The NOVAthesis is an Open Source LaTeX template for writing thesis, dissertations, and other monograph-like documents, which supports +20 Schools, is very easy to use for the beginners, is flexible and adaptable for the experts, and includes dozens of options that answer the requests from the very large user's community (1000's users) ,
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%% novathesis.cls
%% NOVA thesis document class
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%% This work is licensed under the
%% The LaTeX project public license (LPPL), version 1.3c
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%% https://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c/
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%% Version 2023-05-04 [7.0.2]
%% Departamento de Informática (www.di.fct.unl.pt)
%% Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (www.fct.unl.pt)
%% Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (www.unl.pt)
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%% BUGS and SUGGESTIONS: please submit an issue at the project web page
%% at: https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis/
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%% HELP: please DO NOT SEND ME EMAILS about LaTeX or the NOVAthesis template
%% please ask for help at GitHub Discussions page at
%% https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis/discussions
%% or at the NOVAthesis facebook group at
%% https://www.facebook.com/groups/novathesis
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%% AUTHOR @github:
%% - joaomlourenco
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%% CONTRIBUTORS @github:
%% https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis/wiki#help-with-the-project-patches-and-new-features
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%% DONATIONS:
%% If you think this template really helped you while writing your thesis, then
%% 1. Go to the project web page and giv it a star (on the top-right)
%% 2. Make a small donation using the URL below
%% https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8WA8FRVMB78W8
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%% CITATION:
%% If you use this template, please be kind and cite it in your bibliography:
%% “João M. Lourenço, The NOVAthesis \LaTeX\ Template User’s Manual,
%% NOVA University Lisbon, 2021,
%% https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis/raw/main/template.pdf.”
%% The BibTeX entry is already in the exxample “bibliography.bib” file:
%% @Manual{novathesis-manual,
%% title ={{The NOVAthesis \LaTeX\ Template User's Manual}},
%% author ={João M. Lourenço},
%% organization={NOVA University Lisbon},
%% year ={2021},
%% url ={https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis/raw/main/template.pdf},
%% }
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% ALL THE CUSTOMIZATION WAS MOVED TO THE files in the ”Config” FOLDER
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%% BLACK VOID AHEAD! DON'T TRESPASS!
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%% YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. GO BACK TO SAFE GROUND. NOW!!!
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%% DON'T TOUCH BELOW THIS POINT!
%% IF YOU DO… YOU DESERVE WHATEVER HAPPENS AFTERWARDS!
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%% This class is based in “memoir”. To set memoir options,
%% edit “Config/0_memoir.tex”.
\RequirePackage{NOVAthesisFiles/fix-profiling}
\documentclass{novathesis}
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% TEMPLATE CUSTOMIZATION / OPTIONS
% Please open and edit the appropriate
% configuration file “Config/1_novathesis.tex”
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% BIBLATEX CUSTOMIZATION
% Please open and edit the appropriate
% configuration file “Config/2_biblatex.tex”
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% DEGREE CUSTOMIZATION
% Please open and edit the appropriate
% configuration file “Config/3a_degree_phd.tex”
% or “Config/3b_degree_msc.tex”
% or “Config/3c_degree_other.tex”
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% DEPARTMENT CUSTOMIZATION
% Please open and edit the appropriate
% configuration file “Config/4_department.tex”
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% % THESIS/DISSERTATION COVER DATA (title, author, etc)
% % Please open and edit the appropriate
% % configuration file “Config/3_cover.tex”
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% THESIS/DISSERTATION FILES
% Please open and edit the appropriate
% configuration file “Config/4_files.tex”
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% WHICH LIST_OF TO PRINT
% Please open and edit the appropriate
% configuration file “Config/7_list_of.tex”
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% ADDITIONAL PACKAGES and MACROS
% Please open and edit the appropriate
% configuration file “Config/8_packages.tex”
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\begin{document} % Beginning of document
\typeout{TIME class loading=\the\pdfelapsedtime}%
% \optionshowall
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\ntthesisfrontmatter % Before the main text (TOC, etc) — Roman page numbering
% \typeout{TIME after_ntthesisfrontmatter=\the\pdfelapsedtime}
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\ntprint{covers} % The cover page
\typeout{TIME process covers=\the\pdfelapsedtime}%
\ntprint{frontmatter} % The default order is listed below, but can be changed
\typeout{TIME process frontmatter=\the\pdfelapsedtime}%
% % at the School's “defaults.ldf” with
% % "\ntsetprintorder{list_of_items}", where “list_of_items”
% % may be any of:
% % statement % The statement page
% % copyright % (*) The copyright page
% % dedicatory % (*) Print the dedicatory
% % acknowledgements% (*) Print the acknowledgments
% % quote % (*) Print the quote
% % abstracts % Print abstracts in multiple languages.
% % alllistof % Print all the listof defined in “7_list_of.tex”
% % (*) Will only be printed if adequate for the document type
% \optionlistdo{/novathesis/docfrontmatter}{\csuse{ntprint#1}}%
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\ntthesismainmatter % The main text — Arabic page numbering
% \typeout{TIME after_ntthesismainmatter=\the\pdfelapsedtime}
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% \optionlistdo{/novathesis/docmainmatter}{\csuse{ntprint#1}}%
\ntprint{mainmatter} % The default order is listed below, but can be changed
\typeout{TIME process mainmatter=\the\pdfelapsedtime}%
% % at the School's “defaults.ldf” with
% % "\ntsetprintorder{list_of_items}", where “list_of_items”
% % are separated by ";" and may be any of:
% % chapters % Print document chapters
% % bib % Print the bibliography. Change to
% % bib[title=⟨title⟩]” to redefine the title!
% % appendices % Print appendices, if any!
% % annexes % Print annexes, if any!
\ntprint{backcover} % Print the back cover, if any!
\typeout{TIME process process backcover=\the\pdfelapsedtime}%
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\end{document} % End of document