latex template

\documentclass[a4paper,english,12pt]{report}
\include{preamble}

\begin{document}
  \author{John Smith}
  \date{01.01.2038}
  \title{An Example \LaTeX{} Report}

  % If you want a frontpage, you can do this:
  %   \includepdf[pages={1}]{front-page.pdf}
  % Here, instead, we use \maketitle
  \maketitle

  \begin{abstract}
      \input{abstract}
  \end{abstract}

  \tableofcontents
  \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\thispagestyle{empty}}
  \pagenumbering{gobble}% Remove page numbers (and reset to 1)

  \clearpage % OPTIONAL
  \pagenumbering{arabic} % OPTIONAL

  \phantomsection % add hyperref anchor
  \input{chapter-example} % no file extension
  % ... add more files here
  \clearpage

  % Bibliography in APA-style with customizations:
  %
  %\begingroup % left-justify
  %\raggedright % left-justify
  %\nocite{*} % show all references, even if not used
  %\phantomsection
  %\bibliography{references}
  %\bibliographystyle{apacite} % APA-style citations
  %\endgroup % left-justify
  %
  % ... or another one:
  %
  \bibliography{references}
  \bibliographystyle{ieeetr} % another style

  \appendix
  \input{appendix}

  % Because of hyperref/makeidx/toc bug, we have to insert anchors
  % ourselves here.  See
  % http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/138903/wrong-hyperref-for-index-in-tableofcontents-since-texlive-2010
  %
  \clearpage % may not be needed with imakeidx
  \phantomsection % may not be needed with imakeidx
  % Also add to ToC
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Index}
  \printindex
\end{document}