Leandro,
I don't know about the overall layout but I have just
started playing with LyX and as far as I can see one
of the bibtex apa classes will handle the citation and
referencing with no problem. I think your wife would
want apacite but this may depend on which document
class you use.
--- Typhoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
>
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