Steve's Anonymous Manuscript Template
Description
The R Markdown template Steve used once for an anonymous manuscript submission that needed to look an exact way. I've used this only once
for a manuscript submission to a particular journal. It was not published. I have not had the occasion to submit there again.
Usage
anonms(...)
templ_anonms()
anonms(...)
templ_anonms()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template. Honestly, this looks like a boilerplate R Markdown template. I think runhead is the only parameter
unique to this document. It's also mandatory. Other fields that you can see in the skeleton (e.g. title, name, affiliation)
are borrowed from other templates and explicated there.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
runhead |
A shortened version of title to treat as a running head |
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Steve's First Article/Manuscript Template
Description
A template for academic articles/manuscripts. For more information, see here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2020/09/another-rmarkdown-article-template/.
Usage
article(...)
templ_article()
article(...)
templ_article()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
name |
name of the author |
affiliation |
the affiliation of the author |
thanks |
A place to thank people for their input, identify corresponding author, etc. |
abstract |
include an abstract of the paper here |
keywords |
some keywords for the manuscript |
anonymous |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, scrubs all identifying author info for peer review |
removetitleabstract |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, removes title/abstract for peer review (if you'd like) |
appendix |
optional, but specifies appendix figure/table prefices |
endnotes |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, makes R Markdown footnotes as endnotes |
twocol |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, makes document two-column format |
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Steve's 2nd Article/Manuscript Template
Description
Another template for academic articles/manuscripts. For more information, see here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2020/09/another-rmarkdown-article-template/. Please note
that xelatex is functionally required for this template/function.
Usage
article2(...)
templ_article2()
article2(...)
templ_article2()
Arguments
Details
If your version of TeX comes by way of Yihui Xie's tinytex, you'll want to
additionally install the "xurl" library. Otherwise, you'll get a vague error about a
missing LaTeX dependency. tinytex::tlmgr_install("xurl") should suffice. I
thank Ian Adams and Cornelius Hennch for finding this issue and pointing to this
solution.
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template. Much should've been carried over from my
first article/manuscript template. Please yell at me/raise an issue
on the Github repo if I didn't.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
name |
name of the author |
affiliation |
the affiliation of the author |
thanks |
A place to thank people for their input, identify corresponding author, etc. |
abstract |
include an abstract of the paper here |
keywords |
some keywords for the manuscript |
anonymous |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, scrubs all identifying author info for peer review |
removetitleabstract |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, removes title/abstract for peer review (if you'd like) |
appendix |
optional, but specifies appendix figure/table prefices |
endnotes |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, makes R Markdown footnotes as endnotes |
pandocparas |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, keeps Pandoc's default paragraph format |
sansitup |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, better mimics ACM's use of sans fonts for section headers |
mainfont |
optional (I think?), but it's the main font to use with xelatex. I use cochineal here. |
sansfont |
optional, only necessary if sansitup: TRUE. Specifies sans font. I recommend Linux Biolinum |
doublespacing |
optional, if anything is here to process, this will double-space the document. |
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Steve's 3rd Article/Manuscript Template
Description
Another template for academic articles/manuscripts. Please note that
xelatex is functionally required for this template/function. An (incomplete)
primer on this tutorial is available on my website
http://svmiller.com/blog/2023/05/a-third-rmarkdown-article-manuscript-template/.
Usage
article3(...)
templ_article3()
article3(...)
templ_article3()
Arguments
Details
If your version of TeX comes by way of Yihui Xie's tinytex, you'll want
to additionally install the "xurl" library. Otherwise, you'll get a vague
error about a missing LaTeX dependency. tinytex::tlmgr_install("xurl")
should suffice. I thank Ian Adams and Cornelius Hennch for finding this issue
and pointing to this solution.
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template. Just about everything is carried over from the 2nd article
template. The user will want to pay careful attention in the skeleton/example
file about how the YAML is structured for author information.
Do note that Pandoc limitations preclude a more sophisticated "if-else" logic
to formatting authors and their affiliations. This means (basically: strongly
implies) that one of solo-author, two-author, or n-author is explicitly
set to TRUE for this template to look like it makes sense. You do not need
all three in your YAML. You just need one, and to set it to TRUE.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
author |
author information with support for subfields of name, email, author order, and affiliation code |
affils |
affiliation information corresponding with the authors. Sync code here with the information in the author field. |
thanks |
A place to thank people for their input, identify corresponding author, etc. |
abstract |
include an abstract of the paper here |
keywords |
some keywords for the manuscript |
anonymous |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, scrubs all identifying author info for peer review |
removetitleabstract |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, removes title/abstract for peer review (if you'd like) |
appendix |
optional, but specifies appendix figure/table prefices |
endnotes |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, makes R Markdown footnotes as endnotes |
pandocparas |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, keeps Pandoc's default paragraph format |
sansitup |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, better mimics ACM's use of sans fonts for section headers |
mainfont |
optional (I think?), but it's the main font to use with xelatex. I use cochineal here. |
sansfont |
optional, only necessary if sansitup: TRUE. Specifies sans font. I recommend Linux Biolinum |
doublespacing |
optional, if anything is here to process, this will double-space the document. |
remove-emails |
optional, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, removes author email information from document preamble. |
remove-paper-info |
optional, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, removes optional paper information you may want to include. |
paper-info |
Additional information you may want to include about the paper. |
solo-author |
Is there only one author on this project? Then set as TRUE. Has implications for formatting. |
two-author |
Are there only two authors on this project? Then set as TRUE. Has implications for formatting. |
n-author |
Are there more than two authors on this project? Then set as TRUE. Has implications for formatting. |
alternate-layout |
If TRUE, adjusts the layout slightly (moving affiliations outside the abstract and to near the authors. Experiment with it and see if you like it. |
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Steve's Beamer Template
Description
This is the R Markdown template I use for in-class or in-person presentations. For
a discussion of some of its features, see here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2019/08/r-markdown-template-beamer-presentations/.
Usage
beamer(...)
templ_beamer()
beamer(...)
templ_beamer()
Arguments
Details
Note that xelatex is not required for this template but is heavily suggested. If
you elect to use xelatex, you must supply something in titlefont: and
mainfont: that your particular LaTeX installation will recognize. See discussion
here: https://github.com/svmiller/stevetemplates/issues/4
About YAML header fields
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
title |
Title of the presentation |
subtitle |
Subtitle of the presentation. Optional, but useful. For in-class lectures, I put the class name here. |
institute |
List your department/college here. Optional. |
titlegraphic |
Put a path to university watermark here. Optional. |
scaletg |
Scale titlegraphic relative to the width of the document. Optional, defaults to .3 |
titlegraphshift |
Optional LaTeX commands to move around titlegraphic. Manually escape any LaTeX code you put here. Use with care. |
make149 |
Logical, gives 14:9 dimension to presentation (my favorite). Optional, defaults to FALSE. |
mainfont |
The main font to use with xelatex. I use Open Sans here. Optional, but recommended. |
titlefont |
The font for slide titles. I use Titillium Web here. Optional, but recommended. |
primarycolor |
Specifies a "primary" color in six-digit RGB color. Defaults to 002F5F. Optional. |
secondarycolor |
Specifies a "secondary" color in six-digit RGB color. Defaults to 9BB2CE. Optional. |
no_toc_after |
When TRUE, disables table of contents at end of document. Optional. |
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Steve's (Non-Academic) Cover Letter Template
Description
A template for cover letters when applying for non-academic jobs. For more information, see here:
https://twitter.com/stevenvmiller/status/1320831949469065218. This template will force the use of
xelatex.
Usage
cover_letter(...)
templ_cover_letter()
cover_letter(...)
templ_cover_letter()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
author |
name of the author |
address |
the author's address, which can (and should) be piped with | separators |
email |
the author's email |
url |
the author's website domain |
phone |
the author's phone number |
fontawesome |
logical, defaults to TRUE. If TRUE, use fontawesome icons |
mainfont |
The main font to use with xelatex. I use cochineal here. Optional, but recommended. |
monofont |
The monospaced font to use with xelatex. I use Fira Code here. Optional, but recommended. |
date |
Specify a date format |
greetings |
Specify a salutations to start the letter |
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Steve's Academic CV Template
Description
A template for academic CVs. For more information, see here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2016/03/svm-r-markdown-cv/.
Usage
cv(...)
templ_cv()
cv(...)
templ_cv()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
author |
name of the author |
jobtitle |
appears as first row in the CV |
address |
appears as second row in the CV |
fontawesome |
logical, defaults to TRUE. If TRUE, use fontawesome icons |
email |
your email, for the third row |
github |
optional, displays Github user name on third row |
orcid |
optional, displays ORCID ID on third row |
phone |
optional, displays your phone number on third row |
web |
optional, displays your domain name on third row |
updated |
optional, displays (on third row) when file was last updated |
keywords |
not terribly useful, but some keywords to embed in PDF so Google may find it |
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Steve's Second Academic CV Template
Description
A template for academic CVs. This is an evolution of the first one, though
has slightly different aesthetic features you can see for yourself. For more
information, see here: http://svmiller.com/blog/2016/03/svm-r-markdown-cv/.
You can also check my current CV.
Usage
cv2(...)
templ_cv2()
cv2(...)
templ_cv2()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
author |
name of the author |
jobtitle |
appears as first row in the CV |
address |
appears as second row in the CV |
fontawesome |
logical, defaults to TRUE. If TRUE, use fontawesome icons |
email |
your email, for the third row |
github |
optional, displays Github user name on third row |
orcid |
optional, displays ORCID ID on third row |
phone |
optional, displays your phone number on third row |
web |
optional, displays your domain name on third row |
updated |
optional, displays (on third row) when file was last updated. If FALSE or omitted, date of update is communicated in footer |
rdateformat |
optional, but takes R syntax to format date of update. |
keywords |
not terribly useful, but some keywords to embed in PDF so Google may find it |
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Additional Comments
The fontawesome argument calls the fontawesome5 package in LaTeX. This
assumes the use of TeXLive 2015 at the latest.
latex_engine is hard-set as "xelatex". This permits greater flexibility in
use of fonts through the mainfont argument you can specify in the YAML.
I'll be frank that disabling fontawesome doesn't make much sense to me,
though the option is there if you want it. The CV just won't look as nice
with it disabled.
fontawesome controls the use of icons in the header, though icons for
ORCID and OSF come from the academicicons package. Everything else comes
from fontawesome5.
Stockholm University EKOHIST Thesis Template
Description
This is a specialty LaTeX R Markdown template for which I am not anticipating
there will be high demand. This is for master's students in the Department of
Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University, which
currently employs me and is always welcome to give me more money.
Usage
ekohist_thesis(...)
templ_ekohist_thesis()
ekohist_thesis(...)
templ_ekohist_thesis()
Arguments
Details
If your version of TeX comes by way of Yihui Xie's tinytex, you may
want to additionally install the "xurl" library. Otherwise, you'll get a
vague error about a missing LaTeX dependency.
tinytex::tlmgr_install("xurl") should suffice. I thank Ian Adams and
Cornelius Hennch for finding this issue and pointing to this solution.
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template. There is not much here that is particularly important.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
author |
name of the author (i.e. the student) |
supervisor |
the name of the supervising professor (i.e. probably me) |
field |
the field of study (i.e. typically economic history of IR) |
mainfont |
optional(?), but it's the main font to use with xelatex. |
abstract |
include an abstract of the paper here |
keywords |
some keywords for the manuscript |
pandocparas |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, keeps Pandoc's |
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default paragraph format |
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Steve's HTML Article Template
Description
This is the R Markdown template I added in support of another package, which facilitates
the conversion of academic articles to HTML format.
Usage
html_article(...)
templ_html_article()
html_article(...)
templ_html_article()
Arguments
Steve's Memo Template
Description
A template for memos. For more information, see here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2019/06/r-markdown-memo-template/.
Usage
memo(...)
templ_memo()
memo(...)
templ_memo()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
from |
name of the author |
to |
the intended recipient |
subject |
the title of the memo |
date |
the date of the memo |
memorandum |
logical. If TRUE, includes MEMORANDUM on top of the memo |
graphics |
logical. If TRUE, allows for graphic logo on memo |
width |
adjustable with for logo, if graphics: TRUE |
logoposition |
position of logo, if graphics: TRUE |
logo |
file for logo, if graphics: TRUE |
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Steve's Non-Academic Résumé Template:
Description
A template for non-academic résumés . For more information, see here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2020/09/rmarkdown-template-non-academic-resume/.
Do note that xelatex is functionally required for this template.
Usage
resume(...)
templ_resume()
resume(...)
templ_resume()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template.
|
FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
author |
name of the author |
fontawesome |
logical, defaults to TRUE. If TRUE, use fontawesome icons |
email |
your email |
location |
your address |
phone |
your phone number |
github |
your Github username (optional) |
web: |
your domain name |
twitter |
your Twitter handle |
linkedin |
your LinkedIn ID |
includephoto |
logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, includes photo of you in top-right of document. |
myphoto |
file name for your photo, only necessary if includephoto: TRUE. |
shift |
shift/adjust photo, defaults to '7in, -.25in' if includephoto: TRUE |
photobigness |
how big photo should be, adjust to taste if includephoto: TRUE |
photozoom |
adjust zoom on photo, defaults to 20% of textwidth (as LaTeX macro) if includephoto: TRUE |
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Steve's Statement Template
Description
A template for what I term "statements." These are things like research statements and teaching statements when I'm
applying for jobs or doing end-of-the-semester busy work for the proverbial "ball and chain."
Usage
statement(...)
templ_statement()
statement(...)
templ_statement()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
This section documents some of the YAML fields to know
for this template.
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
title |
title of the document, appears on first row |
author |
name of the author, appears on second row |
affiliation |
institutional affiliation, appears on third row |
email |
your email, for the fourth row |
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Steve's Syllabus Template
Description
This is the R Markdown template I use for my syllabi. For
a discussion of some of its features, see here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2016/07/r-markdown-syllabus/. The skeleton also
includes code for a calendar. I discuss this here:
http://svmiller.com/blog/2020/08/a-ggplot-calendar-for-your-semester/
Usage
syllabus(...)
templ_syllabus()
syllabus(...)
templ_syllabus()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
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FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
title |
Title of the class |
author |
Name(s) of the professor(s) |
date |
The semester |
email |
Your email. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
web |
Class website. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
officehours |
Your office hours. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
office |
Your office location. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
classroom |
The classroom location. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
classhours |
When/for how long the class meets in a given session. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
coteaching |
If TRUE, changes format to allow for a second (third, or fourth) co-teacher |
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Additional Comments
There is a nested conditionality for co-teachers. If coteaching is TRUE,
format changes to allow a second teacher. Conditional on coteaching being
TRUE and there being an email3 entry, a third co-teacher is added and
entries for the third teacher's office hours and office are assumed. If
coteaching is TRUE, email3 has an entry and there is an email4 entry,
a fourth co-teacher is added.
In the case of the above nested conditionality for co-teachers, be advised this
was a hacky (sic) solution until I got too frustrated with doing it this way.
You may want to look at the syllabus2 template in the same package.
Steve's 2nd Syllabus Template
Description
This is the R Markdown template I use for my syllabi at Stockholm University.
Classes are structured a lot differently here, so a lot of what I'd like to
do or aspire to do has to change.
Usage
syllabus2(...)
templ_syllabus2()
syllabus2(...)
templ_syllabus2()
Arguments
About YAML header fields
|
FIELD |
DESCRIPTION |
title |
Title of the class |
author |
Name(s) of the professor(s) |
term |
The term of the class (e.g. Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025) |
dates |
A basic date range for the course (e.g. Feb. 20 - March 21) |
fontawesome |
Logical, defaults to TRUE, for use of Font Awesome icons |
email |
The email for the "course responsible" professor. It's a thing here. |
web |
Class website. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
office |
Your office location. Technically optional, but you really should use it. |
one-teacher |
Specify this argument in the YAML as TRUE for classes with one professor. |
two-teachers |
Specify this argument in the YAML as TRUE for classes with two professors. Has implications for formatting. |
n-teachers |
Specify this argument in the YAML as TRUE for classes with more than two professors. Has implications for formatting. |
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Additional Comments
XeLaTeX is imposed by a standard use in RStudio. The one-/two-/n-teacher(s) hack
is inspired by hackery in article3 in this same package. Specify only one
of those.
The Font Awesome package in LaTeX is fontawesome5.
The "author" argument should be used as if there were potentially multiple
professors (even if there is just the one). You'll see what I mean in the
skeleton file.
Steve's Word Manuscript Template
Description
This is the R Markdown template I use for journals that insist on Microsoft Word submissions.
The functionality is limited, mostly because Microsoft Word is limited. The only real use
here is the effective anonymity that emerges in the Word document when the primary
workflow is still built around compilation to a LaTeX PDF.
Usage
word(...)
templ_word()
word(...)
templ_word()
Arguments
