Hi @kimboGilda
Does your LaTeX template have an abstract environment defined? For this to work, the key-value pair (i.e. abstract: This is my awesome abstract.) from the YAML header will get passed to the LaTeX template and placed in the document wherever the template specifies.
As a simple test, the following code can be used to add the abstract. Add this code to your template where you want the abstract to appear:
% LaTeX code for abstract
$if(abstract)$
$abstract$
$endif$
If the abstract is specified in the YAML header, it will be placed here, otherwise nothing will appear.
The default LaTeX template used by pandoc has an abstract environment, so it accepts an abstract argument in the YAML header. Here is the default template. Notice the following code:
$if(abstract)$
\begin{abstract}
$abstract$
\end{abstract}
$endif$