LaTeX Frequently Asked Questions

In the Overleaf Template, use the following command for documents containing a single appendix. Open the thesis.tex file, in the code section for the appendix, you will find the following commands. Remove the second command if you want to include just a single appendix:

\include{Appendix/appendix1}
\include{Appendix/appendix2}

Now, to remove the letter A, go to the appendix folder in the template, open file appendix1.tex and include the following commands:

\unappendixtitle
\singleappendixtitle

Recompile the document, and you should find the changes applied.

Make sure the following piece of code is present in the thesis.tex file; it should be present if you download the template from CCE website. Make sure the code is not commented out. This will ensure that extra space between page number, and the chapter title is automatically removed.

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{50\p@}{0pt}{}{}
\patchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{50\p@}{0pt}{}{}

Check if the following commands are present:

\raggedright
\parindent 0.25 in

Also, make sure in the thesis.tex file, you have \raggedright inserted before the commands for including all chapters. [ \include {Body/chapter1} ]

For short captions of figures and tables, use:  \isucaption []

For long captions of figures and tables, use:  \isucaption{}

This will automatically format and include the word table/figure as necessary when used under the appropriate section.

If you are using the package tocloft, use the following code:

\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cftchapleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}}
\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\mdseries}
\renewcommand{\cftchappagefont}{\mdseries}
\renewcommand{\cftchappresnum}{CHAPTER }
\renewcommand{\cftchapnumwidth}{7em}
\renewcommand{\cftsecleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}}

\begin{singlespace}
{
\pdfbookmark[1]{TABLE OF CONTENTS}{table}
\tableofcontents
}

%% The line below adds the word "Page" over the page numbers in TOC, LOT, LOF
\addtocontents{toc}{~\hfill\textbf{Page}\par}
\addtocontents{lot}{~\hfill\textbf{Page}\par}
\addtocontents{lof}{~\hfill\textbf{Page}\par}
%%
\addtocontents{toc}{\def\protect\@chapapp{}}
\cleardoublepage \phantomsection
\pagebreak

% For List of Tables
\renewcommand{\cfttabpresnum}{Table }
\setlength{\cftbeforetabskip}{10pt}
\setlength{\cfttabnumwidth}{6.5em}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF TABLES}
\listoftables
 

% For List of Figures
\cleardoublepage
\phantomsection
\renewcommand{\cftfigpresnum}{Figure }
\setlength{\cftfignumwidth}{6.5em}
\setlength{\cftbeforefigskip}{10pt}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\listoffigures
\end{singlespace}

\isucaption{}

For long captions of figures and tables. This will truncate the name.

In the Overleaf/LaTeX template, the font size is 11-point because the sizing ratio between LaTeX and Word is approximately 1.25-1.4: 1.5. Consequently, a 10 or 11 point setting in LaTeX is equal to a 12-point setting in Word.

\bibliographystyle{apa}
\interlinepenalty=10000       %adjust or increase the number 10000 if needed
\bibliography{master_bib}

The easiest way to get two tables to appear side-by-side is to not make them into two tables. Instead, create one table environment with many minipage tables (or mini-tables) inside of it. For example, the following example would make four mini-tables across the width of the page when using the isuthesis package:

\begin{table}[h!tb]
\begin{minipage}{1.5 in}
\setlength{\captionwidth}{2 in}
\isucaption{Hello}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
one & two & three \\
a & b & c \\
day & be & dog
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{1.5 in}
\setlength{\captionwidth}{2 in}
\isucaption{Jello}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
one & two & three \\
a & b & c \\
day & be & dog
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{1.5 in}
\setlength{\captionwidth}{2 in}
\isucaption{Mello}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
one & two & three \\
a & b & c \\
day & be & dog
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{1.5 in}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{1.5 in}
\setlength{\captionwidth}{2 in}
\isucaption{Yello}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
one & two & three \\
a & b & c \\
day & be & dog
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}

Each mini-table gets its own caption and appears to be its own full-sized table even though they are all contained in one table environment. There is a further example of this using the epsfig package in “The LaTeX Companion”.

Keep your first table the way it is, but use the \isucontinuecaption command in place of the \isucaption command in your second table. The \isucontinuecaption command marks the table or figure as a continuation of the previous table or figure and thus doesn’t increment the table or figure counter for that table or figure.

Similarly, to split long captions across pages:

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width= 0.8\textwidth]{<insert figure name>} %edit the width scaling accordingly
\isucaption{<insert your caption>}
\label{ }
\end{figure}
%
\begin{figure}
   \raggedright
   \isucontinuecaption{<insert rest of the caption here>}
\end{figure}

You simply have to use:

$\mathbf{2^{ft}
\Psi
\psi}$

To get bold lowercase bold greek letters, use:

\boldmath $2^{ft}
\Psi
\psi$
\unboldmath

Do not underline items in LaTeX. Use emphasis instead:

\emph{item}

The steps to compile are a little different when you download to your local machine.

The individual .tex files must be compiled first, and then the thesis.tex main file is compiled next. To keep most of the formatting intact, we recommend using overleaf and compiling the document online.