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Welcome to the latex-dissertation-template wiki! This is a public latex template repository to write dissertations. It complies with the visual identity of Coimbra University. It was mainly designed for the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias da Universidade de Coimbra, but it can be easily adapted.

Getting Started

Overleaf

Download the repository (code -> Download ZIP) and import the files and folders over to Overleaf.

Initial Configuration

In main.tex you need to change the following configurations:

• From line 158 to 162 you can insert your name, dissertation's name, place, supervisor and co-supervisor's name.
• In lines 211 and 212 you can change your epigraph (cool sentence to say)

In title_page.tex you need to change the following configurations:

• From line 16 to 18 change the Juries' names
• In line 28 change the sentence to match your course

To get your cover edit the misc/Capa_Dissertacao_A4comPag.docx and export as PDF with the name cover.pdf to the images/ folder (replacing the default cover.pdf).

Template Structure

The structure of this template is organized in the following fashion:

• chapter/ hold the .tex files regarding your chapters (eg. Introduction, Background, Conclusion etc...)
• bibliography/ have the .bib files
• images/ is a directory intended to store your images
• misc/ is a directory intended to store your other files. Can be used for store diagrams, ppts, etc...
• appendix/ stores the files regarding your appendix

This is as simple as one can get.

The main.tex is used to:

• Hold all the configurations (Formating options, styling options etc...)
• Hold the informations regarding your dissertation (Title, your name, supervisor etc...)
• Import the Chapter files (you have to import the chapters into the main.tex for them to compile)
• Import references and appendix

The list_acronyms.tex is used to:

• Hold all your acronyms (that can be referenced with \acs{} for short and \acl{} for the long form)