How do I create a preface page *before* the title page in Quarto

Question

I am using quarto, python, and jupyter lab/notebook to be able to create reproducible reports. Our reports include a preface page before the title page with additional information about what is included in the report. So, how do I place content before the title page? The final document will be a .pdf.

After much googling I suspect it has something to do with modifying before-body.tex but it wasn't clear to me if or how I could move the title page.

Answer 1

Yes, you need to use before-body.tex latex template partials. Include your preface contents before the title.

before-body.tex

$if(has-frontmatter)$
\frontmatter
$endif$

% -----------  PREFACE ----------

\begin{center}
\Large{Preface}
\end{center}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut vulputate bibendum
mauris vel aliquam. Fusce vulputate non ligula vitae accumsan
% -------------------------------

$if(title)$
$if(beamer)$
\frame{\titlepage}
$else$
\maketitle
$endif$
$if(abstract)$
\begin{abstract}
$abstract$
\end{abstract}
$endif$
$endif$

And, then use this template partial in the YAML of the ipynb file.