4. Create a R Markdown File from a rUM Template

Introduction

The rUM package installs several R Markdown document templates into the RStudio menus. These include a YAML header (where you can specify your name and the project name) and code chunks to enable the tidyverse package (to help with data processing), the tidymodels package (to help with modeling) and the conflicted package¹.

There is also a setup code chunk that sets options to:

• show and hide code, messages and warnings
• stop R from printing ## in the output
• set number rounding to 3 decimal places

Using Code Templates in RStudio

There are four templates:

1. html2 with rUM : A basic web page
2. html2 Details with rUM: A web page with more details
3. pdf2 showing LaTeX with rUM: A pdf (with options to control tables’ and figures’ locations and appearances)
4. bookdown_site with rUM: The structure of a book

You access the templates from the File menu by choosing

1. New File > R Markdown…
2. Choosing From Template from the windowpane on the left
3. Scrolling down until you see the rUM templates
4. Click OK