basic_template.tex

%%% COMMON WORDS
\newcommand{\TheTitle}{Title}
\newcommand{\TheSubtitle}{Subtitle}
\newcommand{\TheAuthor}{Author}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PRE-AMBLE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%% IMPORTS %%%
\documentclass[11pt]{article} %      		\documentclass[font-sz]{doc-type}

\usepackage{inputenc} %	Input encoding                http://bit.ly/latex-inputenc
\usepackage{geometry} % Document settings             http://bit.ly/latex-geometry
\usepackage{mathtools} % Fonts & matrices             http://bit.ly/latex-mathtools
\usepackage{graphicx} % Pictures                      http://bit.ly/latex-graphics
\usepackage{booktabs} % Nicer looking tables          http://bit.ly/latex-booktabs
\usepackage{paralist} % Numbered, custom lists        http://bit.ly/latex-paralist
\usepackage{listings} % Quoting source code           http://bit.ly/latex-listings
\usepackage{subfig} % Advanced figure placement       http://bit.ly/latex-subfig
\usepackage[english]{babel} % Multilingual support             http://bit.ly/latex-babel
\usepackage{blindtext} % Dummy text                   http://bit.ly/latex-blindtext
\usepackage{xcolor} % Advanced colors                 http://bit.ly/label-xcolor
\usepackage{lastpage} % Refer to final page of doc    http://bit.ly/latex-lastpage
\usepackage{changepage}  % Page specific formatting   http://bit.ly/latex-changepage
\usepackage{epstopdf} % Support for .eps images       http://bit.ly/latex-epstopdf
\usepackage{hyperref} % Links and metadata            http://bit.ly/latex-hyperref
\usepackage{parskip} % Change paragraph indents       http://bit.ly/latex-parskip
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Header and footer control     http://bit.ly/latex-fancyhdr

%%% DOCUMENT SETTINGS %%%
\selectlanguage{english}
\geometry{letterpaper} % {letterpaper}, {a5paper}, ...
\geometry{margin=1.15in} % {1in}, {15px}, {2.8pc}, {5pt} etc.
\geometry{portrait} % {portrait, landscape}
\setlength{\parskip}{2pc}
\setlength{\parindent}{2pc}
\hypersetup{hidelinks=true,pdfauthor={\TheAuthor},pdftitle={\TheTitle}}
\pagenumbering{arabic} % {gobble}, {arabic}, {roman}, {alph}. Call again to reset
\pagestyle{fancy} % {empty}, {plain}, {fancy}

% Header
\lhead{}
\chead{\emph{\TheTitle}}
\rhead{\TheAuthor}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt} % Line between the header and body.
% Footer
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt} % Line between the footer and body.
\lfoot{}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{\textsc{Page \thepage{} of \pageref{LastPage}}}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%     BODY     %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document}

% Omit headers/footers on title page
\thispagestyle{empty}

\centerline{\LARGE{\TheTitle}}
\centerline{\large{\textbf{\TheSubtitle}}}
\vspace{2pc}
\centerline{\large{\TheAuthor}}
\centerline{\large{\today}}
\vspace{20pc}

% Abstract
\blindtext[1]
\newpage

\pagenumbering{arabic}
\Blinddocument

\end{document}