<\/span><\/h3>\nMany institutes have a different layout for the title page. Instead of using \\maketitle<\/strong>, you can customise it using the titlepage code, which usually includes:<\/p>\n\\begin{titlepage}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\centering<\/strong><\/p>\n{\\Huge\\bfseries Your Thesis Title \\par}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\vspace{2cm}<\/strong><\/p>\n{\\Large Your Full Name \\par}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\vfill<\/strong><\/p>\nA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements\\\\<\/strong><\/p>\nfor the degree of \\textit{Master of Science}\\\\<\/strong><\/p>\nIn the Department of Your Department\\\\<\/strong><\/p>\nYour University Name\\\\<\/strong><\/p>\n\\vspace{1cm}<\/strong><\/p>\nMonth, Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\\end{titlepage}<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/span>Add Chapters and Sections<\/span><\/h3>\nNow you need to organise your thesis and create different chapters and sections using LaTeX. Here are the following commands that you need to consider:<\/p>\n
\n- \\chapter{Chapter Title}<\/li>\n
- \\section{Section Title}<\/li>\n
- \\subsection{Subsection Title}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Moreover, if there are some sections where you don\u2019t want numbered headings, use the code:<\/p>\n
\\chapter*{Acknowledgements}<\/p>\n
\\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}<\/p>\n
Thus, this way you can ensure that your content appears in the Table of Contents.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Insert Tables and Lists<\/span><\/h3>\nNext, insert tables and lists. Hence, for this, you need to use the tabular environment. Here is how it should look:<\/p>\n
\\begin{table}[h]<\/strong><\/p>\n\\centering<\/strong><\/p>\n\\begin{tabular}{|l|c|r|}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\hline<\/strong><\/p>\nLeft & Center & Right \\\\<\/strong><\/p>\n\\hline<\/strong><\/p>\nItem 1 & Item 2 & Item 3 \\\\<\/strong><\/p>\n\\hline<\/strong><\/p>\n\\end{tabular}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\caption{Example Table}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\label{tab:example}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\end{table}<\/strong><\/p>\nMoreover, you can refer to this table elsewhere using the \\ref{tab: example}<\/strong><\/p>\nNow, for the list, you should:<\/p>\n
\\begin{itemize}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\item First point<\/strong><\/p>\n\\item Second point<\/strong><\/p>\n\\end{itemize}<\/strong><\/p>\nFurthermore, for numbered list,s you should:<\/p>\n
\\begin{enumerate}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\item First item<\/strong><\/p>\n\\item Second item<\/strong><\/p>\n\\end{enumerate}<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/span>Add Citations and References<\/span><\/h3>\nCitations are the essential part of your thesis. Welle LaTeX allows you to manage your references using BibTeX. For this, you should create a .bib file (e.g, references.bib) with entries like this:<\/p>\n
@book{lamport1994,<\/strong><\/p>\n author = {Leslie Lamport},<\/strong><\/p>\n title = {LaTeX: A Document Preparation System},<\/strong><\/p>\n year = {1994},<\/strong><\/p>\n publisher = {Addison-Wesley}<\/strong><\/p>\n}<\/strong><\/p>\nFurthermore, in your main .tex file, cite it using:<\/p>\n
\\citet{lamport1994} discusses how LaTeX works.<\/strong><\/p>\nAdditionally, add these lines before \\end{document}:<\/p>\n
\\bibliographystyle{plainnat}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\bibliography{references}<\/strong><\/p>\nAlso, you need to compile using the sequence like:<\/p>\n
pdflatex \u2192 bibtex \u2192 pdflatex \u2192 pdflatex<\/strong><\/p>\nThus, this way you can ensure that the references and the bibliography appear correctly in your thesis.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Add an Appendix<\/span><\/h3>\nThe next step is to include the supplementary material, such as questionnaires, proofs, or raw data. Thus, for this use:<\/p>\n
\\appendix<\/strong><\/p>\n\\chapter{Questionnaire Used in the Study}<\/strong><\/p>\nMoreover, each of the chapters will be labeled alphabetically, like A, B, and C.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Customise Line Spacing and Margins<\/span><\/h3>\nWhen writing the thesis, remember that it requires 1.5 or double spacing. Hence, use the setspace package like:<\/p>\n
\\usepackage{setspace}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\onehalfspacing % or \\doublespacing<\/strong><\/p>\nMoreover, you can set margins using the geometry package.<\/p>\n
\\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}<\/strong><\/p>\nAdditionally, you can customise the top, bottom, left, and right margins individually as needed.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Split Content into Files<\/span><\/h3>\nFor a cleaner workflow, make sure to break your thesis into multiple files. Furthermore, for example: N<\/p>\n
\n- tex (contains the structure)<\/li>\n
- tex, chapter2.tex, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Additionally, make sure to include them in main.tex using:<\/p>\n
\\input{chapter1}<\/strong><\/p>\n\\input{chapter2}<\/strong><\/p>\n