This page contains a number of templates for new LaTeX users, focussed on specific tasks. The templates are fully commented to aid understanding of the ideas used. Most of the templates are based on the standard LaTeX classes (article, report, book and letter). New templates are very welcome. ConTeXt users are best searching the ConTeXt wiki (a great source for ConTeXt information of all sorts). Some of these examples use our example CSV database.
Accounts summary
A simple one-page summary of accounts for a small voluntary organisation, based on the layout used to present the UK-TUG accounts. View the PDF or get the source here.
Compliment slip
A compliment slip template, designed to be printed onto A4 paper before cutting off the relevant part. This is based on an original design by Dr Dick Nickalls. The source and an example PDF are available.
E-mail directory
Membership lists for groups, departments and so on can be created easily using data from a spreadsheet or database if it is exported as a comma-separated value (CSV) file. The email directory template uses the example CSV Database to show how to generate an e-mail list. The result is available as an example PDF.
Letters and mail merging
Writing letters in LaTeX is hindered by the somewhat awkward layout of the standard letter class. This template takes the standard class and modifies it to provide a more modern and flexible layout. The source of the template and an example PDF are both available.
Mail-merging data into letters is a common LaTeX task. Data for this is most conveniently stored in CSV (comma-separated value) format, which can be exported by spreadsheets such as Excel and OpenOffice.org. A mail merge template file for this process is available, which uses our example CSV database along with an example PDF.
Sometimes, you may want to simply create labels for a mailing, either with a custom letter or a bulk mailing. For this, we have prepared a simple label merge template, suitable for printable sticky labels. As with the other examples, this uses our example CSV database and there is an example PDF available.
Ph.D. Thesis
A range of templates and advice can be found on the dedicated thesis page.
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Very Very interesting. Does anybody – by chance – happen to know just when exactly Warwick began making theses templates available?
About five years ago I was struggling with Word and Open Office to turn out an acceptable result of my own 50 pages + Warwick Business School thesis. Halfway through, I decided to switch to latex, as Word & co. produced results that where aesthetically unpleasant & and arguably unpleasant to read.
I found that essays of that lengt with 5 levels of (sub)sections were almost impossible to process in a professionally looking manner using standard office software.
I was rather surprised, indeed, that not a single faculty member considered either the “high school paper aesthetics” (& the consequential air of sloppiness), or the fact that readability was vastly diminished by a mediocre overall appearance a problem.
In fact, I’m unsure as to whether anybody knew latex type setting to be an alternative to begin with. Now, the good news is that they seem to be getting wiser, the bad news – for me – was that no one even paid atttention to a factor, which I considered crucially important for business/management students:
It’s all nice and well training these kids to be linguistically competent, and providing them with the means to stand out in respect to the “average” graduee. Yet employers tend to see printed material written by the candidate sooner than the candidate himself. Now, I would think it to be quite easy gaining some form of competitive advantage in the job market by supplying prospective employers with flawless material.
Would very much like to hear any thoughts on this.
On a different note, I’m in the process of searching the net for latex templates of all kinds, but have not spent much time on it so far. Beyond Dante, would anyone mind pointing me towards some of the better places to start from?
I’d most definitely appreciate any toughts & suggestions onn both matters.
Have a great day…
Best regards
Marian Hofer (Hannover)
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