manuscript.tex

%% MANIFEST ====================
% 		This is the main file that includes all of the other sections as typeset files in the manuscript.
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,onecolumn]{article}
%% Package Declarations
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Document Encoding
%	\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ppl}	% Font Changes - PPL = Palatino
% Layout Management
\usepackage[left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
% Design
\usepackage{xcolor}		% Design - Custom Colors
\usepackage{graphicx} 	% Design - Graphics Packages
% 	Figures, Diagrams, and Other Graphics
\usepackage{tikz}		% TikZ Package - Generates graphics (i.e., flowcharts)
	\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
	\newcommand*{\h}{\hspace{5pt}}% For indentation
	\newcommand*{\hh}{\h\h}% Double indentation
\usepackage{datatool}	% DataTool Package - Loads Subanalysis Data to generate flowchart
	\DTLsetseparator{ = }% Delimiter
\newcommand{\symbcomma}{,}	% Work-Around: Put a comma into a number with \symbcomma without breaking the Stata code
% Biostatistics
\usepackage{amsmath} 	% Equations - Handler
	\usepackage{amsfonts} 	% Equations - Display
	\usepackage{amssymb} 	% Equations - Symbols
\usepackage{fontenc}
%% Colophon
\title{\Large\bfseries Title of my research study goes here.}
\author{Lastname, Firstname, Lastname, Firstname, Lastname, Firstname}
\date{}	% Blank to remove the default date
\begin{document}
	%% Front Matter - This will contain the title, authors, institution list, and other introductory text. If the publisher requires a title page, its contents go here.
%	\input{01-ProjectName-FrontMatter.tex}
%	%% Abstract
%	\input{02-ProjectName-Abstract.tex}
%	
	\begin{multicols}{2}
%		%% Introduction
%		\input{03-ProjectName-Introduction.tex}
%		%% Methods
%		\input{04-ProjectName-Methods.tex}
			\end{multicols} % Temporarily interrupt multicols (and later restart it) to accommodate a figure.
			\input{methods--figure-flowchart.tex}
			\begin{multicols}{2}
%		%% Results
%		\input{05-ProjectName-Results.tex}
%		%% Discussion
%		\input{06-ProjectName-Discussion.tex}
%		%% Conclusion
%		\input{07-ProjectName-Conclusion.tex}
%		%% Bibliography
%		\input{08-ProjectName-Bibliography.tex}
%		%% Back Matter - If the publisher requires additional statements (acknowledgements, conflicts of interest statements, financial disclosures, etc.)
%		\input{09-ProjectName-BackMatter.tex}
	\end{multicols}
\end{document}