Instructions to Use CTE Certificate Generator

TexLive Package is used to run the .tex files

Requirements

1. Texlive Installation

Linux:

sudo apt-get install Texlive
#incase you face any errors on missing packages
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra

OSX

Install Mac-Tex

Windows

Download either of

• TexLive
• MicTex
• Lyx (Advice: mictex and lyx may take a long while to install.)

Overleaf

you can also run the tex file online on the website Overleaf

2. Dependencies

pip install -f requirements.txt

Certificate Chunk

Files Required

1. Background Template - ./cert.pdf
2. CTE Logo - ./CTE_logo.png
3. CSV - ./FinalRecords.csv
4. Signature - ./sign.pdf

Linux

pdflatex --output-directory=../otherdir /path/to/myfile.tex

MacOs

Follow instructions on MacTex website

Windows

MicTex and Lyx are both GUI programs with elements to convert .tex to .pdf

Overleaf

Compile and Download PDF

PDF Split

python splitter.py

Process/Changes:

1. First run the preprocess.py script with a Records.csv file in the same directory which outputs a FinalRecords.csv file.

2. When running latex file make sure to have the CTE_logo.png, cert.pdf, sign.pdf and FinalRecords.csv in the same directory and make sure to run the TexLive command after you cd to the folder containing all these files

3. Finally run the splitter.py to split the pdf generated after step2 and go to the Certificates folder to find all certificates which are labelled as CertID_ID.pdf

4. For two signs exchange this minipage codeblock with the last minipage in certGen.tex (line 65)

		\begin{minipage}[l]{8.8in}

		{\hspace{-0.55cm}\includegraphics[width=.1\linewidth,]{sign.pdf} \hspace{10.41cm}\includegraphics[width=0.1\linewidth]{sign.pdf}}

		  {\hspace{-0.35cm}\shortstack{\vrule width 2in height 0.2pt\\\footnotesize} 		  {\hspace{7.51cm}\shortstack{\vrule width 2in height 0.2pt\\\footnotesize}}
}


			{\hspace{-0.55cm} \textbf {\scriptsize PROF. BHARAT M DESHAPANDE (HEAD, CTE)}\hspace{1.6cm} \textbf{\scriptsize SUHRUDH S (PRESIDENT,CTE)}\\ \vspace{0.3cm}{\hspace{-0.58cm} \color{lightgrey}{\small BITS PILANI KK BIRLA GOA CAMPUS}}}
			% you can change the fontsize by using "tiny,footnotesize,small,medium,large"
		\end{minipage}}

Note : To change the contents of the certificates ull need to change the text in the latex file. Also remember to change the date!