General ⇒ Header

[jhapk]

Hi,

I have a huge document and I am using a number of additional packages. Is there a way that I can put all my "\usepackage" commands in a separate file altogether rather than in the main tex file.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

that's no problem, use \input.
For instance create a file header.tex and load the packages there, in the preamble of your main document write

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\input{header}

Stefan

[jhapk]

Hi Stefan,

thanks. That solved it. Just wondering, I tried to do the same thing, but instead of \input{}, I used \include{} and it gave me an error. Why is that?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

\include may not appear in the preamble. It uses \clearpage before including, tha'ts not meaningful in the preamble.
\include is especially useful to swap out chapters, so it's a good idea to use it in a document body. \input is appropriate for small pieces of code or text.

Stefan