On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:02:57 +0100
leandro ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I've very recently discovered LyX and LaTeX and - must say - I'm
> marveled!
>
> My wife is writing a doctoral thesis in Psicology and she is going mad
> with MSOffice formating issues. What I wanted to do was to use LyX to
> reformat everything, which would be very easy to do if I satisfy
> myself with the default classes. The problem is that the rules at her
> University are strict as far as formating is concerned. I wanted a
> class that obey those rules so that I could help her with that issue,
> but I'm no wizar as far as coding is concerned. I never EVER wrote a
> single line of code in ANY language and I will not be able to learn
> LaTeX in time! I'm not scared of learning it, but I just don't have
> the time.
>
> I'm here today to ask you for a class. Yes: shamlessly asking for an
> already made class with suitable enviornments! So here are the rules:
Leandro,
I don't think you need a special class. All of the things that you need
can (I think) be done with only a few very simple commands. Just use
the book class or one of the special book classes (Memoir, Koma-script).
>
> - Face page must have:
> - Title
> - Author
> - Doctural thesis made in Bla bla University of bla bla
> - Professors that oriented the project
These are easy to hand-craft using the LyX insert menus. Don't use the
"title" paragraph style.
> - Chapters numbering must be roman (I, II, III, IV...etc)
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}
> - Chapters numbering and title must have individual page (I personaly
> think that this is an UGLY call!!!)
I do too, but we can either redefine the \chapter command or, simple
enough, when you are finished go through and put in some \newpage
commands at each chapter.
> - Quotations must be (Author, year, page)
Not sure about this: need to look at bib styles.
> - Bibliography must obey APA (American Psychological Association)
> rules
Ditto
> - There must be three Abstract pages (one in Portuguese, other in
> English and other in French)
Again, no experience in multiple languages, but shouldn't be hard.
> - Headers and footers should only be set in the chapters themselfs
> (not in introduction or abstracts or aknowledgments)
Start with "empty" page style, then switch to another style by putting
in \pagestyle command.
>
> Does anyone knows where can I find such a class or be kind enough to
> sketch one for me? :)
>
> I'll be forever thankfull!
I doubt that you will find a ready-made class that does just what you
want. As I said above, most of these things can be "hand-crafted",
either using the LyX menus or inserting the very simple LaTeX commands
that I have indicated.
Make sure that you can get the citation and bib styles that you need.
HTH,
Alan
>
> Best regards,
> Leandro Ribeiro
>
>
