Simple LaTeX Package

A LaTeX package cocktail for grad school level writings (and presentations)

Description

It always annoys me when I start to write a new paper and I have use an old paper as a template. I don't want to remember all the packages. So I created this to streamline my writing process (just for a little bit).

Compatible Document Classes

• Templates: ./templates/
  • Journal: based on the elsarticle and IEEEtran classes
  • Beamer (deck and poster): based on the beamer class
• Other (under construction):
  • Report
  • Book
  • R markdown

Versions

2020-10-19

• Use ./templates/main.tex to select which presentation file to compile:
  • poster.tex: poster presentation
  • deck_handout.tex: slide presentation (with no overlay, suitable for drafting and distribution)
  • deck_beamer.tex: slide presentation (with overlay, suitable for presenting)
• Presentation files are in ./templates/slide/
• Updated ./templates/beamerthemeZH.sty: use sans-serif font, change presentation color to grey and white
• Added ./templates/library.tex for storing presentation metadata

2018-03-30

• Latest package version: 0.33 (2018-02-08)
  • More definitions
  • Minor edits
• Added Elsevier's article template for single column draft submission

0.27 (2017-10-22)

• Added a beamer template and cleaned up the files

0.24 (2017-08-12)

• Defined a new macro \red{ } that changes text color to red

0.23 (2017-08-12)

• Replaced hidegraphics option with nopic
  • Same functionality as hidegraphics
  • Except for when the figure is a picture, now it uses draft option of graphicx package to create a block with file path of the picture instead
• Added a new nohl option to hide highlights from \hl

0.22 (2017-07-20)

• Added draft option with watermark "Confidential" on every page
• Improved hidegraphics
• Added a new command \vecfig that imports TikZ codes

0.19 (2017-06-07)

• Last version before I created this repository