\documentclass[twoside,a4,12p]{report} %,draft,openright]
\usepackage{epsf,graphicx}
\usepackage{latexsym,amssymb}
\usepackage{setspace,cite}
% for margins left, right top bottom
\usepackage{anysize}
\marginsize{4cm}{2.5cm}{4cm}{4cm}
%\usepackage{draft} %draft option - doesn't put full figures in -
% useful when editing
%does the headers on the pages - keep in
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
%omitting any of these makes the thesis compile without the omitted
%chapter - good for editing single chapters.
\includeonly{header,intro,background,appendix}
\begin{document}
\newpage
%Puts page numbering of preamble in roman and of main body of thesis in
%arabic. Also defines how chapters and sections are made
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\setcounter{page}{1} \pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\chaptername%
\ \thechapter:\,\ #1}{}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\,\ #1}}
%DEFINES TITLE PAGE, and contains abstract, acknowledgements, etc.
\include{header}
\newpage
%sets up headers for lefthand and righthand pages. To alter, edit
%these lines and the chaptermark/sectionmark lines above
\addtolength{\headheight}{3pt} \fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[LE]{\sl\leftmark} \fancyhead[LO,RE]{\rm\thepage}
\fancyhead[RO]{\sl\rightmark} \fancyfoot[C,L,E]{}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
%\singlespacing
%\doublespacing
\onehalfspacing
\input{intro.tex}
\input{background.tex}
\appendix
\input{appendix.tex}
% this is for BibTeX. remove if you plan to write the references in the document
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{refs}
%adds the bibliography to the table of contents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}
{\protect\numberline{Bibliography\hspace{-96pt}}}
\end{document}
