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A template for writing a nice book with LaTeX
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Go to fileThe goal of this template is to provide a nice-looking book layout, easy to configure and fill in. Here is an example preview for the table of content, and other main document items:
Preview image generated with this tool Here is an example preview for chapter items, including the chapter heading, summary and discussion pages:
Preview image generated with this tool Here is an example preview for appendix items, including the appendix heading with a mini table of content:
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This particular template features a style especially designed for publishing at Lambert Academic Publishing, style/lap-publishing-book.sty .
The compilation can easilly be configured in Texmaker by defining a Quick Build Command:
pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex|makeindex %.idx -s styles/index.ist|bibtex %.aux|makeglossaries %|pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex|pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
When editing the book with Texmaker:
This will produce main.pdf with all the included chapters, parts and appendices.
This template includes multiple pre-filled (self-explanatory) part files of the dissertation, whose some are to be adapted and others should not be modified.
Parts that you should adapt:
Parts that you should not adapt:
This template has a particular layout for chapters. Each of them starts with a chapter cover page with:
In LaTeX, this is structured like the following:
\beginchaptercover>% % % % Your chapter content. \endchaptercover>
Once you have written your new chapter in chapters/my-chapter.tex , do not forget to include it in main.tex (insert a line \include where relevant).
This template also features a particular layout for appendices. As matters separated from the main thread, they do not have cover pages but a mini table of content as well.
In LaTeX, this is structured like the following:
\beginappchaptercover>% % Your appendix content. \endappchaptercover>
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