4.4 Changing the Title Page
Volume 1
described how to lay out the title page using
\maketitle. If this layout isn't appropriate for your
school or department's specifications, you can lay out the title page
manually using the titlepage environment instead of
\maketitle. Within this environment, you can use
\hspace{<length>} and \vspace{<length>}
to insert horizontal and vertical spacing. (The unstarred versions
are ignored if they occur at the start of a line or page,
respectively. The starred versions will insert the given
spacing, regardless of their location.) You can also use \hfill and \vfill, which will expand to fill the available space
horizontally or vertically, respectively.
Example:
\begin{titlepage}
\centering \vspace*{1in}
\begin{Large}\bfseries
A Sample PhD Thesis
\par
\end{Large}
\vspace{1.5in}
\begin{large}\bfseries
A. N. Other
\par
\end{large}
\vfill
A Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
\par
\vspace{0.5in}
School of Something
\par
University of Somewhere
\par
\vspace{0.5in}
July 2013
\par
\end{titlepage}
The result is shown in Figure 4.2. (If you require double-spacing, you may need to wait until after the title page before switching to double-spacing.)
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