Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table for Thesis Abstract Page

[xJippu]

My faculty has very strict policies on the appearance of a thesis. I'm trying to create a LaTeX thesis template for the faculty and I'm running into some problems with this table. I added a sample PDF of what it should look like.

The table needs to fill the page, and it needs to have "insert text here" cells ready for the user. I've managed to get it to look right, but some of the dimensions depend on the length of the text inside the cells. The large "abstract" cell in particular has proven to be troublesome.

What I've done is make a regular table in tabular-environment, play with column widths, row heights and spacing. Then I used a tabularx table inside the table to get that large paragraph box, but the height of the box depends on how many rows of text it has (try different attributes for lipsum and see how it changes). Also I couldn't figure out how to give \arraystretch a value bit more than -1 since now the text is touching the top lines.

I might be doing something else the hard way as well since I'm still a newcomer to LaTeX.

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\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[top=2cm, bottom=2cm, left=4cm, right=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{parskip}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\textbf{\Large ABSTRACT}\\
\textbf{\Large FOR THESIS}\hfill University of Oulu Faculty of Technology
\vspace{-6pt}
\begingroup
\scriptsize
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{-1}
\begin{tabular}{|p{33mm}|p{33mm}|p{33mm}|p{33mm}|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{Degree Programme (Bachelor's Thesis, Master’s Thesis)}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{Major Subject (Licentiate Thesis)}\\[4mm]
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{
%Fill in the name of the Degree Programme in full. If you are graduating in a special Master’s Degree Programme, fill in the full name of the Master’s programme.
Master of science
}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{
%In the Abstract of a Licentiate Thesis, you should fill in the Major Subject.
}\\[3mm]
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{Author}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{Thesis Supervisor}\\[4mm]
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{
%The family name of the author(s) comes first, and the given name last. For example: Surname, Firstname; Doe, John.
Doe, John
}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{
%The name of the teacher who supervised your thesis at the University; surname first, then the first letter of his/her given name, followed by his/her title (Dr, Prof., etc.).
Doe J Dr
}\\[3mm]
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{|l|}{Title of Thesis}\\[4mm]
\multicolumn{4}{|l|}{
%The title of the thesis. If the thesis itself is written in English, the title must also be in English.
A great title for a thesis
 
 
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[xJippu]

Hey guys!

I found an answer to my question by trial and error. Firstly, I removed the \arraystretch command completely, which made things a bit more neat. Secondly, I used a minipage-environment inside the table to create a static page for the actual abstract. Then I fiddled with cell heights and here's the result:

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\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[top=3.25cm, bottom=3.25cm, left=4cm, right=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\newcommand{\sectionbreak}{\clearpage}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{0pt}{\baselineskip}[0pt]
\usepackage{parskip}
\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
\section{ABSTRACT}
\vspace{-35pt}
\textbf{\Large FOR THESIS}\hfill University of Oulu Faculty of Technology
\vspace{-13pt}
\begingroup
\scriptsize
\begin{tabular}{|p{33mm}|p{33mm}|p{33mm}|p{33mm}|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{Degree Programme (Bachelor's Thesis, Master’s Thesis)}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{Major Subject (Licentiate Thesis)}\\[2mm]
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{
%   Fill in the name of the Degree Programme in full. If you are graduating in a special Master’s Degree Programme, fill in the full name of the Master’s programme.
}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{
%   In the Abstract of a Licentiate Thesis, you should fill in the Major Subject.
}\\[2mm]
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{Author}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{Thesis Supervisor}\\[2mm]
\multicolumn{2}{|l}{
%   The family name of the author(s) comes first, and the given name last. For example: Surname, Firstname; Doe, John.
}
&\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{
%   The name of the teacher who supervised your thesis at the University; surname first, then the first letter of his/her given name, followed by his/her title (Dr, Prof., etc.).
 
 
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