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LaTeX is not...

• rubber
• a Bill Gates product
• WYSIWYG (see)
• VooDoo
• just something for crazy (nerdy) people with lots
  of equations and math symbols

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LaTeX is...

• document markup language
• document preparation system for TeX typesetting
• collection of TeX macros
• plain text with formatting cmds
• WYMIWYG (mean)

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Basic Concept

• write text in editor of your choice (.tex)
• compile (latex)
• results in .aux, .log and .dvi file
• convert dvi to ps, pdf, etc
• or create pdf directly from source (pdflatex)
• done!

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LaTeX - What Do You Need?

• editor of your choice
• WinEdt (compiles and generates pdf for
  you)http//www.winedt.com/
• LaTeX environment (UNIX)
• MikTeX (WIN)http//miktex.org/

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LaTeX Document Structure

• \documentclassarticle(article, report, book,
  letter)
• preamble
• \begindocument
• body
• \enddocument

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LaTeX Title Page

• \titleThis Is My Title
• \authorMartin Klein
• \date16. May 2007
• \date - to leave it out
• \date - to have LaTeX do it
• \maketitle (in body)

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LaTeX Structures

• \chapterName of the Chapter(not in article)
• \sectionMy Section
• \subsectionA Subsection
• \subsubsectionSubsubsection
• \tableofcontents (in body)
• e.g. \sectionwithout numbering, not in index

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Some LaTeX Commands
\textbfbold text \textittext in italics \textttteletype \scriptsize - 7pt \small - 9pt \normalsize - 10pt \large - 12pt \Large - 14pt \beginverbatim ... \endverbatim \beginitemize \item my item \enditemize \beginenumerate.... \item first item \endenumerate
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Equations in LaTeX

• \beginequation ... \endequation
• \begineqnarray ... \\ ... \endeqnarray
• ...
• \labelmylabel

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Tables in LaTeX

• \begintable\centering
• \begintabularrlc (ccc)
• columns divided by
• rows end with \\
• \endtabular\captionmycaption \labelmylabel
• \endtable

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Figures in LaTeX

• \usepackagegraphicx (in preamble)
• \beginfigure
• \centering
• \includegraphicsfilename (pdf, png, jpg)
• \caption...
• \label...
• \endfigure

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EPS Figures in LaTeX

• \usepackageepsfig (in preamble)
• \epsfigfileepsfig.eps, scale0.6
• use latex, dvips/dvipdf(m), ps2pdf/pstopdf
• use convert fig.png eps3fig.eps

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Referencing in LaTeX

• \refmylabel for figures, tables, (sub)sections,
  equations
• \beginfigure...\labelmylabel...\endfigure
  
• \sectionmysection \labelmylabel

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Citations in LaTeX

• data about cited paper stored in .bib file
• \citemypaperid
• before \enddocument
• \bibliographystyleabbrv
• \bibliographymybibfile
• bibtex command creates .bbl file
• latex, bibtex, latex, latex

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Sample BibTeX File Structure
_at_inproceedingsbergmarkpaper, author
Donna Bergmark, title Collection
synthesis, booktitle JCDL '02
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS Joint
Conference on DL, year 2002,
isbn 1-58113-513-0, pages
253--262, location Portland, Oregon,
USA, doi http//doi.acm.org/10.1145/54
4220.544275, _at_articlebekaertdidl,
author Jeroen Bekaert and Patrick Hochstenbach
and Herbert Van de Sompel, title
Using MPEG-21 DIDL to Represent Complex
Digital Objects in the Los Alamos National
Laboratory Digital Library, journal
D-Lib Magazine, volume 9,
number 11, month November,
year 2003, note "doi10.1045/novem
ber2003-bekaert" http//portal.acm.org/citation
.cfm?doid509907.509965
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Books about LaTeX

• Lamport LaTeX A Document Preparation
  Systemhttp//www.amazon.com/LaTeX-Document-Prepa
  ration-System-2nd/dp/0201529831/refpd_bbs_sr_1/10
  4-6643959-2471150?ieUTF8sbooksqid1179321727s
  r8-1
• Kopka Guide to LaTeXhttp//www.amazon.com/Guid
  e-LaTeX-Techniques-Computer-Typesetting/dp/0321173
  856/refpd_bxgy_b_img_b/104-6643959-2471150?ieUTF
  8qid1179321727sr8-1
• Mittelbach LaTeX Companionhttp//www.amazon.co
  m/LaTeX-Companion-Techniques-Computer-Typesetting/
  dp/0201362996/refpd_bxgy_b_img_b/104-6643959-2471
  150?ieUTF8qid1179321727sr8-1