Quarto format template for University of Skövde PhD education

This is a Quarto template that assists you in creating a manuscript for your PhD thesis at the University of Skövde. You can learn more about ...

Creating a New Manuscript

You can use this as a template to create a manuscript for a dissertation, licentiate thesis, thesis proposal, or research proposal. To do this, use the following command:

quarto use template verbalins/his-template

This will install the extension and create an example qmd file and bibiography that you can use as a starting place for your article.

Installation For Existing Document

You may also use this format with an existing Quarto project or document. From the quarto project or document directory, run the following command to install this format:

quarto install extension verbalins/his-template

Usage

To use the format, you can use the format names his-pdf and his-html. For example:

quarto render --to his-pdf

or for preview:

quarto preview --to his-html

or in your document yaml:

format:
  his-pdf:
    keep-tex: true

Format Options

The his-template format supports a number of options for customizing the format and appearance of the document. Specify these under the his-metadata key.

---

publicationtype

Two main types of outputs, thesis or report. The thesis outputs are intended for printing, and are therefore typeset on a smaller paper size. They also require different content.

dissertation - uses a purple background

licentiate - uses a grey background

The proposal outputs are instead in a4 format:

researchproposal - for research proposals

thesisproposal - for thesis proposals

---

For example, from _quarto.yml:

format:
  his-pdf:
    keep-tex: true
    classoption:
      - english
      - cover
      - final
  his-html: default

his-metadata:
  coverimage: foto.jpg
  coverphoto: face.jpg
  publicationtype: dissertation
  sammanfattning: Abstract in Swedish
  shortabstract: Summary on the back of the thesis
  fullarticles: |
    \fullarticle[scale=.7,trim={0mm 5mm 0mm 5mm},pages=-][\href{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/}{\ccbyncnd}]{fischer2017doctoraldissertationmanual}{manual.pdf}
    \fullarticle[scale=.7,trim={0mm 5mm 0mm 5mm},pages=1][\copyright{} 2018 University of Skövde. Reprinted, with permission, from]{fischer2017doctoraldissertationmanual}{manual.pdf}
    \fullarticle[scale=.7,trim={0mm 5mm 0mm 5mm},pages=1][Reprinted from][with permission from University of Skövde.]{fischer2017doctoraldissertationmanual}{manual.pdf}
  acronyms: |
    \newacronym{moo}{MOO}{Multi-Objective Optimization}
    \newacronym{sbo}{SBO}{Simulation-Based Optimization}
    \newacronym{ai}{AI}{Artificial Intelligence}
    \newacronym{doe}{DOE}{Design of Experiments}
  ownpublications: |
    \authorspublication{fischer2017doctoraldissertationmanual}
    \authorspublication[Design, manuscript preparation, review]{fischer2017doctoraldissertationmanual}