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Write Journal Article with LaTex

9/28/2019

 
For a starter, getting used to LaTex is not easy. This is a template that I use for my papers, you can copy it to Overleaf or any Tex typesetting system to make your own file. 

\documentclass[12 pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage[a4paper, margin=1 in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{rotating,caption}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{flexisym}
\definecolor{EconomicsGray}{RGB}{198,212,225}
\definecolor{EconomicsLightBlue}{RGB}{127,191,192}
\definecolor{EconomicsBlue}{RGB}{0,63,138}
\definecolor{EconomicsDarkBlue}{RGB}{0,63,117}
\usepackage{multirow}
\restylefloat{table}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage[nodisplayskipstretch]{setspace}
\setlength{\parindent}{5ex}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{amsthm,amssymb}
\renewcommand{\qedsymbol}{\rule{0.7em}{0.7em}}

\usepackage[backend=bibtex, natbib=true, style=authoryear, maxbibnames=99,]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\renewbibmacro{in:}{}
\usepackage[%
colorlinks=true,%
linkcolor=blue,%
citecolor=blue,%
urlcolor=EconomicsDarkBlue,%
pdfstartview=FitH,%
pdfview=FitH,%
pdfpagemode=UseNone]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{pdftitle={Economics: The Open Access, Open Assessment E-Journal}}
\usepackage{cleveref}[2012/02/15]% v0.18.4;
% 0.16.1 of May 2010 would be sufficient, but what is the exact day?
%\usepackage{bibentry}
%\pagestyle{myheadings}
\crefformat{footnote}{#2\footnotemark[#1]#3}
\usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
%\usepackage{floatrow}
%\floatsetup[table]{capposition=top}
% Define font for hyperlinks
\def\UrlFont{\normalfont}
\usepackage{tikz}
\floatstyle{plaintop}
\restylefloat{table}
% Some fine-tuning of layout
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{footnote}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[labelformat=parens,labelsep=quad, skip=3pt]{caption}

\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.15}


\begin{document}
%\tableofcontents

    \begin{titlepage}
       
        \title{Title\thanks{Acknowledge for help}}
        
        \author{Your Name\thanks{PhD Candidate. Contact: Your Email}}
        \date{\today}   
        \maketitle

        \begin{abstract}
            \singlespacing
                %need to be 100 words, currently 169 words
            \noindent  \\
            \vspace{0in}\\
            \noindent\textbf{Keywords:} \\
            \vspace{0in}\\
            \noindent\textbf{JEL Codes:} \\
            
            \bigskip
        \end{abstract}
        \setcounter{page}{0}
        \thispagestyle{empty}
    \end{titlepage}
    \pagebreak \newpage
    
    \doublespacing
    
\newpage 
\section{Introduction}

\doublespacing

\setlength{\parindent}{5ex}

\section{Next Section} \label{sec:Background} 

\subsection{If you have subsection}


\section{Conclusion}

\clearpage

\newgeometry{margin=.75 in}
\section{Figures and Tables}



%\begin{figure}[H]
%\centering
%\caption{Any Caption(\textdollar 2009)}
%\par\medskip
%\includegraphics [width=16cm] {Put the file here}
%\caption*{Note: }   
%\end{figure} 



\restoregeometry
\printbibliography

\end{document}

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