hi william the pdfpages package is indeed very cool. it did just the trick!
i am a bit concerned about hacking the coverpage into place using lyx/latex, but if i really must, i am going to need some assistance. i will return with specific questions at a later point - for now i just wanted to find out if the coverpage should/could be made in some external program. best regards martin On 21/11/05, William F. Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 21, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Martin A. Hansen wrote: > > > i have been looking around for examples of other phd thesis with very > > little > > success. any pointers would be most welcome! > > Have you checked w/ your math/physics/comp-sci department to see if > they've a LaTeX template? > > There're a couple of such on CTAN, http://www.ctan.org > > > 2) > > the title page is going to require major ERT hacking if i want to make > > it in > > lyx. i am planning on a fulpage watermark with a couple of white boxes > > with > > title, author, adress etc. on the other hand, it would be very simple > > to > > make in inkscape, export as eps and use the image as coverpage. any > > suggestions? > > I would suggest a proper documentclass approach so as to preclude > errors introduced by failing to update the graphic. > > > 3) > > the general style of phd thesis from my instutution is composed of a > > title-page, summary, introduction, work1, work2, work3... references, > > appendices. now, work1--3 ... are published papers where i somehow > > need to > > embed these pdf files in the thesis. how can this be done? > > \usepackage{pdfpages} > > available from CTAN. read the fantastic manual for specific details. > > > 4) > > i would like the department logo in the fancy header. how? > > the esopic package is one good option for this. > > William > > -- > William Adams, publishing specialist > voice - 717-731-6707 | Fax - 717-731-6708 > www.atlis.com <http://www.atlis.com> > >
