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+
+# 2023-dotson-prelim
+
+This repository holds my preliminary exam document. The style guide comes from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate College. A link to the resources may be found [here](https://grad.illinois.edu/thesis/format).
+
+# Compiling the prelim document
+
+## Windows
+The document style must be compiled using `biber`. Doing this from the command line is more reliable than modifying TeXworks or other editor (I have experienced issues with Windows blocking a biber.exe call from TeXworks). **Make sure your LaTeX installation is up-to-date.**
+
+```bash
+C:\Users\samgd\Research\2023-dotson-prelim\docs>pdflatex -shell-escape thesis.tex
+C:\Users\samgd\Research\2023-dotson-prelim\docs>biber thesis  # This is not a typo. Do not include a file extension.
+C:\Users\samgd\Research\2023-dotson-prelim\docs>pdflatex -shell-escape thesis.tex
+C:\Users\samgd\Research\2023-dotson-prelim\docs>pdflatex -shell-escape thesis.tex
+```
+
+## Linux
+
+```bash
+$ cd 2023-dotson-prelim/docs
+$ make
+```
+
+
+## From the template repository
+### uiucthesis class
+
+A LaTeX package for formatting theses in the format required by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
+
+#### Update Notes
+
+- 3.1a (Samuel G Dotson)
+  * Adds prelim macro
+- 3.1 (Zachary J Weiner)
+  * Format table of contents entries with titletoc, prepend "Chapter" and "Appendix"
+  * Place appendices after references, returning to `\mainmatter` so that appendices are still numbered
+  * Add copyright and licensing information
+- 3.0 (Zachary J Weiner)
+  * Significant revision, obsolete options removed and source simplified
+- 2.25b (Stephen Mayhew)
+  * Removed the Vita Section
+  * Added a Makefile
+  * Changed all dates from 2009 -> 2014
+  * Be careful when updating the date in the first line of uiucthesis2021.dtx! All numbers must be two digits, including month and day.