Quarto for academic writing
Quarto is a free, open-source publishing system for literate programming, i.e.
the combination of text and code in a single document. With Quarto, scientific papers,
presentations, websites, and other outputs can be created and rendered to a variety of formats,
such as Word, PDF, and HTML. Quarto offers automatic citations, cross-references, and
formatting for figures and tables, resulting in clean and well-structured documents. When the data
or code changes, the results and figures are automatically updated. It therefore supports
reproducible workflows that are less error-prone.
In this workshop, we will introduce a Quarto template and demonstrate how to
use Quarto for a term paper, a BA thesis, or an MA thesis in the field of linguistics. We will cover
the use of figures, tables, linguistic examples, cross-references to sections and figures, APA-style
citations, and IPA symbols.
Preparation: If possible, please install R and RStudio before the workshop (a separate Quarto
installation is not required). This will help us get started right away with some hands-on exercises.
If you have any problems installing either program, we can also assist you during the workshop.