
There is a lot going on in this draft thesis/dissertation template!  

Here is a quick overview to get you started:


1. See the "guidelines document" for dealing with these LuaLaTeX accessible PDFs at

https://pauljhurtado.com/latex/  (look for the link to a google doc).

There are many constraints, so please review the example thesis document and the above guidelines carefully!!!


2. The top of the header should mostly be left alone, but you'll want to start customize the rest of the header yourself starting at  

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%% EDIT THESE: TITLE, AUTHOR, add user defined macros, etc. from here to \begin{document}...
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Here you can input your title, name, and start adding custom macros, loading packages (be careful!), etc.


3. After \begin{document} there are various frontmatter pages... avoid editing those more than you need to! 

You should only need to edit the contents of the Abstract, Dedication, and Acknowledgements pages, the copyright page (optional) will autopopulate (comment out the optional pages aren't using, of course).

4. You WILL need to edit the Committee Approval page. The Committee Approval page was previously added by inserting the 1 page PDF form provided by the graduate school. This might mess with the document tagging, so instead I've made a native LaTeX version.  It will autopopulate with the title, author, and advisor information, and the MS/PhD differences too. 

You will only need to modify the committee member information. Make sure the final spacing looks like it agrees with the spacing in the grad school forms available at https://www.unr.edu/grad/current-students/filing-guidelines#6 .

5. Finally, the top-level sections here are chapters, and the main content after the frontmatter begins at 

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%%                     BEGIN   MAIN   CONTENT   HERE
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After that, consider keeping an original copy of Thesis-example.tex so you can refer back to it for guidance.

6. The document should work in oneside and twoside modes, the latter giving odd and even pages different margins to accommodate binding printed pages. Stick with oneside unless you get to the point where you need to print the final, submitted document. Double check that all pages labeled with odd page numbers are actually on odd pages of the full PDF (same for even). 