Using this template in overleaf

[arilwan]

I read in the Front/main.tex that the file "Must be compiled with XeLaTex". Considering the fact that overleaf uses pdfLaTeX compiler, changing it to XeLaTeX generates errors and warning.

Can you please explain how this could be used in overleaf? For example, some pages in the first few (preamble) are not required for my programme (MAPi).

[ruilvo]

Hello,

You can change the compiler in overleaf. Now you have two options:

How to not use the front pages

If you don't want the cover pages as they don't apply to you, you can just comment out L37 to L44 on main.tex.

Something like:

%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
%	DOCUMENT
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------

\begin{document}

% Start counting pages in an unused scheme to fix backref
% \pagenumbering{Alph}

% Includes the front pages (cover and etc.)
% \pagestyle{empty}
% \includepdf[pages={1},pagecommand={},scale=1]{Front/main}
% \cleardoublepage
% \includepdf[pages={2},pagecommand={},scale=1]{Front/main}
\cleardoublepage
\pagestyle{fancy}

Not sure about commenting out the last \cleardoublepage and the \pagestyle{fancy}. Try it like this, if there's something weird, try commenting out the last \cleardoublepage and/or the \pagestyle{fancy}

You can then just delete the /Front directory as you won't ever need it.

How to use the front pages

Now, if you want to use the nice front cover and front matter pages, you need to compile them separately.

What I usually recommend for people that want to use Overleaf and want to use the cover pages as per FCUP's standard is:

1. Create a new overleaf project and just dump the contents of /Front in there.
2. Follow the usual instructions: edit vars.tex, change compiler to XeLaTeX (which Overleaf can do), build.
3. Empty the /Front directory on your "main" thesis project.
4. Upload the previously built main.pdf from the front-only project into there.

Then you can build your thesis as "normal" with pdfLaTeX. If you need to change anything in the cover, you need to go back to your "cover-only" project, change it there, build, download the main.pdf and reupload it to /Front in the main project.