texdoc

Creating LaTeX documents from within Stata

Description

texdoc is a Stata command for creating LaTeX documents from within Stata. The command provides a way to embed LaTeX code directly in a do-file and to automate the integration of results from Stata in the final document.

The texdoc command can be used, for example, to assemble automatic reports, write a Stata Journal article or a Stata Press book, prepare slides for classes, or put together solutions for homework assignments.

Installation

To install texdoc on your system, run command 

ssc install texdoc, replace

in Stata. Thereafter, type 

help texdoc

to view the help file. To check for updates, type 

adoupdate texdoc

Alternatively, you can download texdoc from the SSC Archive and add the files to your system manually (see file readme.txt within texdoc.zip for installation instructions). Note that texdoc requires Stata 10.1 or newer.

To be able to compile a LaTeX document containing Stata output you need to install the Stata LaTeX files on your system and include \usepackage{stata} in the preamble of your LaTeX document. To obtain the Stata LaTeX files, first type 

net from http://www.stata-journal.com/production
net install sjlatex

to install the sjlatex package. After that, use command sjlatex install to download the Stata LaTeX files; see help sjlatex. You may copy the files to the working directory of your LaTeX document or, alternatively, copy the files to the search tree of your LaTeX installation (consult the documentation of your LaTeX installation for information on the search tree).

Source of this website

This website is based on the Bootstrap framework (version 3.3.7) and has been generated by webdoc. The Stata do-files of this website can be downloaded from here.

Also see

A Stata Journal article on texdoc is available from here. A working paper is available from here. For general information on Stata, see www.stata.com. For information on LaTeX see www.latex-project.org.

Presentations on texdoc:

  • Ben Jann: Creating LaTeX and HTML documents from within Stata using texdoc and webdoc, Swiss Stata Users Group meeting, Bern, November 2016, 2016 (slides, example 1, example 2, example 3).
  • Ben Jann: Creating LaTeX and HTML documents from within Stata using texdoc and webdoc, Nordic and Baltic Stata Users Group meeting, Oslo, September 13, 2016 (slides, example 1, example 2).
  • Ben Jann: texdoc 2.0: An update on creating LaTeX documents from within Stata, UK Stata Users Group meeting, London, September 8–9, 2016 (slides and examples).
  • Ben Jann: texdoc 2.0: An update on creating LaTeX documents from within Stata, Belgian Stata Users Group meeting, Brussels, September 6, 2016 (slides).
  • Ben Jann: texdoc 2.0: An update on creating LaTeX documents from within Stata, German Stata Users Group meeting, Cologne, June 10, 2016 (slides, example 1, example 2).
  • Ben Jann: Creating LaTeX documents from within Stata, German Stata Users Group meeting, Bonn, June 26, 2009. (slides).

Author

texdoc has been written by Ben Jann.

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