Re: Converting a Dissertation Template from docx to .org to use for LaTeX

[Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>]

Hi Paul,

Paul Harper <harper.paul.j@gmail.com> writes:

> How do I get the preamble above the title?
>
> How do I make the fonts smaller in the title?
>
> I need some items to appear on a page of their own. (ie. Ethical Approval,
> Abstract, Declaration, Table of Contents.) How do I do that?

Do you know KOMA-Scrip?  It has good support for title pages.  Check
section 3.7 in the KOMA-Script manual.  If it has everything you need just
that.

If your university provides a latex template, and one department there
certainty will, why not use that?  Just port the university's class or
recommend preamble to Org via org-latex-classes,
org-latex-title-command, #+LATEX_HEADER or similar.

Alternatively, it's not hard roll you own title-page.tex.  An example is
below.

You may also find interest in Eric's experience on writing a thesis in
Org:

        http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-08/msg00113.html

Example of a titlepage:

\begin{fullsizetitle}
    \vspace{2cm}
    \begin{center}
    \begin{minipage}[t][0.89\textheight]{.80\linewidth}
      \sffamily
      \raggedleft
      \itshape
      \mbox{{\Large
          \PaperType\xspace  $\circ$ \University\xspace  $\circ$
          \Date}}
      \vspace{1.5cm}

      \noindent
      {\fontsize{20mm}{20mm}\selectfont
        \noindent\rule{.9\textwidth}{2pt}\\[.25ex]
        \noindent\Title

        \noindent\rule{.9\textwidth}{2pt}\vspace*{1ex}}


    {\fontsize{15mm}{15mm}\selectfont
      \vspace{3cm}
      {\Huge supervised by:\\[-1ex]
      \Supervisor}

      \vfill
      \makebox[\textwidth][r]{\parbox[b]{2cm}{\huge written\\[-1ex]by} \Author}
    {\huge \SubAuthor}}
    \end{minipage}
  \end{center}
\end{fullsizetitle}
\clearpage
% backside of titlepage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\mbox{}{\itshape\sffamily\noindent\vfill

    \noindent
    {\larger[2]{\rule{\textwidth}{.8pt}\vspace*{2ex}%
        I would like to thank \Supervisor for\cdots\\[1ex]\rule{\textwidth}{.8pt}}}

  \vfill\vfill\noindent%
  I would also like to acknowledge financial support from
  \begin{itemize*}
  \item f1
  \item f2
  \end{itemize*}}
\clearpage

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