This also gives me Missing \begin{document} error.

Thanks,

L.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Pranesh Prakash wrote:
> I'm not a LaTeX expert, but I recently used this excerpted bit in a metadata file, and it worked for me.  Your mileage may vary.
> 
> ```
> header-includes: |
>   \usepackage{graphicx}
>   \usepackage{titling}
>   \pretitle{\begin{center}
>     \includegraphics[height=1.25in]{source/full-logo.png}\Huge\vskip 5em}
>   \posttitle{\vfill \color{NavyBlue} \LARGE Long Title of Project
>              \par \large PROJECT \par \normalsize Project Agreement No: XXXX \par \end{center}}
> ```
> 
> 
> On Friday, 25 December, 2020 at 12:05:33 am UTC+5:30 gnpan wrote:
>> Hmm, I don't use Makefile so can't be sure what goes wrong - I put all the fontsize, mainfont, geometry, papersize, etc. in the YAML. Try something simple first:
>> Create a test.md file with the following content (or use the attachment):
>> ---
>> date: 24 December 2020
>> header-includes: 
>>   - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>   - \addtolength{\wpYoffset}{12cm} 
>>   - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{WGLogo.png}
>> ---
>> 
>> # Your title
>> 
>> Your text. 
>> 
>> Then run this command:
>> pandoc --pdf-engine xelatex -o test.pdf test.md
>> 
>> That should work and you can take it on from there. 
>> On Thursday, 24 December 2020 at 19:54:28 UTC+2 LRP wrote:
>>> __
>>> Oops. I forgot to delete two lines in my YAML  file.
>>> 
>>> error message now reads:
>>> 
>>> Error producing PDF.
>>> ! LaTeX Error: Can be used only in preamble.
>>> 
>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...                                             
>>>                                                  
>>> l.65 \usepackage
>>> 
>>> Here's YAML file:
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> ...
>>> date: December 23, 2020
>>> header-includes:
>>>    - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>>    - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{WGLogo.png}
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Here's -how I call pandoc in Makefile:
>>>        pandoc \
>>>                 --top-level-division=chapter  \
>>>                 --variable mainfont="DejaVu Sans" \
>>>                 --variable monofont="DejaVu Sans Mono" \
>>>                 --variable fontsize=11pt \
>>>                 --variable geometry:"top=1in, bottom=2in, left=1in, right=1in" \
>>>                 --variable geometry:a4paper \
>>>                 --table-of-contents \
>>>                 --number-sections \
>>>                 -f markdown  $< \
>>>                 --pdf-engine=pdflatex \
>>>                 -o $@
>>> 
>>> Thanks again,
>>> 
>>> LRP
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, at 12:33 PM, Lloyd R. prentice wrote:
>>>> Thanks. But I get this feedback:
>>>> 
>>>> [WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'WritersglenLogo_Color.png': replacing image with description
>>>> [WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'WritersglenLogo_Color.png': replacing image with description
>>>> Error producing PDF.
>>>> ! Package pdftex.def Error: File `WritersglenLogo\T1\textunderscoreColor.png' n
>>>> ot found: using draft setting.
>>>> 
>>>> See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation.
>>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's m YAML declaration:
>>>> ---
>>>> ...
>>>> date: December 23, 2020
>>>> header-includes:
>>>>    - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>>>    - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{WGLogo.png}
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> And here's my source directory:
>>>> 
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 lloyd lloyd 25516 Aug  1 00:31 WGLogo.png
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 lloyd lloyd   871 Dec 24 12:23 Writersglen.md
>>>> 
>>>> LRP
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020, at 9:43 AM, gnpan wrote:
>>>>> You could use the wallpaper package (https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/wallpaper/wallpapermanual.pdf).
>>>>> Put the following in your YAML block:
>>>>> header-includes: 
>>>>>   - \usepackage{wallpaper}
>>>>>   - \addtolength{\wpYoffset}{12cm} 
>>>>>   - \ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{logo.png}
>>>>> 
>>>>> Change logo.png to whatever you logo is called (make sure it's in the same folder as your txt file) and adjust the Y offset to a value that gets the logo in the required position. You can also change the scale factor {1}. 
>>>>> On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 23:38:58 UTC+2 LRP wrote:
>>>>>> I'd like to center a logo before the title on my PDF title page.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I found a recipe on the web using \usepackage{titling} in the metadata, but it failed. Can some kind soul show me how?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> LRP
>>>>> 

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