... Postgraduate Learning. LaTeX Basics. Professiona

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Improving Postgraduate Learning

• LaTeX Basics Professional Document Preparation
• Michael FUNG
• (pffung_at_cse.cuhk.edu.hk)

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LaTeX

• A typesetting system for professional writing and
  publication
• Commercial product
• PCTeX32 (www.pctex.com)
• FREE open source software
• MiKTEX (www.miktex.org)
• Red Hat Linux (including LaTeX package)
  (www.redhat.com)

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Readings

• Word??????? ???LaTeX??? ??
• http//blog.csdn.net/solstice/archive/2004/11/19/1
  87233.aspx ????
• Typesetting with LaTeX Word ?????????
• http//blog.csdn.net/Solstice/category/70.aspx
  Blog

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Getting Started

• Boot up a computer
• Choose English version Windows
• Login with your ITSC PC-LAN username and
  password
• Wait

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Get Course Material

• Ref CUHK GS Platform https//www.gradsch.cuhk.edu
  .hk/pgstudent/main.htm
• http//www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/pffung/ipl/latex
• Download and save this file to D\
• IPL_LaTeX_Advanced_lab.zip
• Extract the content of the zip file to D\
• Then, DELETE the zip file in D\

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Start PCTeX32

• Start?All Programs?Authoring Tools?PCTeX32
• Do this once to register the program

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Check Your Files

• Open the folder My Computer
• D\IPL_LaTeX_Basics_lab\
• Sample document content, the text, figures, etc.
  have been prepared beforehand
• We are now going to typeset them

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Check the Startup File

• Double click on the file latex_basics_start.tex
• PCTeX32 will be called up again with the file
  opened
• This is our startup file
• Lets start putting in ingredients to make our
  sandwich