Add a version number to the title of a LaTeX document

Question

The title section of my LaTeX documents usually look like

\\title{Title}
\\author{Me}
%\\date{}      %// Today\'s date will appear when this is commented out.

\         


        

Answer 1

Simple manual method:

1. Create a file called (say) version.tex:

   \providecommand{\versionnumber}{3.0.1}

2. Where you need to use it:

   \input{version}
\title{Title\\\normalsize Version \versionnumber}

This will give you a single common place in your project or projects to update the version manually.