LaTeX tutorial 2008

ALT X tutorial 2008EAmélie AngladeQMUL IEEE Student BranchNovember 27, 2008Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 1 / 48Outline1 Introduction2 Installation3 Structure of a document4 Equations5 Tables6 Lists7 Figures8 References9 Bibliography10 Tables of referencesA11 Using LT X to...EA12 To continue with LT XEAmélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 2 / 48Outline1 Introduction2 Installation3 Structure of a document4 Equations5 Tables6 Lists7 Figures8 References9 Bibliography10 Tables of referencesA11 Using LT X to...EA12 To continue with LT XEAmélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 3 / 48AWhy using LTX?EPage Setting : automatic classes, stylesIt looks Awesome straight away! (Professional, that is)Easy to typemathematicalequations and other usually trickyscientific items such as chemical formula.Handles perfectly tables, figures, bibliography, table of contents,etc...Adaptable to countless languages and texts (accents, alphabets).Once tamed, a real time saver (macros)CustomizableAmélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 4 / 48AHow does LT X work?EMarkup tagsCompiled Language:1 source file: .tex2 output file: .pdf (or .dvi and .ps)Sets the global layout on a finished source file, usingtypographical rules.Asks you to forget one’s old habits taken from WYSIWYG editors:! don’t try to modify fonts, colors, layout for a ...