Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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Joao Lourenco

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Feb 8, 2015, 5:51:25 AM2/8/15
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--- Will this work in my computer? ---

Can I use this template with Windows?

Well… you should ask yourself if you should use Windows! ;) Bus if you are definitely decided to use Windows, the answer is YES! You may use this template with Windows. Have a look at the Windows Pages.

Can I use this template with Linux or Mac OS X?

Yes! In both cases everything should go smoothly and without major problems. There are however some pages dedicated specifically to Linux and Mac OS X. :)

--- Bibliography issues ---

How to suppress “In:” in the bibliography?

Please check http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/10682/suppress-in-biblatex and follow the suggestion.

--- Bugs and Feature Requests ---

I found a bug in the template. What should I do?

Please submit a bug report at the issues page.

I have a request/suggestion for a new feature in the template. What should I do?

Please submit a feature request at the issues page.

--- Dealing with errors… ---

I get this strange error with something about "geometry"…

This template requires the "geometry" package to be at v5.0 (dated 2010/02/12) or later! Please check the version of your geometry package before reporting errors. The best way to overcome this problem is to update your LaTeX installation to the most recent version.

The spacing between items in my glossary is not uniform! (*)

Solution from http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17114.
Please add "\renewcommand{\glsgroupskip}{}" before "\begin{document}".
(*) Thanks to Luís Silva for the hint!

How do I remove that black square/rectangle at the end of some lines/paragraphs/figures/etc…?

The objective of that square is to inform you that that line is slightly longer than it should (sometimes is is just a couple of points, hardly detectable by eyesight). The square will not be shown if you switch the "documentclass option" option from "draft" to "final".

I've got this other error that I do not know how to solve! Where can I get some help?

You may try:

Filipe Ataide

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Aug 25, 2014, 9:43:45 PM8/25/14
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I wish to edit the header and footer but there seems to be some incompatibilities with fancyhdr. I could do it with the previous version by tweaking the cls but not anymore. Can you help please?

Filipe Ataide

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Aug 26, 2014, 8:25:08 AM8/26/14
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Looks like I made my way through the imcompatibilities. I added:

\let\footruleskip\undefined
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

just before the 

\def\thesisfrontmatter{%

on the cls file and it seems to work. I got it from:


It only needs to be added if fancyhdr is used, thus some conditionals should be added to the template. Regarding the page numbering I've been using the following which I think are inline with the guidelines from FCTUNL:

\def\thesismainmatter{%
\mainmatter
\pagestyle{fancy}

\def\chaptermark##1{\markboth{%
\selectfont ##1}{}}
\def\sectionmark##1{\markright{%
\selectfont\thesection.\ ##1}}

\fancyhead{}
\setlength{\headheight}{15pt}
\fancyhead[RO]{\footnotesize\leftmark}
\fancyhead[LE]{\footnotesize\rightmark}

\fancyfoot{}
\fancyfoot[LE,RO]{\footnotesize \thepage}

\if\UNL@lang0   % Tese em Português
\selectlanguage{portuguese}
\else\if\UNL@lang1   % Thesis in English
\selectlanguage{english}
\fi\fi
}

I hope it helps.

Filipe Ataide

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Aug 26, 2014, 9:06:46 AM8/26/14
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Sorry but the code was incomplete. Here goes:



\def\thesisfrontmatter{%
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\setlength{\headheight}{15pt}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyfoot{}
\pagenumbering{roman} 
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