Tips in Latex for your Master Thesis

Introduction: Link to heading

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: Link to heading

To understand this tutorial we need basic knowledge about:

Latex
MS Word

Formulas: Link to heading

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.

Select the equation in word
In the menu bar select Equation
Click in the latex option and Convert

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output:
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Tables: Link to heading

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

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Enumerations: Link to heading

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

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

Fonts sizes: Link to heading

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: Link to heading

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

\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtranN}