How do I edit a cover page for my thesis like this template?

Question

I'm trying to dive under this incredible world of non-WYSIWYG. So, for my first main challenge I need to write my master's thesis with LaTeX. And I found some difficulties at the very beginning of my work: the cover page. I need to customize the cover page like this model (it's the mandatory model for our thesis in my university):

I need the university logo to be within the dotted retangle. I tried to fit it there without success.

Answer 1

First of all, you can encolose the title page in a titlepage environment so the document class deals with it in a proper way.

Then you can set the distances between text blocks in a relative way to each other (by using the \stretch command), so if you are required to change the paper size (university policies with respect to thesis formatting can be very annoying) they still keep the same proportion on the page.

You can also define picture sizes relative to document parameters, by defining lengths as a number multiplying predefined constants, say defining width as a multiple of \textwidth. Be sure to use a vectorial picture so it does not suffer loss of quality due to resizing (and also makes for smaller file sizes). You can find the UNICAMP logo in several formats here (Beware: the eps version has some gibberish code written after the postscript code. Get rid of it otherwise LaTeX won't like it).

You can fine-tune the margins further by using commands from the geometry package.

So a full example of a titlepage would be

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}

...

\begin{titlepage}
\includegraphics[width=.1\textwidth]{your-university-logo}

\centering
\vspace{\stretch{1}}
\Large{Your Name}

\vspace{\stretch{1}}
\LARGE{\textbf{Your Thesis Title}}

\vspace{\stretch{2}}
\Large{Your City\\Date}

\end{titlepage}

Answer 2

Here is a first approach to what you need:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
%\geometry{margin=3cm} %declare margins as they shold be in the doument itself
\begin{document}
\newgeometry{top=3cm,right=3cm,left=3cm,bottom=2cm,includefoot}
{\color{blue}\rule{2cm}{2cm}}\par
\begin{center}
{\color{red}Modelo CAPA...}\par
\vspace{1cm} %or any other space you like
{\Large (Enter your name here)}\par
\vspace{2cm} %as above
{\huge (Enter your title here)}\par
\vfill
{\Large CAMPINAS\\[.5\baselineskip]
2012}
\end{center}
\restoregeometry
%From here you can start the rest of your thesis
\end{document}

To include you actual image just replace the line

{\color{blue}\rule{2cm}{2cm}}\par

with \includegraphics[scaling]{picname}. Uncomment line 5 after declaring the margins of your actual thesis body (I assumed the margins you gave, are for the titlepage only), and drop the 'showframe' option of geometry when you feel confident about the layout.

Answer 3

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\begin{document}

\begin{picture}(0,0)
\put(-50,-50)%adjust these values to place the graphic
\includegraphics{dummy.jpg}
\end{picture}
\begin{centering}
\vspace{5cm}%adjust as needed
\vfill
my name here
\vfill
\vspace{5cm}%adjust as needed
Title
\vfill
\end{centering}
\end{document}