\documentclass[12pt,titlepage,a4paper,twoside]{article} \include{packages} \graphicspath{{$inputDir$/img/}} \renewcommand{\thesection}{} \renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}} \makeatletter \def\@seccntformat#1{\csname #1ignore\expandafter\endcsname\csname the#1\endcsname\quad} \let\sectionignore\@gobbletwo \let\latex@numberline\numberline \def\numberline#1{\if\relax#1\relax\else\latex@numberline{#1}\fi} \makeatother \title{$title$} \newcommand{\subtitle}{$subtitle$} \newcommand{\wordcount}{$wordcount$ \xspace} \author{Some Author} \date{2018-01-01} $if(wordcount)$ \include{header-footer} $endif$ \begin{document} $if(wordcount)$ \input{title} \tableofcontents $endif$ \thispagestyle{empty} \cleardoublepage \setcounter{page}{1} $body$ \end{document}