Tips in Latex for your Master Thesis

Introduction:

If you want to use Latex without issues regarding installations or system operative compatibilities, you should use an online editor like Overleaf.
Overleaf allows free registration with the option to share with 1 person, in free tier, that can be your assessor.

Requirements:

To understand this tutorial we need basic knowledge about:

• Latex
• MS Word

Formulas:

Normally with the project thesis we use ms word and then create your thesis. If you have formulas in your project thesis in ms word with equations, you can get the code to latex in an easy way.

1. Select the equation in word
2. In the menu bar select Equation
3. Click in the latex option and Convert

output:

Tables:

To generate tables in APA style you can use tablesGenerator tablesGenerator..
It is an online tool where you can create your table graphically.

First paste the content, then draw the lines and finally, click en generate. The code generates, copy and paste in latex

Enumerations:

To enumerate levels like \subsubsection \paragraph \subparagraph, put the following piece of code:

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}

Fonts sizes:

To set the font sizes according to the level you can set this the following way:

\titleformat*{\section}{\LARGE\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\subsection}{\Large\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\subsubsection}{\large\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\paragraph}{\large\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\subparagraph}{\large\bfseries}

Cites:

To cite in APA or IEEE style, you set the option (apacite, IEEEtranN) in bibliography style tag:

\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtranN}