\documentclass[12pt,
a4,
twoside,
openright]{book}
Above is from my university master thesis template, I checked other schools templates, they all use a4paper, is a4
=a4paper
?
And I do not find geometry
in my template, does it mean my template uses default a4 size? Is there a standard(or widely accepted) size for thesis?
Best Answer
The "short" options
a4
,letter
,a5
, ... are not defined, neither in standard classes likearticle
,book
etc., nor in the packagegeometry
. The proper options area4paper
,letterpaper
,a5paper
, ...If this is the template your university proposed, then your university have obviously quite small knowledge of LaTeX.
For the standard paper size, this is something your university has to set up, I've seen theses on A4, Letter, B5 and maybe other paper sizes as well.