Hello dear readers and researchers,
I have begun learning La-Tex and I want to divide the main file into several section in separate sub sections of a uniform La-Tex project (pardon me for that I am not familiar with the field's jargon language).
More specifically, I want the preamble as a separate section, with proper coding to allocate different parts Ex. Introduction, Literature and et. as exclusive separate sub-sections of the main file, the preamble. So that I can work on each part separately with less confusion that otherwise is very likely.
I tried to read a few instructions like those made by Overleaf, but I found it a little complicating. In my understanding I need to educate the preamble (WHICH IS MY QUESTION, HOW?) then recall each section with \section and \label.
Thank you very much for your consideration
Hi Ardalan Marandi Alamdari, there are many ways to do that. The logic is as you say, a master file that controls the whole document. You should start with the master file with the preamble and the corresponding packages to run all the master and nested files. If you want, in this master file you could also add the table of contents, the list of figures, and other formal issues. Then, you need to call which will be your nested tex files. Let's say you decide to divide your work into 4 chapters and each of them is a single is written in its own tex file. In that case, you can call them using the command "input" and specify the name of the file. Now, your nested files should only contain your text, that is to say, without preambles. The basic steps should be as follow:
1) Create the master tex with preamble and packages.
2) Create the nested files without preamble, even without the instruction of begin document, only the text (as in Word, but coding the elements that you need to code of course, for instance, sections, subsections, etc.).
3) Insert with input command the nested files into the master tex.
4) Execute the master file.
Hope it helps!
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% Example of Master File (very simple one)
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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{justification=raggedright,singlelinecheck=false}
\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[linkcolor=blue,colorlinks=true,urlcolor=blue]{hyperref}
\usepackage{import}
\hypersetup{pdfstartview={XYZ null null .75}}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,letterpaper,tmargin=30mm,bmargin=30mm,lmargin=25mm,rmargin=25mm}
\parindent 3em
\parskip 2ex
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{array,multirow}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{setspace}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}
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\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{singlespace}
\tableofcontents
\end{singlespace}
\newpage\input{chap1.tex}
\newpage\input{chap2.tex}
\end{document}
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% Example of Nested File 1 (chap1.tex)
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\chapter{Introduction}\label{chapter:introduction}
\lipsum[1]
% keep a blank line above
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% Example of Nested File 2 (chap2.tex)
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\chapter{Theoretical Framework}\label{chapter:theoretical_framework}
Hi this is the theoretical framework
\lipsum[1]
% keep a blank line above
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