Academic Writing Template
Author
Lars Cordewener
Last Updated
6 years ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
A Template useful for students of the Academic Writing (2017) course given at the VU Amsterdam.
A Template useful for students of the Academic Writing (2017) course given at the VU Amsterdam.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[paper=a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{todonotes}
\usepackage{ragged2e,array,url,graphicx,csquotes,hyperref,adjustbox,longtable}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=ieee,
citestyle=ieee
]{biblatex}
\usepackage{setspace}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{.85}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{.7}
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{.15}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{.66}
\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{.66}
\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{.66}
\setcounter{topnumber}{9}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{9}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{20}
\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\defbibheading{bibliography}[\refname]{}
\setstretch{2}
\title{Your Paper}
\author{You}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
Your abstract.
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
Your introduction goes here! Some examples of commonly used commands and features are listed below, to help you get started.
Using LateX is very simple, this template already included a lot of the different packages so you don't have to worry. When making your own latex document it is often easier to start with a template than starting from scratch, whether that is your own created template, or one that is freely available online.
\subsection{Some basics}
Using the \verb=\section= and \verb=\subsection= commands you can define the paragraph and subparagraph names, like '1 Introduction' and '1.1 some basics' above. when you keep an empty line in between two blocks of text, the lower one will have an indentation
like this.
\section{Some examples to get started}
\subsection{How to add Lists}
You can make lists with automatic numbering \dots
\begin{enumerate}
\item Like this,
\item and like this.
\end{enumerate}
\dots or bullet points \dots
\begin{itemize}
\item Like this,
\item and like this.
\end{itemize}
\subsection{How to add Citations and a References List}
You can upload a \verb|.bib| file containing your BibTeX entries. You can then cite entries from it, like this: \cite{greenwade93}. Just remember to specify a bibliography style, as well as the filename of the \verb|.bib|.
\section{References}
\printbibliography
\end{document}