Are you writing a research paper or a degree thesis/dissertation? Which is the better word processor, a) MSWord, or b) LaTeX or TeX? For a long documentation with a lot of equations and formulae, the best is the LaTeX or TeX. Where do we get it? It is available as follows:
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MikTeX Free Download Software with WinEdit for Windows |
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PCTeX Software for Windows |
Thesis Template Files
Article Template Files
EigenFreq.TeX The main file for the article. (The generated EigenFreq.dvi and EigenFreq.pdf).
EigenFreq.bbl The bbl file generated from LaTeX using the bibliography file of your own.
Prolate.wmf, TECorr5.wmf, and TMCorr1.wmf The figure files included in the paper, other formats include ps, eps, bmp, tif, jpg.
Some style files (downloadable below) are necessary (e.g., the IEEE style files) to get the correct format. For equation editing and typeset, please read the file Com_Def.TeX for more information and definition.
Some Style Files Needed
MISC.zip Some style files (of 4.14 MB) zipped together.
You need to unzip these files into the directory of MISC and copy it to "C:\PCTeXv4\MISC".
Then, you need to set the path correctly in PCTeX package.
Create Your Own Bibliography File
To make a reference of your thesis more effectively and to use the existing contributions by others, it is better to create your own bib file.
The format is shown in either bib_all.bib or li.bib after you downloaded the MISC.zip file.
If some of the references have already been there in the two files, then you don't need to re-include it into your bib file. Instead, add in some new references.
Are you writing a research paper or a degree thesis/dissertation and intending to submit it to your supervisor/advisor? Please go through the following points for your revision before your submission:
Check if the title is the most appropriate one that can most reflect the contents of the work. If not, please request a change from ECE Dept or SMA Office via your supervisor and Deputy Head or Programme Co-Chair.
First of all, look into the Table of Contents and check if the thesis or paper is well organized --- this is the most important thing. If you are not confident, check it together with your supervisor(s). If you are not comfortable, then revise it till you fell much better.
Thoroughly go through the manuscript/dissertation for any potential English language grammatical and/or spelling errors and typos. Hint: Activate your WinWord v.7 or above Grammar/Spell Checker to check all the potential errors.
Please make sure your font size is uniformed for the whole document. Once the font size is set (especially for Equations), please do not manually re-size them.
Check if “Paper or Thesis Title”, and “Chapter-, Section- and/or Subsection-Titles” are written in a uniform format, i.e., if the “Uppercase” and “Lowercase” are correctly and, most importantly, consistently used inside the whole documents. Note: Some may forgot to change the lowercase letters to uppercase ones or vice versa.
Check if “Table Captions” are put on the top of the tables and if “Figure Captions” are put at the bottom of the figures.
Check if all the figures and tables are referenced in the main text. If they are not, it means that these tables and figures can be removed without affecting the main text and the whole documents. If they are, please further check if necessary explanation or physical interpretation on these tables and figures is given. Please also check if all the symbols or dimensions in these figures or tables are defined and given.
Check if all the figures, tables, page numbers and so forth are correctly referenced. Examples include: “Eq.(1)” should read as “Eq. (1)”; “Fig.2 and 3” should read as “Figs. 2 and 3”. Always leave a space between a quantity and its unit such as “5 cm” and “10 GHz” instead of “5cm” and “10GHz”; also a space between volume number and page numbers such as “vol. 51” and “pp. 532-541”. Hint: In LaTeX or PcTeX or TeX, always use a “~” to fill in the plank space to ensure it is corrected typed.
Check how many references that you have included. If it is less than 20, it might give an impression that you did not read widely; and in this case, try to revise the reference list. Also, make sure that you have put those important and relevant references inside. Finally, make sure all the references have been cited in the main text and they appear in the order in sequence when they are cited in the main text.
Make sure that you have included all the necessary parts for a thesis, such as Abstract, Background Introduction, Fundamental Theory, Design or Experimental or Numerical Results with Comparison, Concluding Remarks with Future Work to Do. Also, make sure that Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables, List of Symbols, and Preface/Acknowledgment are all included.
In the introduction, use a section to highlight your (significant) contributions of the present work to the field(s) and use another section to include a list of publications that was resulted in from the present work.
Finally, check if your equations are fully integrated into sentences. Do not forget to put a full stop sign in the end of a sentence that is particularly ended with an equation or a math expression.