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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.

Name of contribution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Thesis Class File Author's name: Eric Benedict Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/withesis Summary description: MS/PhD Thesis/Disseration format for UW-Madison. Includes example thesis with numerous LaTeX examples and beginner's introduction. Class heavily commented for easy modification! License type: artistic

Announcement text given by the contribution's author: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yet another thesis style file. The withesis.cls LaTeX class file produces MS/PhD theses in a format for UW-Madison. The class and example manual are based on the Purdue University style.

Several useful features include: - - Draft mode with * diagonal draft screen for draft copy * optional margin box to locate margin violations * page source file listed on bottom of each page - -source code (Matlab, C, etc) inclusion command - -automatic generation of additional abstract in the format for the UMI microfilming abstract - -numerous degrees/majors included as defaults. - -example thesis illustrating * basic LaTeX usage (Essential LaTeX by Jon Warbrick) * different LaTeX styles/techniques for -equations -pictures/figures -general formatting *BibTeX usage guide/example - ----------------------------------------------------------------------