PS&PB public template
Author
arvid mikkers
Last Updated
10 months ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
VU public template policy brief
% THIS IS THE MAIN FILE (i.e. compile this file, compiling the others directly won't work)
%
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage{titlesec}
%all the other includes etc. are done in the thesis.sty file.
\usepackage{thesis}
%
% These commands need to be defined in order to produce a correct and personalized document
%
\newcommand{\shortdoctitle}{short title}
\newcommand{\doctitle}{title of the policy brief}
\newcommand{\docsubtitle}{subtitle if applicable}
\newcommand{\me}{$<$name student$>$}
\newcommand{\stnumbr}{xxxxxxx}
\newcommand{\keywords}{keyword, keyword, keyword}
\newcommand{\customDate}{January 8, 2023}
%Be sure to use all the titles for your committee members!!! (their names show up on the very first page!)
\newcommand{\firstCommitteeMember}{$<$name supervisor$>$}
\author{\me}
%
% PDF settings
%
\hypersetup
{
pdfauthor={\me},
pdftitle={\shortdoctitle},
pdfsubject={\doctitle},
pdfkeywords={\keywords}}
\begin{document}
\renewcommand\bibname{References}
%use this include for PDF and distribution versions
\pagenumbering{roman}
\include{titlepage}
\normalsize
\newpage
%Sometimes line numbers are nice, uncomment the next line to enable:
%\linenumbers
%It could be handy to have a list of todos and brainstorms in your thesis
%\chapter*{*General todos*}\todo{remove this chapter}
%\input{chapters/general_todos}
%\chapter*{*Brainstorm results*}\todo{remove this chapter}
%\input{chapters/brainstorm_results}
\chapter*{Executive Summary}\label{chapter:Executive Summary}
\input{chapters/ExecutiveSummary}
\newpage
%An executive summary if you want:
%\chapter*{Executive summary}\label{chapter:executive_summary}
%\input{chapters/executive_summary}
%\clearemptydoublepage
\chapter{Introduction}\label{chapter:introduction}
\setcounter{page}{0}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
%from here on, start the 'real' page numbering, from 1, with normal digits
\input{chapters/mainfile}
%Choose a good bibliography style, plain would do often, but these might be nice too
%\bibliographystyle{these}
\bibliography{references}
\newpage
\appendix
\input{appendices/main}
\end{document}