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LaTeX Templates Collection
A skill providing a curated collection of LaTeX templates for academic papers, conference presentations, CVs, cover letters, and other documents commonly needed by researchers. Based on the latex-templates repository (655 stars), this skill helps researchers quickly start professionally formatted documents without spending hours on layout configuration.
Overview
Researchers spend significant time formatting documents to meet the requirements of different journals, conferences, and institutions. A well-organized template library eliminates this overhead by providing ready-to-use starting points that comply with common formatting standards. This skill catalogs templates by document type and provides guidance on selection, customization, and best practices for each category.
The templates cover the full range of academic document needs: research papers, technical reports, conference slides, academic CVs, cover letters, grant proposals, and poster presentations. Each template is designed for professional quality output with clean typography and proper academic formatting.
Paper Templates
Journal Article Templates
- Two-column format templates for IEEE, ACM, and Elsevier journals
- Single-column format templates for Nature, Science, and PNAS style submissions
- APA-formatted manuscript templates for social science journals
- Generic article templates adaptable to any journal's requirements
- Preprint templates optimized for arXiv and other preprint servers
Conference Paper Templates
- NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR templates for machine learning conferences
- ACL and EMNLP templates for NLP conferences
- CVPR and ICCV templates for computer vision conferences
- CHI and CSCW templates for HCI conferences
- Generic conference templates following common two-column layouts
Template Structure
- Each paper template includes: title page configuration, abstract environment, section hierarchy, bibliography setup, and appendix formatting
