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hi! i am also new to latex and use macbook pro. I am using texshop which I downloaded somewhere (I forgot where) it is easy for beginners.

best wishes!

Hi,

I would like to make a dedication page in my thesis from my .sty file, I have this (for the abstract page).
\def\abswithesis{
\newpage
% Set up the default behavior for headers and footers
\thispagestyle{empty}
\prefacesection{ABSTRACT}
\abstextwithesis
}
What are the command names for ...

[!ht] [!hb] did not change anything but
the placein package helped
Thank you very much
7788

sorry I did not understand
but I understand everybody is busy
thanks very much again; here it is again
thank you
7788

the table
\newpage
\begin{table}[h!]
\caption{Frequency of categories generated}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{cp{7cm}rrrrrrrr} \hline
&\textbf{Theme \& Description}&\textbf{T1 ...

hi, thank you for the reminder
have I posted too much syntax..

my question please, is how do I stop longtable from moving around?

my next problem is I might not know how to ask or post questions properly;
sorry about that and thanks for letting me know

much appreciated
7788

hi everyone, I have a chapter in my thesis which I have used tables (example below)
after that I use longtable (syntax below).

The output shows the longtable before the table.

How do I get the longtable to appear after this table?

I also tried putting [h!] after \begin{longtable}{p{4cm}p{8cm ...

to Frabjous
thanks a lot
the \renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} worked
I put it in the thesis.tex

much appreciated
7788

hi again frabjous
I'm using a thesis template; that's why I ask about the mathphdthesis.sty file.
All the commands are there.
thanks very much again
7788

hi frabjous
\clearpage pushed the section to another page!
it worked thanks very much

the \renewcommand line that you sent me, should that be put in the .sty file?
thank you so much
7788

hi everyone
1. how do I force latex to start my subsection on a new page?
I put \newpage above \subsection{CAL variables}
but it's not working.

2. can someone tell me where to look for if I would like to make the whole thesis font sans serif. I know how to make \textsf{xx} but which command is it ...