Re: [tlug] Poll: OpenOffice or LibreOffice?

[Stuart Luppescu <slu@example.com>]

On Sun, 2014-05-18 at 18:37 +0200, Bruno Raoult wrote:
> > 1) I wrote my thesis using the university's thesis style. I didn't
> have
> > to worry about formatting at all. When I turned it in, the
> dissertation
> > secretary inspected it and declared it acceptable. The same time I
> was
> > submitting mine, another student was submitting his 500-page thesis
> in
> > biochemistry, which he wrote using MS Word. His bottom margins were
> 1/4"
> > too narrow so he had to go back and reformat and reprint all 3
> copies.
> 
> Oh... May you tell us what the expected style? And how the other
> student was
> able to print it after all?

They are quite strict about it. I don't know if that's a UChicago thing,
or if all US universities are like that. Here is the description of the
formatting requirements:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/phd/format.html
A LaTeX style file can be found here:
http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~public/easychithesis/easychithesis.cls
This is not the one that I used; this was not available back then. I
can't remember where I got mine from but it was adapted from a
University of Georgia thesis style.

I'm not sure how the other guy fixed his thesis. I assume, although I am
not at all proficient with MS Word, that he did something like highlight
the whole thing, and change the page settings. The other annoying thing
about having to reprint your thesis is that it has to be done on
approved University bond paper with the University seal watermark. That
paper ain't cheap by any means.

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Stuart Luppescu <slu@example.com>