CTAN has a new package: umthesis

The package below has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your favorite mirror. Thanks again, Jim Hefferon Saint Michael's College ........................................................................ The following information was provided by our fellow contributor: Name of contribution: umthesis Author's name: Robert Felty Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/umthesis Summary description: A class file for dissertations at the University of Michigan License type: lppl Announcement text:

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This new class file improves upon previous class files in several ways: - it loads the book class, and makes as few changes as possible - it uses "new" commands such as \newcommand instead of \def - it is compatible with many other LaTeX packages - unlike some previous class files, it is well commented - unlike some previous class files, it does not break \includeonly - a full example is provided showing the many features of the class

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This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/umthesis . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=umthesis (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .