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I am writing my PhD thesis report and since my university does not have a template (too sad) I am making my own. I would like to know please what documentclass to use, is it book, article or, report?

Thanks in a advance :)

Ingmar
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    Templates don't have a great reputation, so I'd not be too disappointed. I'm not sure there is an objective answer there: I favour report but that's a personal preference. – Joseph Wright Feb 23 '21 at 11:49
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    Both report and book should be fine (As a European, I actually favor scrreprt and scrbook, respectively, but that's a personal choice.) Some people swear by the memoir class. From your selection, article is probably least suited. – Ingmar Feb 23 '21 at 11:52
  • @JosephWright Oh really? I had no idea! Thanks for your answer :D – Wallflower Feb 23 '21 at 11:54
  • @Ingmar It is a french PhD thesis but I am writing in English. Understood, thank you! – Wallflower Feb 23 '21 at 11:55
  • @Wallflower: It's not about the language, it's about layout and typography. KOMA-Script already does a lot of the things for you (using A4 paper, some font changes, etc.) Obviously either can be made to work. See here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/73141/why-should-i-not-use-the-koma-script-classes/73146 – Ingmar Feb 23 '21 at 11:57
  • @Ingmar Oh ok, I get it now, thanks :) – Wallflower Feb 23 '21 at 12:22
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    The big thing is to find out the university requirements and adjust geometry etc. accordingly. I don't suppose it would do any good to tell them that "double spacing" only applies to typewriters, not typesetters. – John Kormylo Feb 23 '21 at 14:14
  • I suggest using the memoir class (warning: I'm the original developer). It enables you to do many things. The documentation (> texdoc memoir) includes a 17 page chapter Twenty-one --- An example thesis design which may prove useful. – Peter Wilson Feb 23 '21 at 17:27
  • @PeterWilson Pleasure to read from you. Will do, thank you! – Wallflower Feb 23 '21 at 17:33

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