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(a) Edit the name of your *.bib files in the definition of \biblist.
(b) Edit the front matter information.
(c) Edit the signature blocks of the approval page. Prepare as many blocks as you
need. The University allows multiple pages for very large Graduate Committees.
(d) Edit the name of your abstract file.
(e) Edit the dedication.
(f) Edit the name of your acknowledgments file.
(g) Edit the name of your list of symbols file, if any. Remove the related commands
if a list of symbols is not needed.
(h) Edit the title of each chapter and its file name, and similarly, each appendix.
6. Write the body of your document, making a separate file for each chapter. Similarly,
write any appendices in separate files. See Chapter 4.
7. Write the abstract in a separate file.
8. Write the acknowledgments in a separate file.
9. Compile your document, resulting in a *.pdf file
For your initial test, most of the component files can be copies of components of the
example thesis, which you will replace as you write your thesis.
2.6.1
Compile Using TEXworks
Use the following commands to typeset your thesis using TEXworks.
1. In the your thesis directory, double click on your thesis.tex. This will run
TEXworks and open the editor for this file.
2. Edit the graphics format declaration. A % makes the rest of the line a comment. Put
a % on the line you want disabled and remove the % from the line you want enabled,
according to the type of graphics files you plan to use. For example,
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
%\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
%MSU%%%for *.jpg, etc.
%MSU%%%for *.eps only
3. Verify that the processing tool in the space in the top left of the TEXworks window
is the batch file you want for the type of graphics files you plan to use: Compile pdf
or Compile eps.
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