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I'm using the thesis class (https://ctan.org/pkg/thesis?lang=de) for my thesis in LaTex but I have some problems. Overleaf didn't know the thesis class so I had to load up the class by my self on the LaTex project. Howsoever I have problems with the label of figures, tabels and the table of symbols (for which I'm using the useagepackage "listofsymbols"). I have for the defualt language of the whole file ngerman but the labels are in english ("Fig" instead of "Abb" e.g.). Furthermore the table of symbols isn't a "chapter" by his own (like the table of contents e.g.) - maybe the usepackage "listofsymbols" doesn't work with this class?

Thanks.

bilaljo
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    Welcome to TeX.SE. This package appears to have been last updated in 1995. Unless you have a compelling reason to employ it, trying to get it to work with an up-to-date LaTeX distribution may not be worth the effort. – Mico Aug 19 '20 at 06:35
  • Thank you. Oh that's a little bit old. Do you have any recommendation which is suitable for a bachelor thesis? – bilaljo Aug 19 '20 at 10:05
  • In my experience, the only good reason for using a specific thesis-type package is if your university or organization compels you to use that package. If there's no such coercion, using a ready-made package to "handle" the formatting requirements almost invariably ends up making you spend lots of time fine-tuning the package's settings. You're probably better off working with a "standard" document class -- say, article or scrartcl -- and using 5 to 8 pertinent packags plus a couple of font packages if you don't use Computer Modern (the default font). – Mico Aug 19 '20 at 10:45
  • For an overview of frequently loaded LaTEX packages, do check out the posting What packages do people load by default in LaTeX? Which packages you should load for your thesis naturally very much depends on your field (about which you haven't said much so far). – Mico Aug 19 '20 at 10:46
  • Depending on the length of your thesis article or report might be a good choice. If you want/need more customisation options, you can try the KOMA-Script classes scrartcl or scrreprt. memoir is another popular powerful document class. I'd stay away from everything that calls itself 'thesis class': Those are often heavily customised and can be tricky to modify. Sometimes they aren't maintained or supported any more. In this particular case the class is just outdated. – moewe Aug 19 '20 at 17:36
  • Thank you very much! I decided me for the report class and it works perfectly. – bilaljo Aug 20 '20 at 16:42

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