}, which is also available in the MSC Bookstore. We are assuming that you have at least a basic understanding of \TeX\ , \LaTeX\ and the keypad editor. {\bf YOU} are responsible for meeting content specifications given in the thesis manual, and ultimately you are responsible for formatting your thesis according to the specifications given in the manual; we have just given you an easy way to do it. You will need to consult the {\em \LaTeX\ } and {\it The \TeX book} \space frequently, especially when producing mathematical equations. If you are broke, borrow them from a friendly \TeX pert! \subsection{Where to Find the Files} In the {\tt [TEX.LATEX.THESIS]} directory, you will find all of the files that we have written to aid you in formatting your thesis. All the {\tt .STY} files are located in the {\tt [TEX.INPUTS]} directory. You will only need to copy {\tt .TEX} files from {\tt [TEX.LATEX\-.THESIS]} directory into your account for your editing pleasure. We have created a file for each of the preliminary and supplementary pages separately, and two for the body of your thesis ({\tt CHAPT1.TEX} and {\tt CHAPT2.TEX}). We did this for a purpose. If you need to make a change in any of these pages, you need only run that page, instead of your entire thesis. If you need to see any of our macros, they are stored in {\tt THESIS.DOC}, {\tt THE12.DOC} and {\tt THETITLE.DOC} of the thesis directory. The appendix contains a sample thesis which illustrates the output from the files given in this document. \subsection{Running Your Thesis} The way \LaTeX\ handles page numbering is to keep a counter running as your document is produced. Since we have asked you to run the individual pages separately to perfect them, {\bf please do not be alarmed if the page numbers are incorrect!} The page numbers can be corrected by setting the page counter in the preamble of the input file using \verb+\setcounter{page}{n}+. We suggest you use separate files for each chapter and set the initial page, chapter, and equation numbers appropriately. This should keep you from running out of disk space. To set the chapter counter use \verb+\chaptercount= chapter number-1+. To set the equation counter use \verb+\setcounter{equation}{n-1}+. Sometimes a laser printer may be out of adjustment and your output may not be within the blueline. To alter the left/right orientation on the page change the parameter \verb+\oddsidemargin+ (see p.163 of the \LaTeX\ book), and to change the top/bottom orientation see parameter \verb+\topmargin+. We also advise that you run your final copy on regular paper and then have one of the copy centers run it off on blueline. It has been our experience that laser printers do a poor job on blueline. However, if you still want to use the blueline in the laser printer, see the paragraph below. When you are ready to run your final copies on blueline paper, you should insert \verb+\special{'^IF0XX0'}+ (no spaces) at the beginning of your final file and \verb+\vfill\supereject\strut+ and \verb+\special{'^IF1XX1'}+ at the end just before the end statement. These commands will cause your complete job to be printed from the top paper tray of the laser printer while it diverts any following jobs to the bottom tray. You should put your blueline paper right-side down and the top of the page nearest to you in the upper tray of the laser printer. This way you won't be donating all of your nice blueline paper to fellow \TeX\ users. %\bigskip %\noindent NOTE: For clarification, notice that all of the slashes in this %document are opposite to the backslashes that \TeX\ accepts. You should %always use the backslash found directly below the ``delete'' key on %the {\it Digital} VT100 keyboard when using \TeX. \section{USING THE THESIS MACROS} \subsection{The Title Page} The file which you will be using is called {\tt titlepage.tex}. Begin by editing this file (i.e. {\tt ed titlepage.tex}) and replace the data enclosed within the braces ({\it ``the first line of your title''}) with the appropriate information for your particular thesis. Remember to enclose all of the parameters within braces. If you are not including a particular parameter you must include a pair of empty braces ($\{\}$). As required by the Thesis Manual, the month must be either May, August, or December. The following is the file {\tt titlepage.tex} that you have copied into your account: \medskip \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \maketitlepage {First Line of Title\\ Second Line of Title} {Your Full Name} {Degree} % For example, `MASTER OF SCIENCE' {Month Year} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \doublespace \medskip\noindent Now run \LaTeX\ on the modified file {\tt titlepage.tex} as usual. \subsection{The Approval Page} We have created 4 forms of the Approval Page to accomodate the most common organizations of the Advisory Committee. Use only {\it one} of the following {\it Approval Page} files: \smallskip \begin{enumerate} \item For One chairman and 3 member use \verb+\approvalone+ \item For One chairman and 4 members use \verb+\approvaltwo+ \item For Two Co--Chairmen and 2 members use \verb+\approvalthree+ \item For Two Co--Chairmen and 3 members use \verb+\approvalfour+ \end{enumerate} \smallskip If you're not in one of these categories, either change your Advisory Committee or edit the approval page macro at your own risk! You will edit one of these files in the same manner that you did when creating the titlepage. Remember to enclose all of the parameters within braces. Examples of each of the approval files are shown below. Study the Thesis Manual for additional detailed information. Use one of the following and delete the others. \nobreak \bigskip \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \approvalone {First Line of Title\\ Second Line of Title} {Your Full Name} {Chairman's name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Head of Department's Name} {Month Year} \approvaltwo {First Line of Title\\ Second Line of Title} {Your Full Name} {Chairman's name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Head of Department's Name} {Month Year} \approvalthree {First Line of Title\\ Second Line of Title} {Your Full Name} {Co-Chairman's name} {Co-Chairman's name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Head of Department's Name} {Month Year} \approvalfour {First Line of Title\\ Second Line of Title} {Your Full Name} {Co-Chairman's name} {Co-Chairman's name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Member's Name} {Head of Department's Name} {Month Year} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \doublespace \smallskip \noindent NOTE: When you run the approval page, you may get some ``overfill hbox'' warnings with ``badness 10000.'' Neglect these warnings--hboxes are too picky! These warnings are due to the layout of the approval page which IS formatted correctly. (and beautifully!) \subsection{ The Abstract Page} You have two alternatives from which to choose in creating your abstract page. Use \verb+\absone+ if you have one chairman on your Advisory Committee; use \verb+\abstwo+ if you have two co--chairmen. Begin by editing this file and replace the data enclosed within the braces with the appropriate information for your thesis. Include the entire text of the abstract within one set of braces. As stated in the Thesis Manual, the text of your abstract must not exceed 350 words in length. The following is the file {\tt ABSTRACT\_ALL.TEX}: \medskip \goodbreak \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \absone {First Line of Title} {Second Line of Title} {Month Year} {Your Full Name} {Name of University} {Chairman's name} {Place your abstract between these braces. The text of your abstract must not exceed 350 words. Place your abstract between these braces. The text of your abstract must not exceed 350 words.} \abstwo {First Line of Title} {Second Line of Title} {Month Year} {Your Full Name} {Name of University} {Co-Chairman's name} {Co-Chairman's name} {Place your abstract between these braces. The text of your abstract must not exceed 350 words. Place your abstract between these braces. The text of your abstract must not exceed 350 words.} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \doublespace \subsection{The Dedication Page (optional)} You may include a dedication in your thesis if you like. Using the \verb+\dedicate+ command, you can enter in as many names as will fit on one line. We recommend one or two names only. If you do not wish to have this page do not include it when you run your final thesis copy. The file that you will be editing looks like this: \medskip \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \pagenumbering{roman} \setcounter{page}{4} \dedicate{Name} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \medskip \doublespace For example, if you replaced the word ``Name'' in the above file with ``Suzanne and Donna,'' then you would get the following line appropriately spaced on its own page:\\ \smallskip \centerline{To Suzanne and Donna} \doublespace \subsection{The Acknowledgment Page (optional)} The file which you will be using is called {\tt acknow.tex}. Begin by editing this file inserting the data appropriate for your thesis. Place the entire text of your acknowledgment within one set of braces. If you do not wish to have this page, do not include it when you run your final thesis copy. The following is the file {\tt acknow.tex}: \smallskip \goodbreak \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \pagenumbering{roman} \setcounter{page}{5} \acknow{Place your acknowledgment within these braces.} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \doublespace \subsection{The Table--of--Contents for Chapter Method} There are eleven macros that you may use to produce your table--of--contents. The file that sets up the format and all of the preliminary spacing and the title is in {\tt tocchap.tex}. You will be adding your table of contents to that file using the following commands. Refer to the sample thesis to view the output. The macros are described below. \smallskip \noindent NOTE: You will have to enter the appropriate page numbers after you have made a trial run of your entire thesis. On all of the following macros you must enter all single digit numerals (page numbers) with two tildes preceding the number. (\~\ \~\ ) \medskip \begin{enumerate} \item \verb+\tochapone{Chapter Title}{Page no.}+ \item \verb+\tochaptwo{Chapter Title line one}{line two}{Page no.}+ \item\verb+\tochapthree{Chapter Title line one}{line two}{line 3}+ \verb+{Page}+ \end{enumerate} \medskip The above three macros are for one--line, two--line, and three-- line chapter titles respectively. You must decide how to break your titles into lines. These macros will produce a roman numeral before your chapter title (automatically as in the main body), and it will provide the leader dots and all other formatting. Pass your parameters within braces as usual. The formatting will only work if you use the appropriate macro for the length of your title! \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{4} \item \verb+\tocsubsectone{Subsection Title}{Page no.}+ \item \verb+\tocsubsectwo{Subsection Title line one}{line two}{Page no.}+ \item \verb+\tocsubsecthree{Title line one}{line two}{line three}{Page no.}+ \end{enumerate} \medskip The above three macros are for one--line, two--line, and three-- line subsection titles respectively. You must decide how to break your titles into lines. These macros will produce an alphabetic character before your subsection (automatically as in the main body), and it will provide the leader dots and other formatting. Notice that this does not mean {\it all} other formatting. If a {\it Chapter Title, References, Vita, or Appendix} is following your subsection include a \verb+\bigskip+ command after the page number (outside the braces!). \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{7} \item \verb+\tocssectone{Subsubsection Title}{Page no.}+ \item \verb+\tocssectwo{Title line one}{line two}{Page no.}+ \item \verb+\tocssecthree{Title line one}{line two}{line three}+ \verb+{Page no.}+ \end{enumerate} \medskip The above three macros are for one--line, two--line, and three-- line sub--subsection titles respectively. This macro will produce the subsubsection title and it will provide the leader dots and other formatting. Again, if a {\it Chapter Title, References, Vita or Appendix} is following your subsubsection include a \verb+\bigskip+ command after the page number (outside the braces!). \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{10} \item \verb+\tocrefvita{References or Vita or Appendix}{Page no.}+ \end{enumerate} This macro will delete the roman numeral before the {\sl REFERENCES}, {\sl VITA} and {\sl APPENDIX} titles. This is specified in the Thesis Manual. This macro will provide the leader dots and all other formatting. \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{11} \item \verb+\tocontchap+ \end{enumerate} This macro is already in the file {\tt tocchap.tex}. It provides all of the necessary formatting and the title for the first page of your TOC. There are no parameters passed to this macro. \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{12} \item \verb+\tocchapcontinue+ \end{enumerate} If your table--of--contents is longer than one page after you run it one time, you will need to use the above macro. This macro formats the following pages of your table--of--contents. Run your TOC one time. Note where \TeX\ is automatically breaking your TOC, and insert \verb+\tocchapcontinue+ where you want the second page to start. This command will format the second page. You will need to do this for each subsequent page of your TOC. There are no parameters passed to this macro. \subsection{The Table of Contents for Section Method} All of the macros for the subsections, subsubsections, References, Vita, and Appendices are exactly the same for the chapter and section method. Please refer to the chapter method to learn how to use them. The file that sets up the format, all of the preliminary spacing, and the title is in {\tt tocsect.tex}. You will be adding your own table of contents to that file using the following commands. Refer to the sample thesis to view the output. The macros are described below. \smallskip \noindent NOTE: You will have to enter the appropriate page numbers after you have made a trial run of your entire thesis. On all of the following macros you must enter all single digit numerals (page numbers) with two tildes preceeding the number. (\~\ \~\ ) \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{1} \item \verb+\tocsectionone{Section Title}{Page no.}+ \item \verb+\tosectiontwo{Section Title line one}{line two}{Page no.}+ \item \verb+\tocsectionthree{Title line one}{line two}{line three}{Page no.}+ \end{enumerate} The above three macros are for one--line, two--line, and three-- line section titles respectively. These macros will produce a roman numeral before your section title (automatically as in the main body), and it will provide the leader dots and all other formatting. Pass your parameters within braces as usual. The formatting will only work if you use the appropriate macro for the length of your title! \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{4} \item \verb+\tocontsect+ \end{enumerate} This macro is already in the file {\tt tocsect.tex}. It provides all of the necessary formatting and the title for the first page of your TOC. There are no parameters passed to this macro. \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{5} \item \verb+\tosectcontinue+ \end{enumerate} If your table--of--contents is longer than one page after you run it one time, you will need to use the above macro. This macro formats the following pages of your table--of--contents. Run your TOC one time. Note where \TeX\ is automatically breaking your TOC, and insert the above command where you want the second page to start. This will format the second page. You will need to do this for each subsequent page of your TOC. There are no parameters passed to this macro. \subsection{List of Tables} If your thesis contains more than one table, you need to include a List of Tables. You have the following 4 macros at your service to completely format this page: \verb+\tabhead+, \verb+\tabheadcontinue+, \verb+\tableone+ and \verb+\tabletwo+. You will be editing the file called {\bf\tt tables.tex}, replacing the generic parameters with your table titles and the corresponding page numbers. The Thesis Manual requires that for the List of Tables, you use just the first sentence of any lengthy title. Our macros allow you to have titles up to two lines long. After the initial \verb+\tabhead+, use either \verb+\tableone+ or \verb+\tabletwo+ consecutively as many times as you need to include all of your table titles, using \verb+\tableone+ for one-line titles and \verb+\tabletwo+ for two-line titles. If your List of Tables is longer than one page after you run it one time, you will need to use the macro \verb+\tabheadcontinue+ so that the heading on the second page of your List of Tables includes the word ``Continued.'' Include this command where you want the second page to start. There are no parameters passed to this macro. The table numbers are generated automatically; do not try to include them as parameters! The {\bf\tt tables.tex} file looks like this: \medskip \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \pagenumbering{roman} \setcounter{page}{9} \tabhead \tableone{Title of First Table}{~~7} \tableone{Title of Second Table}{~~8} \tableone{Title of Third Table}{~~9} \tabletwo{First Line of Fourth Title}{Second Line of Title}{15} \tabletwo{First Line of Fifth Title}{Second Line of Title}{16} \tableone{Title of Sixth Table}{20} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \doublespace \subsection{List of Figures} You must include a List of Figures in your thesis if you have more than one figure. The macros for figures are used in exactly the same manner as the table macros. (Please read our instructions for the List of Tables.) The only parameters for this macro are the titles of each of your figures and the corresponding page numbers. Don't forget to use two tildes when entering single--digit page numbers. (\~\ \~\ ) The {\bf\tt figures.tex} file looks like this: \medskip \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \pagenumbering{roman} \setcounter{page}{10} \fighead \figureone{Title of First Figure}{~~7} \figureone{Title of Second Figure}{~~8} \figureone{Title of Third Figure}{~~9} \figureone{Title of Fourth Figure}{15} \figuretwo{First Line of Fifth Title} {Second Line of Figure Title}{16} \figuretwo{First Line of Sixth Title} {Second Line of Figure Title}{20} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \doublespace \subsection{The Reference Page} You will be editing the file called {\bf\tt reference.tex} which contains the following reference entries: \medskip \goodbreak \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \setcounter{page}{9} \begin{references} \item Author(s) of Report, ``Title of Report,'' {\em Research Report,} Department of Publication, Name of University, Date of Publication. \item Author(s) of Journal, ``Title of article,'' {\em Title of Journal,} vol. Volume number, pp. Page numbers, Date of Publication. \item Author(s) of Book, {\em Title of Book.} City, State of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Date of Publication. \item Author(s) of Article, ``Title of Article,'' in {\em Title of Book.} Editor of Book, ED. City, State of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Date of Publication, chap. Chapters, pp. Page numbers. \item Author(s) of Article, ``Title of Article,'' in {\em Title of Proceedings Record,} Location of Symposium, Date. \item Author(s) of Article, ``Title of Article,'' in {\em Title of Proceedings Record,} Location of Symposium, Date. \item Author(s) of Report, ``Title of Report,'' {\em Research Report,} Department of Publication, Name of University, Date of Publication. \item Author(s) of Journal, ``Title of article,'' {\em Title of Journal,} vol. Volume number, pp. Page numbers, Date of Publication. \item Author(s) of Book, {\em Title of Book.} City, State of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Date of Publication. \end{references} \begin{supplements} \item Author(s) of Paper, ``Title of Paper,'' presented at the Name of Conference, City, State of Conference, Date of Conference. \item Name of Person, private communications, Date. \item I can put anything here. \end{supplements} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \medskip \doublespace All of these references are formatted according to the journal model, {\sl IEEE}\ {\it Transactions on Automatic Control}. You type in the references as shown above. Following your list of references, you may include a list of {\it SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCES CONSULTED} as outlined in the Thesis Manual. Examples of this are shown above. \doublespace \subsection{Appendices} The file called {\tt appendix.tex} will produce the first page for each of your appendices. It capitalizes and centers the appendix label and one or two lines of title. There are three parameters in this macro; be sure to include an empty set of braces if your appendix title is only one line. We suggest that you label each with alphabetic characters (Appendix A, B, C...), but you have the option to use another scheme. \medskip \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \setcounter{page}{11} \appendix{Appendix A} {First Line of Appendix Title} {Second Line of Title} \appendix{Appendix B} {Title of Appendix} {} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \medskip \doublespace \subsection{The Vita Page} The file which you will be using is called {\tt vita.tex}. Begin by inserting your brief biographical sketch as the parameter for \verb+\vita+ and your typist's name (which is probably {\it your} name) as the parameter for \verb+\typist+. Your {\it Vita} must not exceed one page in length. You should consult the Thesis Manual for other requirements of the {\it Vita} paragraph. Remember, since the whole paragraph is just one parameter, you must use only one set of braces. Do not enclose every line you enter with braces! This is what you will see in {\tt vita.tex}: \medskip \goodbreak \refspace \begin{verbatim} \documentstyle{thesis} \begin{document} \setcounter{page}{13} \vita{Place the text of your Vita between these braces.} \typist{Typist's Name} \vita{Place the text of your Vita between these braces.} \end{document} \end{verbatim} \doublespace \medskip If you decide that you do not want to acknowledge your typist in your document, then do not use the \verb+\typist+ command after \verb+\vita+ as shown above. \doublespace \section{FORMATTING THE BODY} \subsection{The First Page of the Body} The first page of the body of your thesis is a special one. The page numbering scheme needs to be reinitialized so that the page numbers will now be arabic instead of roman numerals. You are also required to make a footnote designating the journal model you used. We have this all set up for you with a \verb+\body+ command to be used after the first \verb+\chapter...+ or \verb+\section...+ command. \subsection{Headings for Chapter Method} \doublespace NOTE: Because this {\tt thesis} document style is just a modified version of \LaTeX 's {\tt article} document style it does not contain the \verb+\chapter+ command. We use instead the commands found in the {\tt tmacros}. \doublespace Now you are ready to enter the text of your thesis. This is the easiest part. These are six macros that are to be used for this task: \verb+\chapterone{}+ \verb+\chaptertwo{}+ \verb+\subsectone{}+ \verb+\subsectwo{}+ \verb+\ssectone{}+ \verb+\ssectwo{}+. The names may appear obnoxious, but at least you will not be confused about their functions. Most theses have chapters and subsections. You may wish to include a third level, or subsubsections in very detailed documents. \medskip \begin{enumerate} \item \verb+\chapterone{ The title of your chapter}+ \item \verb+\chaptertwo{Line one of Title}{Line two}+ \end{enumerate} \medskip These macros are for one--line and two--line titles respectively. You must type in the command in your text exactly as it is above, inserting the title of your chapter within the braces. These macros will appropriately format your chapter title, start a new chapter on a new sheet of paper, and skip the proper amount after the title before it begins to print your text. You do not need to leave any special blank lines or specify any spacing. The chapters are numbered with roman numerals automatically if you include more than one chapter in a file. With only one chapter to a file you will need to set the chapter number to one less than you want using the \verb+\chaptercount=n-1+. You will also need to set the equation and page numbers using \verb+\setcounter{page}{n}+ and \verb+\setcounter{equation}{n-1}+. \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{3} \item \verb+\subsectone{ The title of your subsection}+ \item \verb+\subsectwo{ Line one of title}{Line two}+ \end{enumerate} \medskip These macros are for one--line and two--line titles respectively. These macros left--justify and capitilize your subsection title. Include the commands exactly as written above replacing the title of your subsection within the braces. The proper amount of spacing for the text preceding and following the title is included in the macro. The alphabetic characters are automatic! Do not type them in. \medskip \begin{enumerate} \setcounter{enumi}{5} \item \verb+\ssectone{ The title of your sub-subsection}+ \item \verb+\ssectwo{Line one of title}{Line two}+ \end{enumerate} \medskip These macros are for one--line and two--line titles respectively. These macros center your sub--subsection title in upper and lower case letters. Include the command exactly as written above, replacing the appropriate title for your sub--subsection. The proper amount of spacing is included for the text preceding and following the title; do not add any spacing. \subsection{Headings for Section Method} Unlike the chapter method, the commands used in the section method are fully explained in the \LaTeX\ manual in Chapter 2. Because the {\tt thesis} document style is a modified version of \LaTeX 's {\tt article} document style, the sectioning commands here maybe also used for the {\tt thesis} document style. \subsection{Equations} The earlier version of this package (i.e., the \TeX\ thesis macros {\tt tmacros\-.tex}) included three macros for equations. The equation numbering features of \LaTeX\ have replaced two of these macros. We have kept one of the old macros \begin{displaymath} {\verb+\eqmynum{Equation}{Number}+} \end{displaymath} which allows you to insert your own equation numbers. This macro is useful if you need equation numbers like (20a). Our advice, however, is not to use equation numbers with mixed alphanumerics. If your thesis does not contain complicated mathematics, the material in Sections 3.3, 4.2, and Appendixes C.6 and C.9.2 of the \LaTeX\ manual will probably be sufficient. For sophisticated mathematics, which is \TeX 's real strength, you will also need to study the \TeX book. You need to pay particular attention to Section 4.2 of the \LaTeX\ manual where automated numbering and referencing of equations are described. This may seem like more trouble than it is worth. If you have ever removed an equation from the beginning of a paper and then had to renumber all subsequent equations, however, you will understand how much work this feature can save you. \subsection{Table and Figure Titles} Leaving space for figures and tables is particularly easy in \LaTeX\ . One common approach in theses is to put figures on separate pages. An easy way to leave blank pages for figures and still keep the correct page numbering is given below. \begin{verbatim} \begin{figure} [p] \vspace{8.0 in} \caption{Isn't this a pretty picture} \label{fig:pretty} \end{figure} \end{verbatim} In \LaTeX\ the \verb+\caption+ command is used in titling your tables and figures within the text of your thesis. Look on pages 59, 72 and 177 of your \LaTeX\ manual for more details on \verb+\caption+. \appendix{Appendix }{Sample Thesis Using \LaTeX\ Thesis Document Style}{} \end{document}