Re: [O] Converting a Dissertation Template from docx to .org to use for LaTeX

[Paul Harper]

Thanks for those replies. I basically followed Ken's suggestion. I started with the Kings College London dissertation template and used writer2latex to create a .tex file. Then I gradually built the the Org-File.

 I have ended up with something I can use to write using org-mode with a nice Solarized-Dark theme instead of frying my eyeballs in LibreOffice. The key things are the Table of Contents are in the correct place and I have bibtex working the way I want. 

The other thing is in the end I have to convert from the .tex file to a .docx file using pandoc. So I'll have to do some minor edits in LibreOffice anyway because it is not saving certain formating features like double spacing. But that will be a two minute final editing job. 

So now I just have to write 500 words a day for the next 30 days and I'll have a first draft! ;)

Regards,

Paul

On 4 May 2015 at 23:20, Ken Mankoff <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Paul,

For this type of one-off project (a thesis), I'd suggest you a) remove all Org-generated LaTeX header, b) create your own LaTeX preamble that you \include{preamble} in your Org file, and then all of your questions become LaTeX questions, not Org questions.

Those LaTeX questions are likely easily googlable (or bingable) and found on TeX.SE. At the top of your Org document you can embed all the LaTeX code you want to generate the custom title and signature pages required by your institution.

Just my 2c.

On 2015-05-04 at 11:58, Paul Harper <address@hidden> wrote:
> I need some items to appear on a page of their own. (ie. Ethical Approval,
> Abstract, Declaration, Table of Contents.) How do I do that?

\clearpage command in LaTeX.

  -k.

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Regards,

Paul

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