UCR LATEX Dissertation Template

and Advanced Manuscript Formatting

Gianluca Bianchin
[email protected]

Graduate Quantitative Methods Center

University of California, Riverside

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What is LATEX

LaTeX is a document preparation system.

When writing, we use instructions as opposed to the formatted text found

in WYSIWYG processors (“what you see is what you get”) like Ms Word

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This workshop

Good reasons to use LATEX:

Would like to use LATEX for dissertation, but don’t know where to start
Documents written by your peers look a lot fancier than yours!!!

In this workshop:
Downloading and understanding templates (UCR dissertation)
Provide references to “work your way around”

Difficulties with using LATEX:

Way more time consuming than MS Word
LATEX is a lot of “guess-and-check”
The most effective way is to learn by doing

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This workshop

Good reasons to use LATEX:

Would like to use LATEX for dissertation, but don’t know where to start
Documents written by your peers look a lot fancier than yours!!!

In this workshop:
Downloading and understanding templates (UCR dissertation)
Provide references to “work your way around”

Difficulties with using LATEX:

Way more time consuming than MS Word
LATEX is a lot of “guess-and-check”
The most effective way is to learn by doing

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This workshop

Good reasons to use LATEX:

Would like to use LATEX for dissertation, but don’t know where to start
Documents written by your peers look a lot fancier than yours!!!

In this workshop:
Downloading and understanding templates (UCR dissertation)
Provide references to “work your way around”

Difficulties with using LATEX:

Way more time consuming than MS Word
LATEX is a lot of “guess-and-check”
The most effective way is to learn by doing

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Advanced Formatting in LATEX: Outline

1 Getting started with templates

2 Working on the document body

3 Citations with BibTeX

4 Extras: Double spacing, environments, and editors

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 Getting started with templates

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Articles template: IEEE
Most scientific paper venues provide templates for manuscripts:

For instance: IEEE templates link

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UCR thesis template
If you are about to graduate ,:

UCR thesis template link

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Components of a template or LATEX documents

Source code file:

.tex file (source code)
⇒ the only document you should edit

Formatting files:
.cls file (document class file)
.clo file (class option file)
.sty file (style file)
.bst file (BibTeX style file)
.bib file (BibTeX file)

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Typical (.tex) document

Typical LATEX document:

Packages: Provide sets of

commands or affect the
appearance of the output
document

Commands: Provide markup,

start by backslash
\commandName[...]{...}

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Document Hierarchy: Chapters

The main matter of a typical longer document is divided into chapters

For longer documents it is desirable to separate chapters into different

LATEX files for better organization and readability

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Defining the main file in ShareLaTeX

The main document is the file which LATEX will be told to compile first

By default in ShareLaTeX, the main document will be set to be the

document in the project which begins with:
\documentclass[...]{...}

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 Working on the document body

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Backslash operator in LATEX

The Backslash operator is used for:

Commands
\section{}, \cite{}, \ref{}, \label{}, \begin{}, \end{}
Formatting
\tetxit{} (italic), \textbf{} (bold), \\ (new line)
Special characters and math
\sigma, \Phi, \frac{}{},\sum {}ˆ{}
Display reserved characters
\#, \$, \ˆ, \%, \&, \{, \}

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 Sectioning

Chapters can be organized into sections, subsections, subsubsections,

paragraphs, and subparagraphs:

1 \section{Title}
2 \subsection{Title}
3 \subsubsection{Title}
4 \paragraph{Title}
5 \subparagraph{Title}

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 Sectioning

Any sectioning command may be followed by

\label{labelName}
so that you can refer to the section number in the text

1 \section{My First Section}

2 \label{S:sec1}
3 We can reference "My first Section" in the text with the
command \ref{S:sec1}, while the command \pageref{S:sec1}
will reference the corresponding page.

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 Sectioning

Any sectioning command may be followed by

\label{labelName}
so that you can refer to the section number in the text

1 \section{My First Section}

2 \label{S:sec1}
3 We can reference "My first Section" in the text with the
command \ref{S:sec1}, while the command \pageref{S:sec1}
will reference the corresponding page.

NOTE
References are automatically updated whenever changes are made to
the structure of the document
Referencing requires compiling twice!

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 Numbered lists
A numbered list is created with the enumerate environment:

1 This space has the following properties:

2 \begin{enumerate}
3 \item Grade 2 Cantor; \label{Cantor}
4 \item Half-smooth Hausdorff; \label{Hausdorff}
5 \item Metrizably smooth. \label{smooth}
6 \end{enumerate}
7 Therefore, we can apply the Main Theorem.

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 Numbered lists
A numbered list is created with the enumerate environment:

1 This space has the following properties:

2 \begin{enumerate}
3 \item Grade 2 Cantor; \label{Cantor}
4 \item Half-smooth Hausdorff; \label{Hausdorff}
5 \item Metrizably smooth. \label{smooth}
6 \end{enumerate}
7 Therefore, we can apply the Main Theorem.

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 Bulleted lists

A bulleted list is created with the itemize environment:

1 We set out to accomplish a variety of goals:

2 \begin{itemize}
3 \item To introduce the concept of smooth functions.
4 \item To show their usefulness in differentiation.
5 \item To point out the efficacy of using smooth functions in
Calculus.
6 \end{itemize}

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 Bulleted lists

A bulleted list is created with the itemize environment:

1 We set out to accomplish a variety of goals:

2 \begin{itemize}
3 \item To introduce the concept of smooth functions.
4 \item To show their usefulness in differentiation.
5 \item To point out the efficacy of using smooth functions in
Calculus.
6 \end{itemize}

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Floating: tables and figures

Figures and tables are treated in a special way in LATEX since they cannot
be broken across pages

LATEX moves a table or an illustration (floats) to the top or bottom of

the current or the next page if possible
Further away otherwise

Placing tables and figures is often a tedious guess-and-check process, that

requires extensive online help

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Floating: tables and figures

Figures and tables are treated in a special way in LATEX since they cannot
be broken across pages

LATEX moves a table or an illustration (floats) to the top or bottom of

the current or the next page if possible
Further away otherwise

Placing tables and figures is often a tedious guess-and-check process, that

requires extensive online help

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 Tables

A simple table is set up as follows:

1 \begin{tabular}{ | c | c | c | }
2 \hline
3 cell1 & cell2 & cell3 \\
4 cell4 & cell5 & cell6 \\
5 cell7 & cell8 & cell9 \\
6 \hline
7 \end{tabular}

Sample tables:
ShareLaTeX page
OverLeaf page

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 Tables

Including captions and references in the text requires more effort

1 \begin{table}[h!]
2 \begin{center}
3
4 \begin{tabular}{ |c|c|c| }
5 \hline
6 cell1 & cell2 & cell3 \\
7 cell4 & cell5 & cell6 \\
8 cell7 & cell8 & cell9 \\
9 \hline
10 \end{tabular}
11
12 \caption{Table to test captions and labels}
13 \label{table:1}
14 \end{center}
15 \end{table}

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 Figures

\usepackage{graphicx} (in the preamble of main file!!)

A figure environment is set up as follows:

1 \includegraphics[width=4cm, height=4cm]{lion}

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 Figures

\usepackage{graphicx} (in the preamble of main file!!)

A figure environment is set up as follows:

1 \includegraphics[width=4cm, height=4cm]{lion}

TIP: organize your images in a single folder using:

\graphicspath{ {images folder/} }

Reference for figures:

ShareLaTeX page

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 Figures

Including captions and references in the text requires more effort:

1 \begin{figure}[h]
2 \centering
3
4 \includegraphics[width=4cm, height=4cm]{lion}
5
6 \label{figure:1}
7 \caption{This figure shows a lion.}
8 \end{figure}

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Formulas: in-Line vs displayed

Syntax of mathematical expressions

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 Displayed formulas

In-line formulas are delimited by $ $ symbols

Displayed formulas are defined through the equation environment

1 This is an in-line formula $\sum { k=0}ˆ{\infty} rˆk$,

2 while the following is a displayed formula
3
4 \begin{equation}
5 \label{E:geometricSeries}
6 \sum { k=0}ˆ{\infty} rˆk
7 \end{equation}

The equation number, which is automatically generated, depends on how

many numbered displayed formulas occur before the given equation

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 Displayed formulas

In-line formulas are delimited by $ $ symbols

Displayed formulas are defined through the equation environment

1 This is an in-line formula $\sum { k=0}ˆ{\infty} rˆk$,

2 while the following is a displayed formula
3
4 \begin{equation}
5 \label{E:geometricSeries}
6 \sum { k=0}ˆ{\infty} rˆk
7 \end{equation}

The equation number, which is automatically generated, depends on how

many numbered displayed formulas occur before the given equation

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 Displayed formulas

In-line formulas are delimited by $ $ symbols

Displayed formulas are defined through the equation environment

1 This is an in-line formula $\sum { k=0}ˆ{\infty} rˆk$,

2 while the following is a displayed formula
3
4 \begin{equation}
5 \label{E:geometricSeries}
6 \sum { k=0}ˆ{\infty} rˆk
7 \end{equation}

The equation number, which is automatically generated, depends on how

many numbered displayed formulas occur before the given equation

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Aligned formulas

Alignment is very important for multi-line formulas, especially when

working with double column documents.
LATEX has many ways to typeset multiline formulas.
One of these is the align environment.

To generate multiple lines, separate each line with \\ symbols

r 2 = s2 + t2 ,
1 \begin{align*}
2 rˆ{2} = sˆ{2}+tˆ{2}, \\ 2u + 1 = v + wα ,
3 2u + 1 = v + wˆ{\alpha}, \\ x+z
4 x = \frac{x+z}{\sqrt{s+2u}} \\ x= √
s + 2u
5 \end{align*}

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Aligned formulas

To create an alignment use the & symbol

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 Citations with BibTeX

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BibTeX: Basics

There are two ways of composing a bibliography in LATEX:

Package thebibliography (manual)
Package BibTeX (automated)

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BibTeX: Basics

Three elements of a bibliography in BibTeX:

Bibliographic database file
A bibliographic style
Citations in the text

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BibTeX: The Database

A BibTeX database has extension .bib and contains bibliographic entries

The keyword einstein is a TAG, and will be used to cite in the text
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BibTeX: The database

Common ways to (quickly) create a database are:

Google Scholar
Paper Management apps (Paperpile, Mendeley)

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BibTeX: The main file

The following command declares the database and makes the

bibliography visible:
\bibliography{nameOfYourBibliographyFile}

TIP: place it at the end of your document, before \end{document}

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BibTeX: The main file

The following command declares the database and makes the

bibliography visible:
\bibliography{nameOfYourBibliographyFile}

TIP: place it at the end of your document, before \end{document}

The following command defines the style of your bibliography

\bibliographystyle{styleOfYourBibliography}

Common styles and layouts link

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BibTeX: The main file

Only the entries referenced in the .tex file will be shown in the Bibliography

\cite{myBook} shows the reference in the bibliography and cites the

entry in the text
\nocite{pK57} shows the reference in the bibliography
\nocite{*} shows all references in the bibliography

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 Extras: Double spacing, environments, and editors

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Aligned formulas

Default document spacing (and more formatting) are specified in the

style-file ucr.cls (you are not supposed to modify this file)

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Compiling LATEX documents directly in your computer

Compiling documents directly in your computer may be desirable for faster

file management (images), faster compiling times, online app licence, ...

Installing LATEXon your computer requires two steps:

1 Install the typesetting environment

(MikTeX for Windows, MacTeX for Mac)

2 Use a text editor to create a .tex source file

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GradQuat at UCR

GradQuant:
Website: http://gradquant.ucr.edu
Workshops → Previous workshop resources
Resources → Programming and databases

If you seek help with LATEX:

Drop-in hours: Thursday 12pm-2pm
Schedule a consultation (Gianluca)
Email: [email protected]

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