Quick LaTeX Tutorial

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Quick LaTeX Tutorial
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LaTeX Tutorial

• Why do you want to learn LaTeX?
• Nuts and Bolts of LaTex
• Examples

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Why you want to learn LaTeX

• Very powerful control of document generation,
  particularly large technical documents
• Minimizes the drudgery of formatting, numbering,
  and referencing
• Disadvantage
• Steep Learning Curve

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LaTeX Platforms

• Scientific Workplace
• (Commercial Package)
• UNIX Systems (LyX)
• (Free)
• MikTex and WinEdt
• PC Shareware

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LaTeX Resources

• http//www.ctan.org
• http//www.colorado.edu/ITS/docs/latex/Ref/
• The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e (Tobias
  Oetiker)
• Math Into LaTeX (George Gratzer)

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The LaTeX Process

• Create a text file (with your favorite text
  editor) with LaTeX commands
• Compile or Build your document using the
  LaTeX program
• Display resulting Document
• Continue writing and go to 1 until finished
• Convert Document to Postscript or PDF

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Flow of LaTeX Process
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Source code of your first LaTeX
document(fish.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• My mother is a fish.
• \enddocument

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Commands to Build and View Document

• To use xdvi viewer
• latex fish.tex
• xdvi fish.dvi

• To use acroread
• pdflatex fish.tex
• acroread fish.pdf

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Emphasizing words(fish.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \emphMy mother is a fish.
• \enddocument

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Underlining words(fish.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \emphMy mother is a
• \underlinefish.
• \enddocument

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Making references in LaTeX(fish.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \emphMy mother is a \underlinefish \citeWF.
• \beginthebibliography99
• \bibitemWF
• William Falkner, \emphAs I Lay Dying
• \endthebibliography
• \enddocument

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Need to compile the document twice

• Because we are using symbolic references, e.g.,
  \citeWF, a second pass is necessary
• The second pass will resolve references

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Sum Equation Example(sum.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \beginequation \labelEsum
• s \sum_i1nx_i
• \endequation
• \enddocument

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Sum of Squares Equation Example (sum_squares.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \beginequation
• \labelEsum_squares
• s2 \sum_i1nx_i2
• \endequation
• \enddocument

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Mean Equation Example(mean.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \beginequation \labelEmean
• \barx \frac\sum_i1nx_i n
• \endequation
• \enddocument

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Mean Equation Examplewith limits
(mean_limits.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \beginequation \labelEmean
• \barx \frac\sum\limits_i1n x_i n
• \endequation
• \enddocument

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Variance Equation Example (variance.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \begindocument
• \beginequation \labelEvariance
• \sigma2 \frac\sum\limits_i1n
• \left(x_i - \barx\right)2
• n-1
• \endequation
• \enddocument

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Standard Deviation Equation Example (sd.tex)

• \documentclassreport
• \begindocument
• \chapterStandard Deviation
• \beginequation \labelEsd
• \sigma \sqrt\frac\sum\limits_i1n
• \left(x_i - \barx\right)2
• n-1
• \endequation
• \enddocument

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Changing the document styles

• \documentclassarticle
• \documentclassbook
• \documentclassletter
• \documentclassreport

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Report document style(main.tex)

• \documentclassreport
• \titleAssignment 2 for SIMG726
• \authorRolando V. Raque\no
• \begindocument
• \maketitle
• \tableofcontents
• \enddocument

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Create the following chapters

• chapter_sum.tex
• chapter_mean.tex
• chapter_sd.tex

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chapter_mean.tex

• \chapterMean \labelCMean
• \beginequation \labelEmean
• \barx \frac\sum_i1nx_i n
• \endequation

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chapter_sum.tex

• \chapterSum \labelCSum
• \beginequation \labelEsum
• s \sum_i1nx_i
• \endequation

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chapter_sd.tex

• \chapterStandard Deviation \labelCSD
• \beginequation \labelEsd
• \sigma \sqrt\frac\sum\limits_i1n
• \left(x_i - \barx\right)2
• n-1
• \endequation

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Modify main.tex to include chapters

• \documentclassreport
• \titleAssignment 2 for SIMG726
• \authorRolando V. Raque\no
• \begindocument
• \maketitle
• \tableofcontents
• \includechapter_sum
• \includechapter_mean
• \includechapter_sd
• \enddocument

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Modify chapter_sd.tex

• \chapterStandard Deviation \labelCSD
• \endequation
• We can see that equation \refEsd uses equation
• \refEmean to compute the mean and that the
  \emphMean
• function uses equation \refEsum both of which
  are defined
• in Chapter \refCSum and \refCMean,
  respectively

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Modify main.tex to include chapters

• \documentclassreport
• \titleAssignment 2 for SIMG726
• \authorRolando V. Raque\no
• \begindocument
• \maketitle
• \tableofcontents
• \includechapter_mean
• \includechapter_sum
• \includechapter_sd
• \enddocument

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Including image graphics into you LaTeX document

• Need to convert your image graphics into EPS
  (encapsulated postscript).
• For images, use pnmtops, e.g.
• pnmtops MyCat.pgm MyCat.ps
• Need to include an extension package to LaTeX
  called graphics using command
• \usepackagegraphics
• N.B. In CIS systems, following example works for
  latex but not for pdflatex

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Image Graphics Example(image.tex)

• \documentclassarticle
• \usepackagegraphics
• \begindocument
• \beginfigure
• \includegraphicsMyCat.ps
• \captionThis is My Cat \labelFMyCat
• \endfigure
• \enddocument