LaTeX
for the Newbie
Sajjad Anwar
Technology Consultant
@geohacker
LaTeX, the language of documents.
LaTeX is a Document Preparation System.
Document Markup Language.
Based on TeX by Donald E Knuth.
Highest typographical quality.
Pre-designed, Professional templates.
Introduced by Leslie Lamport.
Language?
Yes.
But you don't have to be a programmer.
LaTeX can save about two months formatting time of the average 3–4 year writing cycle.
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Portable.
LaTeX doesn't care if you are on Windows, Linux or Mac. -
Quality.
Mathematical, Multilingual. -
Control.
Books, Bibliography. -
Modular.
Document writing, one drop at a time. -
Freedom.
Live happily ever after.
WYMIWYG
What You Mean Is What You Get.
Header, Footer
Margins
Paragraphs
Pages
Welcome!
Producing LaTeX documents.
The basics.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Hello world!
\end{document}
\begin{document}
Hello world!
\end{document}
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Hello world!
\end{document}
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Hello world!
\end{document}
Document Class
Report.
Article.
Letter.
Book.
Slides.
\documentclass{article}
\title{My First \LaTeX\ Article}
\author{Sajjad Anwar}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
Place the body of your article here.
\end{document}
Document Structure.
\abstract{...}
\part{...}
\chapter{...}
\section{...}
\subsection{...}
\subsubsection{...}
\paragraph{...}
\subparagraph{...}
\abstract{...}
\part{...}
\chapter{...}
\section{...}
\subsection{...}
\subsubsection{...}
\paragraph{...}
\subparagraph{...}
Table of Contents
Not painful, anymore.
\tableofcontents
Bibliography
List and Cite. Anywhere.
\begin{thebibliography}{Dennis}
\bibitem[Dennis Ritchie, 1973]{dennis}
C Programming Language, \emph{Bell Labs}
\end{thebibliography}
Lists
Enumerated. Bulleted
\begin{enumerate}
\item Automated traffic surveillance.
\item Automated high-way/parking.
\item Automation of petrol stations.
\item Journey time monitoring.
\end{enumerate}
\begin{itemize}
\item Automated traffic surveillance.
\item Automated high-way/parking.
\item Automation of petrol stations.
\item Journey time monitoring.
\end{itemize}
Graphics
Insert. Scale.
\includegraphics{logo.png}
File Types
.tex
LaTeX or TeX input file.
.sty
LaTeX macro package. Loaded using the "\usepackage" command.
.cls
Class files define what your document looks like. Selected with the "\documentclass" command.
Setting up LaTeX
Windows
MiKTeX | miktex.org
GNU/Linux
Kile | TeX Live | Text Editor | pdflatex
