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scientific-thesis-template

LaTeX template for Master, Bachelor, Diploma, and Student Theses

Usage at overleaf

Automatic setup

  1. Sign in at overleaf and click on “upload new project”
    upload new project

  2. Choose “Upload Zip”
    Upload Zip

  3. Select https://github.com/latextemplates/scientific-thesis-template/archive/master.zip for uploading
    select master.zip for uploading

  4. Upload master.zip
    upload master.zip

  5. Ignore import error of .latexmkrc
    Ignore import errors

  6. Choose main file: For English, choose main-english.tex. For German, choose main-german.tex.
    Choose main file

  7. See error missing sty files.
    You get following error:
    lccaps
    The Overleaf FAQ states at What packages do you support? that they support TeX Live 2016, which does not include all new packages. The templates makes use of two packages, which are not included at overleaf until now. Thus, you have to upload the sty files manually.

  8. Upload llcaps.sty
    lccaps
    Insert the URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/latextemplates/stys-for-overleaf/master/lccaps.sty
    lccaps

  9. Upload scientific-thesis-cover.sty
    Similar as llcaps.sty. Use https://raw.githubusercontent.com/latextemplates/scientific-thesis-cover/master/scientific-thesis-cover.sty as URL.

  10. Switch build tool to lualatex. LuaLaTeX is currently not working on Overleaf. You have to wait for an overleaf update. Choose lualatex in project settings as outlined at https://www.overleaf.com/blog/167-new-build-options-available-on-writelatex-compile-with-lualatex-or-latex-plus-dvipdf#.WqE7rOdG3kY.

  11. Now you can start working in the main file.

Manual setup

  1. create new overleaf project
  2. clone the overleaf project using git
  3. copy the files to that directory. Follow the steps at “Download” above
  4. delete .latexmkrc
  5. git add .
  6. git commit -m"initial import"
  7. git push