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updating where to get RU logo (WIP)

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@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ Critical information: The current version of the template uses Lua\LaTeX{} for
{\em It will not work on PDF\LaTeX{} nor classic \LaTeX.}
On debian based systems, you will need to install the \verb|texlive-luatex| package.
\begin{itemize}
\begin{description}
\item [Overleaf Template:] \url{https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/reykjavik-university-project-report-and-thesis-template/fcwvcgnstrjs}
\item [Actively developed code:] \url{https://github.com/foleyj2/ru-thesis}
\item Current maintainers: Joseph Timothy Foley and Marcel Kyas.
Questions, comments, complaints should be submitted at \url{https://github.com/foleyj2/ru-thesis/issues}
\end{itemize}
\end{description}
\subsection{Frequently Asked Questions}
\begin{itemize}
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\item {\em Why isn't there the RU logo on the front of the template on Overleaf/Git?}
The official cover for these documents is generated by the Reykjavik University department.
Putting the RU logo on GitHub or Overleaf's templates is incompatible with their licensing rules, so we cannot legally include it.
Putting the RU logo on GitHub or Overleaf's templates is incompatible with their licensing rules due to the font surrounding it, so we cannot legally include it.
The official source of the logo for print can be found at \url{https://hr.kreatives.is/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HR_Logo_Colors_2017.pdf}
See Section~\ref{sec:coverpage} about how to integrate the cover with the RU logo into your document.
\item {\em My advisor doesn't like this format and asked me to change it.
What should I do?}
Please contact the head of Graduate Affairs in your Department about what is required in the thesis format and who determines the formatting.
What should I do?}
Please contact the head of Graduate Affairs in your Department about what is required in the thesis format and who determines the formatting.
The Reykjavik University library is officially in charge of the outside of the thesis and suggested templates.
\item {\em Why are there all these blank pages?}
In printed books, content in the main body of the book traditionally starts on the Right i.e. ``Recto'' side.
The template puts blank pages so that the Abstract, Table of Contents, and Chapters always start on the right side which may involve putting blank pages.
\item {\em I've been told to use a Word Template. Where is it?}
There is no officially supported MS Word Template as of 2024-10-23 as far as the authors know.
As of 2025-10-15, the RU Library has been working on an Word template for non-technical users.
The template authors tested MS Word to see if could properly typeset according to standard practice and found it had insufficient enforcement of formatting and margins.
In addition, MS Word is unable to hyphenate Icelandic properly which results in very ugly typesetting.
If you need a WYSIWYG editor to generate an Icelandic document, we recommend OpenOffice or LibreOffice with the extension developed at University of Iceland: \url{https://extensions.openoffice.org/fr/project/icelandic-hyphenation-dictionary}
The template authors tested MS Word to see if could properly typeset according to standard practice and found it had insufficient enforcement of formatting and margins.
In addition, MS Word is unable to hyphenate Icelandic properly which results in very ugly typesetting.
If you need a WYSIWYG editor to generate an Icelandic document, we recommend OpenOffice or LibreOffice with the extension developed at University of Iceland: \url{https://extensions.openoffice.org/fr/project/icelandic-hyphenation-dictionary}
The authors do not recommend using MS Word for any document that must be printed as a book\footnote{Publishers accept MS Word documents then pay people in Asia to extract the content and convert it into XML or LaTeX.}.