University of Waterloo Thesis Template
Author
Stephen Carr
License
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}
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% FRONT MATERIAL
% title page,declaration, borrowers' page, abstract, acknowledgements,
% dedication, table of contents, list of tables, list of figures, nomenclature, etc.
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\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.
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\input{chapter-introduction.tex}
\input{chapter-observations.tex}
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% 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{*}
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% 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
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\end{document} % end of logical document