Document Classes ⇒ Document Creation from Template

[adirakun]

I have downloaded a PhD template. But I am really confused how to use it, there is no guide

I use latest Ubuntu and LaTeXila for typing. I searched the web about how to use templates, but there is no guide again

Does anyone knows how to use it?

[josephwright]

What exactly do you need to know? This is essentially a standard LaTeX document, so we will need to know a bit more about what you are struggling with.

[adirakun]

i just want to make a document in this template but there are lots of datas, tex and sty files, this is weird.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Why do you think it's weird? The template author has already done much work for the user: for a complex document it's good to split it in files, such as one file for each chapter, which is already prepared.

You could have posted a comment on that site, either a question or a link to this forum where you can discuss the template.

I will send an email to the template author. Perhaps he has time to have a look here.

Stefan

[Vel]

Hi adirakun,

The template you have downloaded is perhaps the most complicated one to use on the website since a thesis is inherently a complicated document. If you are new to LaTeX I would recommend you start by reading the LaTeX WikiBook here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX and then try out some of the simpler templates on the website such as this formal letter: http://www.latextemplates.com/template/ ... mal-letter or this essay: http://www.latextemplates.com/template/ ... oned-essay. That should give you the knowledge you need to understand the thesis template.

Regarding that specific template, you do not need to worry about the sty file. The main "ClassicThesis.tex" file essentially bundles together all the other tex files into the thesis. If you look through it you will see where each one is included via, for example, "\include{FrontBackmatter/Titlepage}". You then navigate to the FrontBackmatter directory and open the Titlepage.tex file to edit the title page. If you work your way through every \include you will see what you need to edit where. Every tex file is extensively commented by me so it shouldn't be a problem to fill them out.

Hope that helps!