[Tex/LaTex] Add header and footer to each page from a pdf template

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I have a document and I would like to include a header and footer to each page.
The header and footer are at the top and bottom of an otherwise blank pdf file which is to be used as a template. Is there a way for me to overlay the header and footer of the pdf with the document?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,caption,subcaption}
\usepackage{lipsum}% Just for this example

\begin{document}


\lipsum[1-25]

\end{document}

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Here's an option using the background package:

The code (needs two runs for the elements to reach their final locations):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,caption,subcaption}
\usepackage{lipsum}% Just for this example
\usepackage[scale=1,color=black,angle=0,opacity=1]{background}
\backgroundsetup{
contents={
  \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
  \node[text width=\linewidth,anchor=south,align=center] 
    at ([yshift=1cm]current page.south)
    {This is the footer};
  \node[text width=\linewidth,anchor=south,align=center] 
    at ([yshift=-2cm]current page.north)
    {This is the header};
  \end{tikzpicture}%
  }
}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-25]

\end{document}

Using the options for the \nodes, you can control the desired positioning.

Option 1: Using `knit_child()` with inline R code

Say your setup is like the following. In the same directory, you have:

`graph.R`

## ---- graph
library(ggplot2)
CarPlot <- ggplot() +
    stat_summary(data= mtcars,
                 aes(x = factor(gear),
                     y = mpg
                 ),
                 fun.y = "mean",
                 geom = "bar"
                 )
CarPlot

`chapter1.Rnw`

Hey, look, a graph (Figure~\ref{fig:graph})!

<<graph, echo=FALSE, message=FALSE, fig.lp='fig:', out.width='.5\\linewidth', fig.align='center', fig.cap="A graph", fig.pos='h!'>>=
@

`main.Rnw`

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

<<external-code, echo=FALSE, cache=FALSE>>=
read_chunk('./graph.R')
@

\Sexpr{knit_child('chapter1.Rnw')}

\end{document}

Then, you can knit the main.Rnw file and compile the resulting .tex file with either pdflatex or xelatex.

The output is:

enter image description here

Note that you can also read the external .R file from the child .Rnw file.

So, the following would have worked just as well.

`chapter1-mod.Rnw`

<<external-code, echo=FALSE, cache=FALSE>>=
read_chunk('./graph.R')
@

Hey, look, a graph (Figure~\ref{fig:graph})!

<<graph, echo=FALSE, message=FALSE, fig.lp='fig:', out.width='.5\\linewidth', fig.align='center', fig.cap="A graph", fig.pos='h!'>>=
@

`main-mod.Rnw`

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\Sexpr{knit_child('chapter1-mod.Rnw')}

\end{document}

Option 2: Using chunk option `child`

Assuming you have graph.R and chapter1.Rnw from above in the same directory, then your main.Rnw should be:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

<<external-code, echo=FALSE, cache=FALSE>>=
read_chunk('./graph.R')
@

<<child-demo, child='chapter1.Rnw'>>=
@

\end{document}

Note that you can also read the external .R file from within the child document in this case, too.

So, assuming you had graph.R and chapter1-mod.Rnw from above in the same directory, then your main-mod.Rnw file should be:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

<<child-demo, child='chapter1-mod.Rnw'>>=
@

\end{document}

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Option 1: Using knit_child() with inline R code

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