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An updated R Markdown thesis template using the bookdown package

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Change appearance of links and page format in pdf for printing

LGurtner opened this issue · comments

commented

Hello,

first of all, thank you so much for this great package! Writing my PhD with it has been such a smooth experience!
I am now printing my Thesis and I would like to change a minor thing in it: All links (DOIs but also links to other chapters, figures etc) have a colored frame around them which highlights them as a link. That's perfect in the digital version, but not for printing, since every page with a colored frame on it will cost the price of a color print instead of a black and white print. How can I change this? I feel like this should involve some tweaking of a .css file but I can't find one and I would not know what exactly to change. So I really have two questions:

  1. Where can I find the css file that manages the appearance in the PDF?
  2. What would I have to change in this file to make the links monochrome or white?
    Thank you again for the package and for your help here!
commented

Ok, I just found a cls file which might be what I need (hiding in plain sight as reedthesis.cls in the main directory).
As for my second question, I'm a little clueless. Will continue searching but if you know the quick fix, please let me know, thank you!

commented

I found the answer here, no messing with the cls needed, only an addition to the YAML header:

header-includes:
    - \usepackage {hyperref}
    - \hypersetup {colorlinks = true, linkcolor = black, urlcolor = black}
commented

Thanks for sharing! Sorry it took me a bit to get to this but I'm glad you found a solution.

commented

No problem! Just another comment for printing outside the US: In Europe, page formats are different than the default in thesisdown. To adapt the document to A4 pages, include in the YAML header:
header-includes: - \usepackage[a4paper, total={6in, 8in}, bottom=1in, top = 1in]{geometry}

The first part sets the pages to A4 format, the 'bottom' and 'top' arguments adjust the margins at the bottom and top of the page.

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