For Vidya Academy MCA Students : Typesetting Seminar Report
For Vidya Academy MCA Students : Typesetting Seminar Report
- Download template files
- Create copy of template.tex
- Start filling template
- Final touches
- When finished
All Vidya Academy MCA students will be required to submit their Seminar Reports of 506 2K (P) Seminar paper typeset using LaTeX format. For this, the students are expected to go through a two-stage process.
- Stage 1 : Learn the basics of LaTeX. This has already been explained.
- Stage 2 : Prepare the report using the template specially designed for this purpose.
Download template files
- If you have followed the instructions given so far, you would have created a folder, say MyFolder, for storing all TeX-related files.
- The template for preparing the Seminar Report consists of several files. All these files are collected in a folder SeminarReportTemplate and a zipped version of the folder is available for download.
- Download the folder SeminarReportTemplate to the folder MyFolder from the link below:
or
- Unzip the contents of SeminarReportTemplate to MyFolder. Ensure that the following files have been downloaded
- template.tex
- preamble.tex
- coverpage.tex
- titlepage.tex
- frontmatter.tex
- certificate.tex
- acknowledgement.tex
- lastpage.tex
- VidyaLogo.JPG
Create copy of template.tex
- Create a copy of template.tex and rename it according to the following scheme:
VExxMCAxxxFFFFFF.tex
where VExxMCAxxx denotes your University Examination Register Number and FFFFFF your first name or a short form of it (spaces are not allowed in the name of the file). Also, there is no restriction on the number of characters in the file name.
Start filling template
- Now open TeXworks window and open the file VExxMCAxxxFFFFFF.tex.
- Start filling the template with data relating to your Seminar Report.
- You may save the file frequently, compile it and see the output to ensure that you have not committed any errors in typing the commands.
- You should not make any changes in any of the other files in the folder except the file acknowledgement.tex. This file contains a standard formal acknowledgment to your Seminar Guide and the Head of Department. If you favour a stronger statement of acknowledgment, you may edit this file and save it. You may also include acknowledgments to others. (Why not thank God for giving you a chance to study in Vidya Academy of Science & Technology?) Then you have to recompile VExxMCAxxxFFFFFF.tex once again.
Final touches
- Your report must have a Bibliography. (Refer First Lesons in LaTeX)
- If there are any tables in your report, your Report must have a List of Tables at the beginning. (Refer First Lesons in LaTeX)
When finished
- Print the Report. For printing the Report, you have to open the PDF version of the Report in the Acroread programme.
- For guidance on the colour of cover page of the hard copy of the Report consult your seminar guide.
- Submit three hard copies of the Report in the Department. Two copies will be retained in the Department Library. One copy will be returned to you.
- You must collect the two copies from your Seminar Guide.
- Email the PDF version of the Report to VidyaAcademyMCA2008Admissions@gmail.com