I first started using LaTeX shortly after I switched to Linux in '96. I had a copy of Windows 3.1 that GPF'd daily, which I finally got tired of and began writing papers in vi and HTML. This wouldn't do for more than basic formatting, and eventually I found LaTeX. After several years of piddling in support of school-writing, I finally settled upon the attached preamble (indented paragraphs with some separation, headers, foot-notes and bibliography). Hopefully this will benefit someone.
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\documentclass[
titlepage,
12pt,
letterpaper,
smallheadings,
% twoside
% parskip-,
% liststotoc
]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{jurabib}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\addtolength{\columnsep}{1em}
\addtolength{\parskip}{.05in}
\setlength{\parindent}{.25in}
\usepackage[small,compact]{titlesec}
\jurabibsetup{
authorformat={year,and},
round,
titleformat=italic,
titleformat=all,
titleformat=commasep,
commabeforerest,
ibidem=strict,
bibformat=ibidem,
bibformat=raggedright,
dotafter=bibentry,
pages=format,
}
\jbyearaftertitle
\renewcommand{\jbcitationyearformat}[1]{#1}
\renewcommand{\bibansep}{, }
\renewcommand{\bibatsep}{.}
\renewcommand{\bibapifont}{\textit}
\renewcommand{\biblnfont}{}
\renewcommand{\bibfnfont}{}
\renewcommand{\bibelnfont}{}
\renewcommand{\bibefnfont}{}
\renewcommand{\bibtfont}{\textit}
\renewcommand{\bibbtfont}{\textit}
\renewcommand{\bibjtfont}{}
\doublespacing
\usepackage{scrpage2}
\setlength{\headheight}{1.1\baselineskip}
\newenvironment{blkquote}[1][1]
{ \begin{quote}\begin{spacing}{ #1}\small }
{ \end{spacing}\end{quote} \vspace{-24pt} }
\deffootnote{1.5em}{1em}{%
\makebox[1.5em][l]{\thefootnotemark}}
\usepackage{color}
\newcommand{\red}[1]{\textcolor{red}{#1}}
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.15}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.85}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.65}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.60}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage[footnotesize,
aboveskip=0pt]{caption}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}\ohead{\pagemark}\ihead{Author-LastName}%
\cfoot{}\automark{section}\setheadsepline{.1pt}
%\nocite{*}
%% Cover Page %%%
\thispagestyle{empty}
\titlehead{\Large University of Bubba \hfill Spring 2006}
\subject{Course Title}
\title{Paper title}
\author{Author Name}
\date{ 05 May 2006 }
\publishers{History 195s}
\maketitle[-1]
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{spacing}{1}
\tableofcontents
\vspace{20pt}\hrule
\listoftables
\vspace{20pt}\hrule
\small{
\listoffigures}
\end{spacing}
\newpage
%% SECTIONS %%%
\input{01}
\input{02}
\input{03}
\input{04}
\input{05}
%% POSTSCRIPT %%%
\newpage
\begin{spacing}{1}
\bibliographystyle{jurabib}
\bibliography{Allen-Complete}
\end{spacing}
\end{document}
