Open Project Folder | Research Workflow Guidebook

Open folder

Select File > Open Folder... in VS Code. If the window is empty, you can also use the Open Folder button in Explorer.

Inside the extracted seed-documents folder, select the seed-document folder containing seed-document.tex, bibliography.bib, and figure.jpg.

Windows folder picker with the Seed document project folder selected

The selected seed-document folder opens as a VS Code workspace. If Workspace Trust appears, review the folder's files and choose Yes, I trust the authors only when you trust their contents. Unlike the example screenshot, leave the option to trust the entire parent folder unchecked.

Existing VS Code prompt asking whether to trust the folder's authors; leave the parent-folder trust option unchecked in your own work

Check that Explorer shows the seed-document folder at the top, with seed-document.tex and bibliography.bib inside it.

VS Code open project workspace after the folder is loaded

Build the sample manuscript

Open seed-document.tex in Explorer, then press Ctrl+Shift+P and run Build LaTeX project from the Command Palette.
Check that LaTeX Workshop reports a successful build, then run View LaTeX PDF file to open seed-document.pdf.

If LaTeX Workshop cannot find the root file, check that Explorer shows the seed-document folder and reopen seed-document.tex.

Open another folder

To reopen a recent folder, press Ctrl + R and select it from the list. If it is not listed, use File > Open Folder... to open the folder.