Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!hedrick From: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Double spaced LaTeX Message-ID: Date: 10 Nov 89 08:25:21 GMT References: <255@latvax8.lat.oz> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 16 You are not the only institution to have a bureacrat that judges thesis formats. However at Rutgers we somehow managed to get them involved in the computer document-processing technology. When we first started doing theses using laser printers, we showed them a sample. They liked the looks, but of course wanted to control the format. So one of my staff worked out a procedure for certifying formats (style files, whatever). We produce a test document that uses the full range of facilities (footnotes, references, chapter headings, title page, etc.). We go through an iterative adjustment process until they get something they like. By going through this process, we get separate standards for computer-generated theses, and don't have to emulate formats designed for typewriters. We have certified formats for several different laser printers in Scribe (the way Scribe works, we have to certify each device type) and LaTeX. I'm pretty sure we have them for several other document processors as well. It's a pain to do, but it sure makes things easier for our Ph.D. students.