Brief Introduction to Quarto Projects

This is a brief introduction to Quarto projects.

About a Quarto Project

Quarto is a successor of R markdown. A Quarto project is defined by a _quarto.yml file and usually some Quarto markdown .qmd files. It can conveniently convert .qmd files into website, presentation or other formats. The output format is defined inside the _quarto.yml file. Multiple output format is allowed.

Quarto projects can be created and managed by Quarto CLI tool.

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Read more about Quarto Projects.

What can you do with Quarto?

Quarto is universal!

Write PDF Documents

One of the most frequent use of Quarto is rendering PDF files for academic needs. The official tutorial covers many aspects about this topic.

Additionally, you can use a LaTex template in a Quarto notebook for need of format. Here’s the official tutorial about this topic. Need inspirations? Check the list of some letter examples.

If you write journal papers, you can also consider the built-in support of journals.

Write your CV

Here is the list of some cool projects. And here is a good discussion about this topic.

Create a Static Website

You can, of course, publish a website using Quarto, like how this website is rendered. Read more from this introduction.

Create a Word Document

Microsoft Word (.docx) format is also supported by Quarto. Read more from this official tutorial.

Create a Diagram

It’s possible to create simple but informative diagrams using Quarto. Read more from this official tutorial

Presentation

Read more from my page about using Quarto to produce a nice presentation.

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## About a Quarto Project

Quarto is a successor of R markdown. A Quarto project is defined by a `_quarto.yml` file and usually some Quarto markdown `.qmd` files. It can conveniently convert `.qmd` files into website, presentation or other formats. The output format is defined inside the `_quarto.yml` file. Multiple output format is allowed.

Quarto projects can be created and managed by [Quarto CLI tool](https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/).

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Read more about [Quarto Projects](https://quarto.org/docs/projects/quarto-projects.html).
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## What can you do with Quarto?

Quarto is universal!

### Write PDF Documents

One of the most frequent use of Quarto is rendering PDF files for academic needs. [The official tutorial](https://quarto.org/docs/output-formats/pdf-basics.html) covers many aspects about this topic.

Additionally, you can use a LaTex template in a Quarto notebook for need of format. Here's [the official tutorial](https://quarto.org/docs/journals/templates.html) about this topic. Need inspirations? Check [the list of some letter examples](open-source-examples.html#letter-examples).

If you write journal papers, you can also consider [the built-in support of journals](https://quarto.org/docs/journals/formats.html).

### Write your CV

Here is [the list](open-source-examples.html#CV-examples) of some cool projects. And here is [a good discussion](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions/705) about this topic.

### Create a Static Website

You can, of course, publish a website using Quarto, like how this website is rendered. Read more from [this introduction](website.html).

### Create a Word Document

Microsoft Word (.docx) format is also supported by Quarto. Read more from [this official tutorial](https://quarto.org/docs/output-formats/ms-word.html).

### Create a Diagram

It's possible to create simple but informative diagrams using Quarto. Read more from [this official tutorial](https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/diagrams.html)

### Presentation

Read more from [my page](presentation.html) about using Quarto to produce a nice presentation.