Using LaTeX to Write a PhD Thesis

The author has used the LaTeX typesetting language since 1991 and has written a number of packages available on the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), including the popular "datatool" and "glossaries" packages. She has also taught LaTeX in training courses at the University of East Anglia and for the UK TeX User Group. This series developed from her course material.

Abstract 1. Introduction 1.1 Building Your Document 1.1.1 LaTeXmk 1.1.2 Arara 2. Getting Started 3. Splitting a Large Document into Several Files 4. Formatting 4.1 Changing the Document Style 4.2 Changing the Page Style 4.3 Double-spacing 4.4 Changing the Title Page 4.5 Listings and Other Verbatim Text 4.6 Tabbing 4.7 Theorems 4.7.1 The amsthm Package 4.7.2 The ntheorem Package 4.8 Algorithms 4.9 Formatting SI Units 5. Generating a Bibliography 5.1 Creating a Bibliography Database 5.1.1 JabRef 5.1.2 Writing the .bib File Manually 5.2 BibTeX 5.2.1 Author-Year Citations 5.2.2 Troubleshooting 5.3 Biblatex 5.3.1 Troubleshooting 6. Generating Indexes and Glossaries 6.1 Using an External Indexing Application 6.1.1 Creating an Index (makeidx package) 6.1.2 Creating Glossaries, Lists of Symbols or Acronyms (glossaries package) 6.2 Using LaTeX to Sort and Collate Indexes or Glossaries (datagidx package) A. General Advice A.1 Too Many Unprocessed Floats A.2 General Thesis Writing Advice Bibliography Acronyms Summary of Commands and Environments Index GNU Free Documentation License History