Format requirements have changed at BYU. The template is now out-of-date.

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See http://www.byu.edu/gradstudies/images/forms/ADV_Form_11.pdf and
http://www.byu.edu/gradstudies/images/forms/ADV_Form_11a.pdf

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kent.sea...@gmail.com on 12 Nov 2009 at 7:08

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As discussed, I'll also need to change the default Graduate Coordinator slot to 
be Kent 
E. Seamons.

Original comment by shiblon on 15 Nov 2009 at 2:57

• Changed state: Started

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Attaching an example fix for this, submitted by one of the students.

Original comment by shiblon on 15 Nov 2009 at 3:03

Attachments:

• byumsphd.cls

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I have done the following:

- Moved the title to 1 inch below the top of the page
- Change the title to mixed-case letters
- Made the compliantheadings option the default (it was there all along)
- *Ignored* the 1.0 inch all-sides requirement - their own example has proper 
1.5 
inch binding margins.  I assume that they mean 1 inch after discounting the 
.5-inch 
binding margin (which is what they actually did) - IIRC, this came up when I 
did my 
own dissertation, and the 1.5-inch binding margin trumped the other conflicting 
instruction.
- Remove the word "by" from the Author section on the title page
- Centered the author name between the title and the submission language
- Made the submission language single-spaced
- Made the degree title only one blank line from the submission language
- Added committee member list to the title page (is it just me, or is it 
getting 
crowded in here?)
- Moved the copyright information off of its own page and onto the title page
- Move the ABSTRACT title to 1 inch from the top edge
- Changed the abstract title to be mixed case
- Changed the abstract author information to be 2 blank lines down instead of 3
- Moved the abstract body up to 2 lines below the author information instead of 
3
- Added keywords section with corresponding \documentkeywords setting
- Moved abstract page to follow the title page
- Moved acknowledgements page to follow the abstract
- Moved acknowledgements title to 1 inch below top
- Moved acknowledgement text to fall 2 double-spaced blank lines below title
- Moved university name on signature page to 1 inch below top
- Changed to 2 double-spaced blank lines after university name on signature page
- Changed GRADUATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL to SIGNATURE PAGE
- Consolidated two signature pages into one.
- Moved author information to 2 double-sided blank lines below SIGNATURE PAGE
- Changed signature page body text to reflect the example
- Changed signature spacing to be 1.5 blank lines instead of 2 (except for 
larger 
spacing between committee and department/college signatures)
- Made table/figure caption font smaller than the document body font

I believe that covers the issues brought up.  The bulk of the changes, as 
indicated in 
the announcement, were with the frontmatter.

It should be noted that the attached file above is based on an older version of 
this 
class file.  I suspect that older versions are floating around all over the 
place.  To 
reduce confusion, it's probably a good idea to direct students to this site for 
the 
latest version - this will also let them know that it is actively maintained 
and that the 
issue tracker is the best and fastest way to get a response about it.

Thanks for the report.  I'm uploading version 1.0.14 now and marking this 
Fixed.  If 
you have a student who would like to test it out, please have them do so and 
return 
to mark this issue Verified (or just let me know and I'll do it).

Original comment by shiblon on 15 Nov 2009 at 4:27

• Changed state: Fixed

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I forgot to mention, if you're interested in diffs, r16125d00822a is the link 
you're after.

Original comment by shiblon on 15 Nov 2009 at 4:30

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Addressed a few comments in r331b3f4d5e1e:

- Title page needed ", Chair" after the adviser's name
- Changed graduate coordinator name in example file as well
- Added an option for the signature page - defaults to off
- Fixed example file to include hard spaces in the various names

Original comment by shiblon on 17 Nov 2009 at 5:58

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Reopening, since we're still obviously not done :)

I have now added the equalmargins option, which plays nicely with oneside and 
twoside 
settings (so that page numbers are correct in both scenarios).  Currently in 
r641bf10f4474.

Original comment by shiblon on 17 Nov 2009 at 7:55

• Changed state: Started

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Whew.   Per our conversation elsewhere, I have fixed the margin issue in a 
flexible 
way:

- Removed some of the more esoteric margin fiddling (I discovered the 
bindingoffset 
setting in the geometry package - really helpful)
- Added \settextwidth and \setbindingoffset macros for changing these things.
- Ensured that binding offset is set to 0 when equalmargins is set - in fact, 
that's all 
it does now.
- Added documentation for the new macros, with an example of how to use them.

All of this in r69cdcf16191c.

Original comment by shiblon on 18 Nov 2009 at 7:51

• Changed state: Fixed

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New revision: r951ebd969471

Contains fixes for non-natbib users (just issues a warning with documentation 
on how 
to fix the lack of a TOC entry by hand) and simplifies the example file's 
documentclass 
options.

Original comment by shiblon on 19 Nov 2009 at 1:36

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I am closing this bug out, but am happy to have it reopened as needed (or have 
a new 
one filed).  I'm uploading version 1.0.14 right now, with all of the various 
fixes 
discussed in this issue and elsewhere.  I believe the only outstanding issue is 
the 
sporadic problem with page numbering, which I'd like to see a test case for 
with the new 
version.

Thanks to everyone for the help and comments - I'll continue working on this as 
things 
evolve.

Original comment by shiblon on 19 Nov 2009 at 8:57

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Actually, this is a big enough change that I'm incrementing the minor version 
number, 
so it's now version 1.1.0.

:-)

Original comment by shiblon on 19 Nov 2009 at 8:58