How to Write a Thesis in LaTeX pt 1 - Basic Structure

In this video series we're going to show you how to create a thesis using LaTeX. In this first video we look at getting the basic document structure right.
To see our corresponding blog post click here: www.sharelatex.com/blog/2013/...

[@Huesos138]

I've been trying to use other people's dissertation templates for a while now, but never with much success. Thanks to these tutorials I managed to make my own very quickly. Thanks!

[@EscepticoHumanistaUU]

This series is nothing short of AMAZING!!! Thank you. Thank you so very much!

[@sirjanpeterlock]

Excellent!!
I am half way through my thesis and was using a single .tex file, so it started to look quite messy.
Thanks for such simple explanation. Keep up the good work!

[@genesisxyz]

Fantastic tutorial, I need to do a thesis this days, I will use this video as a guide for sure!

[@ShareLaTeX]

Thanks! Glad you are enjoying it! Are there any other LaTeX features or topics you would like us to do a video about?

[@kunleilian3539]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. They are very helpful! Thank you!!!

[@saeedradmehr1976]

These tutorial series are very helpful.

[@ShareLaTeX]

Have a look at the corresponding blog post we've linked to in the video description for a more detailed look at the code.

[@ElGerys]

Bravo, excellent tutorial, thanks for sharing, keep the great work up!

[@daveamiana778]

Thank you! This has been very helpful.

[@HH-mf8qz]

Thank you so very much!!!!!!
You've made it short and included the most important and basic structure of a thesis in just 5 minutes and its easily extendable. luv u

[@HH-mf8qz]

@@monicat7405 Its just the basics. If you need pictures, then that would need a few lines more, but not much

[@janmeyer6958]

Still, TeXmacs is a more efficient tool for typing documents with a nice structure and mathematical formulas.

[@junuhunuproductions]

This is such an awesome tutorial!!

[@lamyaetaaj2872]

Excellent tutorial, thank you.

[@hafeez9084]

thanks for he tutorial. can you please tell me the syntax to change the font size of a single line, for example i want 26 font size for the title and 12 for the author. how can i do it?

[@elinoirsmythe224]

this is amazing, thank you so much

[@FKLinguista]

Could you explain the
/newcommand
command in particular? I stumbled upon it while trying to figure out how to change the section numbering to Roman numerals (still haven't quite figured that part out, yet, either!) Great videos! Thank you, so much!
FK

[@majd3265]

I can't thank you enough!!!!

[@legs4pnt]

Formidable, merci beaucoup...

[@ericaward1364]

Hi! Thank you for the tutorial! Quick question: What is the benefit of having separate .tex files for the chapters instead of just writing them in the main.tex file?

[@bijayaprasadpokhrel7429]

How to write chapter-wise conclusion/abstract in share latex? I need help.

[@2radix774]

4:49 how do i change the 'Chapter 2' into something different? i want to write document in different language and i don't want it to show english words

[@mikeylejan8849]

Hello how can I add equations? I am just planning to transfer the equations i made in word to latex

[@ShareLaTeX]

what in particular isn't clear?

[@stanciularisa6174]

why i have errors at every chapter saying it's missing begin document and end document part?

[@Adkorane]

Nice one!

[@joshithomas4819]

Thank you.

[@ehtisham49]

Thank You so much Sir...

[@Orbicalaz]

Hey how do you add roman numerals for the first few pages and have fist page of chapter 1 start at the number 1?

[@patrickjackson5194]

+Orbicalaz I realise you either know by now, or no longer care, but I use,

enewcommand{\thepage}{
oman{page}} % starting on the first page on which I want to have roman numerals.
% then I use

enewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{page}} % to return the count back to arabic numbers
\setcounter{page}{1} % this line returns the counter to 1
Hope this helps.

[@oukashy5155]

How to use Unicode font in the LaTeX ?

[@mangalanimakananisa6800]

Good day, great share. I tried to download ShareLaTex for windows and I am getting an error message for Java script. Please advise.

[@jonibekabdullayev2289]

How to draw complex analysis plots in Latex?

[@johnzahan]

Thankfully

[@KnowHow72]

COMPLETE tutorial with my UPLOADED CUSTOMIZABLE template! Please watch!
th-cam.com/video/JMwLr-cocMc/w-d-xo.html

[@martinliza4811]

Hi I am trying to acces my folders under structure, but I can not do what you are doing in the video. I am unsing a mac and Iam running TextMaker. THanks!

[@oliviamilton-thompson3047]

Hi Martin, did you manage to figure this out in the end? Because I have the same problem :(

[@beckysJourney]

Hey amazing series, you saved my day as I am wirting my bachelor thesis now :P I have one question though - How do I remove the extra title "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc over each chapter title? I think it is quite unnecessary and takes too much space, isn´t it?

[@janmeyer6958]

If you need mathematical formulas, then you may also consider using TeXmacs. It can be exported to LaTeX if needed.

[@giovannimarchi9417]

To remove "Chapter1" just add these two lines in the preamble
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}{}{}{0em}{\bf\LARGE}

[@aminamouhamed456]

Is this tutorial good for a thesis in physics too?

[@blaaablooo5233]

Legend

[@Orbicalaz]

how do I add another Appendix B?
\appendix
\chapter{Appendix Title a}
\input{chapters/appendix}
\chapter{Appendix Title b}
\input{chapters/appendixb}
???
urgent! thanks

[@edselvincentpaull.flores9237]

Is it case sensitive?

[@EngrHMHassan]

how to write nomenclature??

[@spideyjuano]

amazing! thank you :D

[@KnowHow72]

Tutorial with complete template!
th-cam.com/video/JMwLr-cocMc/w-d-xo.html

[@falakshah2735]

Hey. I made the chapter but it isn't compiling in the main.tex. Could you please help??

[@janmeyer6958]

Don't use LaTeX. It is notoriously hard to compile, so you will often have this kind of errors. You may consider using TeXmacs if you need maths or a clean document structure.

[@janvonschreibe3447]

Is it possbile to modify the name of the table of contents ? I want the title of the thable of contents to appear in French

[@janvonschreibe3447]

I found out. One has to put \documentclass[french]{report} as the beginnig of the report. But now I don't know how to change the font size to 12 pt

[@Pablo-wg1lw]

You may consider using TeXmacs. You can simply set the document title and font size from the menus.

[@vf2000]

Good, but sometimes we can not see what is writen, it's blur

[@ehtisham49]

I want codes to be clear. because i am a beginer

[@quckychang3486]

the fonts are so small...hard to learn

[@djemmalamer]

why arabic is not supported ?

[@jaspermay5813]

Arabic is supported, but unfortunately not as well as in the middle-eastern edition of Adobe CC (which uses the incomparable Decotype Tasmeem system by Thomas Milo). Traditional Arabic writing styles such as Naskh or Ruq`ah are difficult to typeset, because many letters change their shape slightly in combination with other letters.

[@kalyanimasram6900]

Thesis bnake milegi kya?

[@janvonschreibe3447]

Is it possible to display the chapter without the title Chapter 1 but just the number like 1. Name of Chapter 1 ?

[@ludvigpoulsen678]

Did you find out because I have the same problem...

[@kuzco7061]

Like Giovanni Marchi said a few months ago, just put those in the preamble
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}{}{}{0em}{\bf\LARGE}

[@sided41]

This tutorial didn't help me in any way. You claimed this information is applicable to other LaTeX processors, and yet there's no folder option in any of them except the specific one you're using.

[@Hecklit]

I use Visual Studio Code with the LaTeX Workshop Extension and it works fine.

[@Pablo-wg1lw]

LaTeX is complicated; use TeXmacs instead.

[@ehtisham49]

video is not clear. can you make it clear please???

[@lincymathews6521]

so bad is the camera. The minimum requirement was the clarity of video,, Terrible !!