University of Waterloo Thesis Template
Author
Stephen Carr
Last Updated
2 years ago
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Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Official LaTeX thesis template for University of Waterloo, Canada
Official LaTeX thesis template for University of Waterloo, Canada
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% University of Waterloo Thesis Template for LaTeX
% Last Updated November, 2020
% by Stephen Carr, IST Client Services,
% University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
% FOR ASSISTANCE, please send mail to request@uwaterloo.ca
% DISCLAIMER
% To the best of our knowledge, this template satisfies the current uWaterloo thesis requirements.
% However, it is your responsibility to assure that you have met all requirements of the University and your particular department.
% Many thanks for the feedback from many graduates who assisted the development of this template.
% Also note that there are explanatory comments and tips throughout this template.
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% Some important notes on using this template and making it your own...
% The University of Waterloo has required electronic thesis submission since October 2006.
% See the uWaterloo thesis regulations at
% https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies/thesis.
% This thesis template is geared towards generating a PDF version optimized for viewing on an electronic display, including hyperlinks within the PDF.
% DON'T FORGET TO ADD YOUR OWN NAME AND TITLE in the "hyperref" package configuration below.
% THIS INFORMATION GETS EMBEDDED IN THE PDF FINAL PDF DOCUMENT.
% You can view the information if you view properties of the PDF document.
% Many faculties/departments also require one or more printed copies.
% This template attempts to satisfy both types of output.
% See additional notes below.
% It is based on the standard "book" document class which provides all necessary sectioning structures and allows multi-part theses.
% If you are using this template in Overleaf (cloud-based collaboration service), then it is automatically processed and previewed for you as you edit.
% For people who prefer to install their own LaTeX distributions on their own computers, and process the source files manually, the following notes provide the sequence of tasks:
% E.g. to process a thesis called "mythesis.tex" based on this template, run:
% pdflatex mythesis -- first pass of the pdflatex processor
% bibtex mythesis -- generates bibliography from .bib data file(s)
% makeindex -- should be run only if an index is used
% pdflatex mythesis -- fixes numbering in cross-references, bibliographic references, glossaries, index, etc.
% pdflatex mythesis -- it takes a couple of passes to completely process all cross-references
% If you use the recommended LaTeX editor, Texmaker, you would open the mythesis.tex file, then click the PDFLaTeX button. Then run BibTeX (under the Tools menu).
% Then click the PDFLaTeX button two more times.
% If you have an index as well,you'll need to run MakeIndex from the Tools menu as well, before running pdflatex
% the last two times.
% N.B. The "pdftex" program allows graphics in the following formats to be included with the "\includegraphics" command: PNG, PDF, JPEG, TIFF
% Tip: Generate your figures and photos in the size you want them to appear in your thesis, rather than scaling them with \includegraphics options.
% Tip: Any drawings you do should be in scalable vector graphic formats: SVG, PNG, WMF, EPS and then converted to PNG or PDF, so they are scalable in the final PDF as well.
% Tip: Photographs should be cropped and compressed so as not to be too large.
% To create a PDF output that is optimized for double-sided printing:
% 1) comment-out the \documentclass statement in the preamble below, and un-comment the second \documentclass line.
% 2) change the value assigned below to the boolean variable "PrintVersion" from " false" to "true".
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% D O C U M E N T P R E A M B L E
% Specify the document class, default style attributes, and page dimensions, etc.
% For hyperlinked PDF, suitable for viewing on a computer, use this:
\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt,titlepage,oneside,final]{book}
% For PDF, suitable for double-sided printing, change the PrintVersion variable below to "true" and use this \documentclass line instead of the one above:
%\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt,titlepage,openright,twoside,final]{book}
% Some LaTeX commands I define for my own nomenclature.
% If you have to, it's easier to make changes to nomenclature once here than in a million places throughout your thesis!
\newcommand{\package}[1]{\textbf{#1}} % package names in bold text
\newcommand{\cmmd}[1]{\textbackslash\texttt{#1}} % command name in tt font
\newcommand{\href}[1]{#1} % does nothing, but defines the command so the print-optimized version will ignore \href tags (redefined by hyperref pkg).
%\newcommand{\texorpdfstring}[2]{#1} % does nothing, but defines the command
% Anything defined here may be redefined by packages added below...
% This package allows if-then-else control structures.
\usepackage{ifthen}
\newboolean{PrintVersion}
\setboolean{PrintVersion}{false}
% CHANGE THIS VALUE TO "true" as necessary, to improve printed results for hard copies by overriding some options of the hyperref package, called below.
%\usepackage{nomencl} % For a nomenclature (optional; available from ctan.org)
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amstext} % Lots of math symbols and environments
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} % For including graphics N.B. pdftex graphics driver
% Hyperlinks make it very easy to navigate an electronic document.
% In addition, this is where you should specify the thesis title and author as they appear in the properties of the PDF document.
% Use the "hyperref" package
% N.B. HYPERREF MUST BE THE LAST PACKAGE LOADED; ADD ADDITIONAL PKGS ABOVE
\usepackage[pdftex,pagebackref=false]{hyperref} % with basic options
%\usepackage[pdftex,pagebackref=true]{hyperref}
% N.B. pagebackref=true provides links back from the References to the body text. This can cause trouble for printing.
\hypersetup{
plainpages=false, % needed if Roman numbers in frontpages
unicode=false, % non-Latin characters in Acrobat’s bookmarks
pdftoolbar=true, % show Acrobat’s toolbar?
pdfmenubar=true, % show Acrobat’s menu?
pdffitwindow=false, % window fit to page when opened
pdfstartview={FitH}, % fits the width of the page to the window
% pdftitle={uWaterloo\ LaTeX\ Thesis\ Template}, % title: CHANGE THIS TEXT!
% pdfauthor={Author}, % author: CHANGE THIS TEXT! and uncomment this line
% pdfsubject={Subject}, % subject: CHANGE THIS TEXT! and uncomment this line
% pdfkeywords={keyword1} {key2} {key3}, % list of keywords, and uncomment this line if desired
pdfnewwindow=true, % links in new window
colorlinks=true, % false: boxed links; true: colored links
linkcolor=blue, % color of internal links
citecolor=green, % color of links to bibliography
filecolor=magenta, % color of file links
urlcolor=cyan % color of external links
}
\ifthenelse{\boolean{PrintVersion}}{ % for improved print quality, change some hyperref options
\hypersetup{ % override some previously defined hyperref options
% colorlinks,%
citecolor=black,%
filecolor=black,%
linkcolor=black,%
urlcolor=black}
}{} % end of ifthenelse (no else)
\usepackage[automake,toc,abbreviations]{glossaries-extra} % Exception to the rule of hyperref being the last add-on package
% If glossaries-extra is not in your LaTeX distribution, get it from CTAN (http://ctan.org/pkg/glossaries-extra),
% although it's supposed to be in both the TeX Live and MikTeX distributions. There are also documentation and
% installation instructions there.
% Setting up the page margins...
% uWaterloo thesis requirements specify a minimum of 1 inch (72pt) margin at the
% top, bottom, and outside page edges and a 1.125 in. (81pt) gutter margin (on binding side).
% While this is not an issue for electronic viewing, a PDF may be printed, and so we have the same page layout for both printed and electronic versions, we leave the gutter margin in.
% Set margins to minimum permitted by uWaterloo thesis regulations:
\setlength{\marginparwidth}{0pt} % width of margin notes
% N.B. If margin notes are used, you must adjust \textwidth, \marginparwidth
% and \marginparsep so that the space left between the margin notes and page
% edge is less than 15 mm (0.6 in.)
\setlength{\marginparsep}{0pt} % width of space between body text and margin notes
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.125in} % Adds 1/8 in. to binding side of all
% even-numbered pages when the "twoside" printing option is selected
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.125in} % Adds 1/8 in. to the left of all pages when "oneside" printing is selected, and to the left of all odd-numbered pages when "twoside" printing is selected
\setlength{\textwidth}{6.375in} % assuming US letter paper (8.5 in. x 11 in.) and side margins as above
\raggedbottom
% The following statement specifies the amount of space between paragraphs. Other reasonable specifications are \bigskipamount and \smallskipamount.
\setlength{\parskip}{\medskipamount}
% The following statement controls the line spacing.
% The default spacing corresponds to good typographic conventions and only slight changes (e.g., perhaps "1.2"), if any, should be made.
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1} % this is the default line space setting
% By default, each chapter will start on a recto (right-hand side) page.
% We also force each section of the front pages to start on a recto page by inserting \cleardoublepage commands.
% In many cases, this will require that the verso (left-hand) page be blank, and while it should be counted, a page number should not be printed.
% The following statements ensure a page number is not printed on an otherwise blank verso page.
\let\origdoublepage\cleardoublepage
\newcommand{\clearemptydoublepage}{%
\clearpage{\pagestyle{empty}\origdoublepage}}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearemptydoublepage
% Define Glossary terms (This is properly done here, in the preamble and could also be \input{} from a separate file...)
\input{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
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% L O G I C A L D O C U M E N T
% The logical document contains the main content of your thesis.
% Being a large document, it is a good idea to divide your thesis into several files, each one containing one chapter or other significant chunk of content, so you can easily shuffle things around later if desired.
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\begin{document}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
% FRONT MATERIAL
% title page,declaration, borrowers' page, abstract, acknowledgements,
% dedication, table of contents, list of tables, list of figures, nomenclature, etc.
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\input{uw-ethesis-frontpgs}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
% MAIN BODY
% We suggest using a separate file for each chapter of your thesis.
% Start each chapter file with the \chapter command.
% Only use \documentclass or \begin{document} and \end{document} commands in this master document.
% Tip: Putting each sentence on a new line is a way to simplify later editing.
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\input{chapter-introduction.tex}
\input{chapter-observations.tex}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
% END MATERIAL
% Bibliography, Appendices, Index, etc.
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
% Bibliography
% The following statement selects the style to use for references.
% It controls the sort order of the entries in the bibliography and also the formatting for the in-text labels.
\bibliographystyle{plain}
% This specifies the location of the file containing the bibliographic information.
% It assumes you're using BibTeX to manage your references (if not, why not?).
\cleardoublepage % This is needed if the "book" document class is used, to place the anchor in the correct page, because the bibliography will start on its own page.
% Use \clearpage instead if the document class uses the "oneside" argument
\phantomsection % With hyperref package, enables hyperlinking from the table of contents to bibliography
% The following statement causes the title "References" to be used for the bibliography section:
\renewcommand*{\bibname}{References}
% Add the References to the Table of Contents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\textbf{References}}
\bibliography{uw-ethesis}
% Tip: You can create multiple .bib files to organize your references.
% Just list them all in the \bibliogaphy command, separated by commas (no spaces).
% The following statement causes the specified references to be added to the bibliography even if they were not cited in the text.
% The asterisk is a wildcard that causes all entries in the bibliographic database to be included (optional).
\nocite{*}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
% Appendices
% The \appendix statement indicates the beginning of the appendices.
\appendix
% Add an un-numbered title page before the appendices and a line in the Table of Contents
\chapter*{APPENDICES}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{APPENDICES}
% Appendices are just more chapters, with different labeling (letters instead of numbers).
\input{appendix-matlab_plots.tex}
% GLOSSARIES (Lists of definitions, abbreviations, symbols, etc. provided by the glossaries-extra package)
% -----------------------------
\printglossaries
\cleardoublepage
\phantomsection % allows hyperref to link to the correct page
%----------------------------------------------------------------------
\end{document} % end of logical document