# 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

1. The `conflicted` package watches to make sure that you are not using a function that is defined twice. For example, the stats package, which ships with R has a function called `lag()` and if you load the `dplyr` package, which also contains a function called `lag()` it is not immediately obvious which version of the `lag()` function you will be using. `conflicted` will keep R from running the `lag()` function until you say which version you want to use.↩︎