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Latex template to quickly write author response letters to review comments.

Author Response Letters

Latex template to quickly write author response letters to review comments. Based on @mschroen's review_response_letter.

Available on Overleaf Template.

Example

See the example Einstein1905.tex. Please ensure the class file ar2rc.cls is in the same directory.

Screenshot of the output PDF of a Author Response Letter to Review Comments

LaTeX

\section{Reviewer 1}
\subsection{Page 4 Line 15}
\RC Paragraph on how I do not like the paper.
\AR Thank you, we changed the text as suggested.
begin{quote} The cat in the box is \DIFdelbegin \DIFdel{dead}\DIFdelend \DIFaddbegin \DIFadd{alive}\DIFaddend . \end{quote}

Then run pdflatex myletter.tex to make myletter.pdf, or typeset with any TeX front-end program.

Changelog

  • Created the document class ar2rc to allow additional preambles in the main document.
  • Non-labeled paragraphs for author response does not require additional \AR*.
  • Use mdframed instead of framed, and support breakable text boxes for quotes.
  • Easier syntax to make title.

Additional features

  • supports latexdiff commands
  • supports text highlighting with \hl{}
  • supports tables and figures,
  • supports non-labeled paragraphs for reviewer comments, starting with \RC* instead of \RC.