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

[Paul Harper <harper.paul.j@gmail.com>]

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Thanks for those replies. I basically followed Ken's suggestion. I started
with the Kings College London dissertation template and used writer2latex
to create a .tex file. Then I gradually built the the Org-File.

 I have ended up with something I can use to write using org-mode with a
nice Solarized-Dark theme instead of frying my eyeballs in LibreOffice. The
key things are the Table of Contents are in the correct place and I have
bibtex working the way I want.

The other thing is in the end I have to convert from the .tex file to a
.docx file using pandoc. So I'll have to do some minor edits in LibreOffice
anyway because it is not saving certain formating features like double
spacing. But that will be a two minute final editing job.

So now I just have to write 500 words a day for the next 30 days and I'll
have a first draft! ;)

Regards,

Paul

On 4 May 2015 at 23:20, Ken Mankoff <mankoff@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> For this type of one-off project (a thesis), I'd suggest you a) remove all
> Org-generated LaTeX header, b) create your own LaTeX preamble that you
> \include{preamble} in your Org file, and then all of your questions become
> LaTeX questions, not Org questions.
>
> Those LaTeX questions are likely easily googlable (or bingable) and found
> on TeX.SE. At the top of your Org document you can embed all the LaTeX code
> you want to generate the custom title and signature pages required by your
> institution.
>
> Just my 2c.
>
> On 2015-05-04 at 11:58, Paul Harper <harper.paul.j@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
>
> \clearpage command in LaTeX.
>
>   -k.
>



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Paul

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