5. Custom LaTeX Templates (+1)
5. Custom LaTeX Templates
%% template.tex - Custom Pandoc LaTeX template
\documentclass[$if(fontsize)$$fontsize$,$endif$$if(papersize)$$papersize$paper,$endif$]{article}
%% Packages
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{margin=1in}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{listings}
%% Fonts
$if(mainfont)$
\setmainfont{$mainfont$}
$endif$
$if(sansfont)$
\setsansfont{$sansfont$}
$endif$
$if(monofont)$
\setmonofont{$monofont$}
$endif$
%% Colors
\definecolor{linkcolor}{RGB}{0, 102, 204}
\definecolor{codebackground}{RGB}{248, 248, 248}
%% Hyperlinks
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=linkcolor,
urlcolor=linkcolor,
pdfauthor={$author$},
pdftitle={$title$}
}
%% Headers and footers
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{$title$}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
%% Code blocks
\lstset{
backgroundcolor=\color{codebackground},
basicstyle=\ttfamily\small,
breaklines=true,
frame=single,
numbers=left,
numberstyle=\tiny\color{gray}
}
%% Section formatting
\titleformat{\section}
{\Large\bfseries\color{linkcolor}}
{\thesection}{1em}{}
\titleformat{\subsection}
{\large\bfseries}
{\thesubsection}{1em}{}
%% Title
$if(title)$
\title{$title$}
$endif$
$if(author)$
\author{$author$}
$endif$
$if(date)$
\date{$date$}
$endif$
\begin{document}
$if(title)$
\maketitle
$endif$
$if(abstract)$
\begin{abstract}
$abstract$
\end{abstract}
$endif$
$if(toc)$
\tableofcontents
\newpage
$endif$
$body$
\end{document}
# Use custom template
pandoc document.md -o document.pdf \
--template=template.tex \
--pdf-engine=xelatex \
-V title="My Document" \
-V author="Your Name" \
-V date="2026-01-17" \
--toc
6. YAML Metadata in Documents
---
title: "Technical Report"
author:
- name: "John Smith"
affiliation: "University of Example"
email: "john@example.edu"
- name: "Jane Doe"
affiliation: "Tech Corp"
date: "January 17, 2026"
abstract: |
This document demonstrates advanced Pandoc features
including custom metadata, citations, and formatting.
keywords:
- documentation
- pandoc
- markdown
lang: en-US
toc: true
toc-depth: 3
numbersections: true
geometry: margin=1in
fontsize: 11pt
mainfont: "Georgia"
monofont: "Fira Code"
linkcolor: blue
bibliography: references.bib
csl: ieee.csl
---
# Introduction
Your document content starts here...
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