Normal mode

Not using the "simple mode" makes the usage of the template a bit more verbose, but provides a lot more flexibility. Usually "normal mode" is only necessary if a conflicting package needs to be imported, as the order of \usepackage statements matters, or somebody has special requirements, which deviate from the styleguide.

Let's start with the basic document structure. All packages imports shown are not required, also the author highly recommends to use these. The template bundles a complete biblatex style called "baarticle", which should be used to get the citations and bibliography right. The package options are described in the "simple mode" section.

\documentclass[first=firstname,last=lastname,company=comp,location=Dresden]{baarticle}
\usepackage[english,main=ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[autostyle=true,german=quotes]{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=baarticle]{biblatex}
% Additional packages should probably go here
\usepackage{hyperref}

\addbibresource{document.bib}

\begin{document}
    \mktitle{
        title=Test Report,
        img=images/logo.png,
        course=science,
        number=1234,
        corrector={corrector 1,corrector 2},
        themedate=\today,
        returndate=\today,
        type=thesis
    }
    \mkblocknotice{
        signature=images/signature.png,
        date=\today,
        location=Dresden
    }
    \mkfrontmatter{
        \section*{Abkürzungsverzeichnis}
        \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Abkürzungsverzeichnis}
    }
    % Content here
    \printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]
    \clearpage
    \mkaffirmation{
        signature=images/signature.png,
        date=\today
    }
\end{document}

It should be obvious that it is possible to move different elements from the beginning and end of a paper around. Let's discuss the commands quickly:

• \mktitle creates a title page
  • title should be the title of the paper
  • img should be a path pointing to the logo of the university
  • course should be your course of studies
  • number should be your matriculation number
  • corrector should be a comma sperated list of correctors
  • themedate should be the date when the theme of the paper was announced
  • returndate should be the date when the paper is handed in
  • type defines the type of the paper. It should be one of thesis, study or report. Setting the type parameter is optional.
• \mkblocknotice creates a block notice
  • signature should be a path to an image of your signature
  • date should be the date when the paper is handed in
  • location should be the location of your company
• \mkfrontmatter creates the the table of contents, list of figures, abbreviations and tables
  • the first and only argument describes how to create the list of abbreviations. Per default no package is loaded, which can deal with abbreviations. You can choose a package you like.
  • instead of using \mkfrontmatter you can build the whole frontmatter yourself using standard LaTeX commands like \tableofcontents,\listoffigures,\listoftables
• \mkaffirmation creates the affirmation
  • signature should be a path to an image of your signature
  • date should be the date when the paper is handed in

Using glossaries for the abbreviations

If you decide to use the glossaries package to manage abbreviations their default style needs to adjusted as outlined below.

\documentclass[first=firstname,last=lastname,company=comp,location=Dresden]{baarticle}
\usepackage[english,main=ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[autostyle=true,german=quotes]{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=baarticle]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[style=alttree,nogroupskip,nonumberlist,nopostdot,nolong,nosuper,nolist]{glossaries}

\setacronymstyle{long-short}
\renewcommand{\glossarysection}[2][]{}
\makenoidxglossaries

\begin{document}
    ...
    \mkfrontmatter{
        \singlespacing
        \section*{Abkürzungsverzeichnis}
        \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Abkürzungsverzeichnis}
        \vspace{-1cm}
        \printnoidxglossaries
        \onehalfspacing
    }
    ...
\end{document}