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FSU Thesis and Dissertation Template for LaTeX

For graduate students who are starting work on their thesis or dissertation, the FSUthesis Class for LaTeX has been written to provide a LaTeX documentation type that meets the standards of the FSU Graduate School.

You may download the ZIP package from the GradSpace area on Blackboard, or you may get the latest version from the link below. The package contains a user's guide to the FSU Thesis Class, an extensive annotated example document to help you learn some of the features of LaTeX and the FSU Thesis Class, and a bare bones template document to help you get started on your own manuscript. (Bret Whissel, System Administrator in the Department of Computer Science, created this package for the FSU community.)

LaTeX is a document-preparation system built upon TeX, which excels at producing mathematics and beautifully typeset manuscripts. Distributions are widely available for Windows, Mac, and UNIX/Linux environments.

If you are new to LaTeX, you can get up and running quickly with the The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e, which covers all the basics. There are many books on the subject as well. Browse through Amazon.com to find the reference that meets your needs.