Many books, theses and reports are written in LaTeX using the report or book document classes. Often, the authors make use of the default chapter style. There are, however, a great number of alternative styles available, some of which being very fancy or playful. This post is a collection of alternative chapter styles available, some … [Read more…]
I recently wanted to add a few empty lines to a document for taking handwritten notes on a printed copy. Somewhat similar to a package available for slides created with the document class beamer (see handoutWithNotes). However, I couldn’t find a package that allows me to do that. So I wrote a few lines of … [Read more…]
Probably not for your thesis, but nevertheless worth checking out: Hanno Rein wrote the LaTeX Coffee Stains package which adds beautiful coffee stains to documents. Usage (coffee4) Stains cofeAm: 270° circle stain (see example above) cofeBm: 60° circle stain cofeCm: two splashes, light color cofeDm: colorful twin splash (see example below) Parameters alpha: transparency factor … [Read more…]
Writing a thesis is a time-intensive endeavor. Fortunately, using LaTeX, you can focus on the content rather than the formatting of your thesis. The following article summarizes the most important aspects of writing a thesis in LaTeX, providing you with a document skeleton (at the end) and lots of additional tips and tricks. Document class … [Read more…]
Besides various online services and scripts, there are several LaTeX packages that generate tables directly from CSV (comma separated value) files. The advantage is everything is in the tex-file in one place and one doesn’t have to switch back and forth between website/script and LaTeX when changes are made. The drawback clearly is their limited … [Read more…]