The template aims at helping students working in the NuSTRAP group (University of Athens, Greece) prepare their thesis (PhD, MSc, BSc). It uses XeLaTeX and Babel packages to facilitate the use of Greek language.
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
% package to activate greek language - the sequence languages appear below is IMPORTANT!!!
\usepackage[greek,english]{babel}
\usepackage{varioref}
%\usepackage{hyperref}
% package to handle graphics
\usepackage{graphicx}
% package to handle multiple figures in a minipage
\usepackage{subfigure}
% package to extend math capabilities
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,isotope}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
%package to activate XeTeX font manager
\usepackage{fontspec}
% DOCUMENT LAYOUT
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper, textwidth=5.5in, textheight=8.5in, marginparsep=7pt, marginparwidth=.6in}
%\geometry{a4paper}
\setlength\parindent{8mm}
\setlength\parskip{5mm}
% FONTS
\usepackage{xunicode}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text} % converts LaTeX specials (``quotes'' --- dashes etc.) to unicode
%\setromanfont [Ligatures={Common}, BoldFont={GFS Artemisia Bold}, ItalicFont={Gentium Italic}]{Gentium}
%\setmonofont[Scale=0.8]{Monaco}
\setmainfont{GFS Artemisia}
% ---- CUSTOM AMPERSAND
\newcommand{\amper}{{\fontspec[Scale=.95]{Gentium Italic}\selectfont\itshape\&}}
% package to handle line spacing
\usepackage{setspace}
% HEADINGS
\usepackage{sectsty}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\sectionfont{\rmfamily\mdseries\upshape\Large}
\subsectionfont{\rmfamily\bfseries\upshape\normalsize}
\subsubsectionfont{\rmfamily\mdseries\upshape\normalsize}
% PDF SETUP
% ---- FILL IN HERE THE DOC TITLE AND AUTHOR
\usepackage[driverfallback=dvipdfmx, bookmarks, colorlinks, breaklinks, pdftitle={Theo J. Mertzimekis - A thesis template for UoA students},pdfauthor={tmertzi}]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{linkcolor=blue,citecolor=blue,filecolor=black,urlcolor=blue}
% package for fancy style headers and footers
\usepackage{fancybox}
% redefine bullet symbols and section style
\renewcommand\thesection{\arabic{section}.}
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\blacktriangleright$}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{$\bullet$}
% change captions especially for greek language - if the document is in ENGLISH, they should vanish
\addto\captionsenglish{%
\renewcommand\prefacename{Πρόλογος}%
\renewcommand\refname{Αναφορές}%
\renewcommand\abstractname{Περίληψη}%
\renewcommand\bibname{Βιβλιογραφία}%
\renewcommand\chaptername{Κεφάλαιο}%
\renewcommand\appendixname{Παράρτημα}%
\renewcommand\contentsname{Περιεχόμενα}%
\renewcommand\listfigurename{Κατάλογος Σχημάτων}%
\renewcommand\listtablename{Κατάλογος Πινάκων}%
\renewcommand\indexname{Ευρετήριο}%
\renewcommand\figurename{Σχήμα}%
\renewcommand\tablename{Πίνακας}%
\renewcommand\partname{Μέρος}%
\renewcommand\enclname{Συνημμένα}%
\renewcommand\ccname{Κοινοποίηση}%
\renewcommand\headtoname{Προς}%
\renewcommand\pagename{Σελίδα}%
\renewcommand\seename{βλέπε}%
\renewcommand\alsoname{βλέπε επίσης}%
\renewcommand\proofname{Απόδειξη}%
\renewcommand\glossaryname{Γλωσσάρι}%
}
\usepackage{xgreek}
%%%%%%%%% END OF PREAMBLE %%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document}
\setlanguage{greek} %% this is to activate greek hyphenation
% make title out of \author, \title, \date specified in the preamble
\input{thesis_01_titlepage}
% create a blank page immediately after the cover page
\include{blank_page}
% This is only meant to include the NuSTRAP group logo in a separate page.
% Remove it if not interested.
\include{thesis_02_nustrap}
% include the abstract, written in a separate file called thesis_abstract.tex
\include{thesis_03_abstract}
\include{blank_page}
\include{thesis_04_dedication}
\include{blank_page}
% Create table of contents - not mandatory
\tableofcontents
\include{blank_page}
% Create a list of figures - not mandatory
%\listoffigures
% include files with content. Changes the names according to your taste.
\chapter{Εισαγωγή}
\input{thesis_05_intro}
\chapter{Βιβλιογραφική Ανασκόπηση}
\input{thesis_06_theory}
\chapter{Πειραματική Διαδικασία}
\input{thesis_07_experiment}
\chapter{Αποτελέσματα και Ανάλυση}
\input{thesis_08_results}
\chapter{Συμπεράσματα}
\input{thesis_09_conclusions}
\bibliographystyle{alpha} % bibliography style is alpha: eg. [Mer02]
\bibliography{thesis_biblio} % this is the .bib file that holds the bibliography records
\appendix
\chapter{Το λογισμικό}
\input{thesis_appx01_software}
\chapter{Σύντομο βιογραφικό σημείωμα}
\input{thesis_appx02_vita}
\end{document}