Latex in 24 hours

Latex in 24 hours

by Dilip Datta

Pages count :309 pages

Size :8268 ko

Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 What Is LATEX?
1.2 Why LATEX Over Other Word Processors?
1.3 How to Prepare a LATEX Input File?
1.4 How to Compile a LATEX Input File?
1.5 LATEX Syntax

1.5.1 Commands
1.5.2 Environments
1.5.3 Packages

1.6 Keyboard Characters in LATEX
1.7 How to Read this Book?

2 Fonts Selection

2.1 Text-Mode Fonts
2.2 Math-Mode Fonts
2.3 Emphasized Fonts
2.4 Colored Fonts

3 Formatting Texts I

3.1 Sectional Units
3.2 Labeling and Referring Numbered Items
3.3 Texts Alignment
3.4 Quoted Texts
3.5 New Lines and Paragraphs

3.5.1 Creating New Lines
3.5.2 Creating New Paragraphs

3.6 Creating and Filling Blank Space
3.7 Producing Dashes Within Texts
3.8 Preventing Line Break
3.9 Adjusting Blank Space After a Period Mark
3.10 Hyphenating a Word

4 Formatting Texts II

4.1 Increasing Depth of Sectional Units
4.2 Changing Titles and Counters of Sectional Units
4.3 Multiple Columns

4.3.1 Multiple Columns Related Parameters
4.3.2 A Flexible Approach to Generate Multiple Columns

4.4 Mini Pages
4.5 Foot Notes

4.5.1 Foot Notes in Mini Pages
4.5.2 Altering the Pattern of Foot Notes

4.6 Marginal Notes

5 Page Layout and Style

5.1 Page Layout

5.1.1 Standard Page Layout
5.1.2 Formatting Page Layout
5.1.3 Increasing the Height of a Page

5.2 Page Style
5.3 Running Header and Footer

5.3.1 Header with the headings Style
5.3.2 Header with the myheadings Style
5.3.3 Header and Footer with the fancy Style Under the fancyheadings Package
5.3.4 Header and Footer with the fancy Style Under the fancyhdr Package

5.4 Page Breaking and Adjustment
5.5 Page Numbering

6 Listing and Tabbing Texts

6.1 Listing Texts

6.1.1 Numbered Listing Through the enumerate Environment
6.1.2 Unnumbered Listing Through the itemize Environment
6.1.3 Listing with User-Deﬁned Labels Through the description Environment
6.1.4 Nesting Different Listing Environments
6.1.5 Indentation of Listed Items

6.2 Tabbing Texts Through the tabbing Environment

6.2.1 Adjusting Column Width in the tabbing Environment
6.2.2 Adjusting Alignment of Columns in the tabbing Environment

7 Table Preparation I

7.1 Table Through the tabular Environment
7.2 Table Through the tabularx Environment
7.3 Vertical Positioning of Tables
7.4 Sideways (Rotated) Texts in Tables
7.5 Adjusting Column Width in Tables
7.6 Additional Provisions for Customizing Columns of Tables
7.7 Merging Rows and Columns of Tables
7.8 Table Wrapped by Texts
7.9 Table with Colored Background

8 Table Preparation II

8.1 Nested Tables
8.2 Column Alignment About Decimal Point
8.3 Side-by-Side Tables
8.4 Sideways (Rotated) Table
8.5 Long Table on Multiple Pages
8.6 Tables in Multi-column Documents
8.7 Foot Notes in Tables
8.8 Changing Printing Format of Tables
8.9 Tables at the End of a Document

9 Figure Insertion

9.1 Commands and Environment for Inserting Figures
9.2 Inserting a Simple Figure
9.3 Side-by-Side Figures
9.4 Sub-numbering a Group of Figures
9.5 Figure Wrapped by Texts
9.6 Rotated Figure
9.7 Mathematical Notations in Figures
9.8 Figures in Tables
9.9 Figures in Multi-column Documents
9.10 Changing Printing Format of Figures
9.11 Figures at the End of a Document
9.12 Editing LATEX Input File Involving Many Figures

10 Figure Drawing

10.1 Circles and Circular Arcs
10.2 Straight Lines and Vectors
10.3 Curves
10.4 Oval Boxes
10.5 Texts in Figures
10.6 Compound Figures

11 Equation Writing I

11.1 Basic Mathematical Notations and Delimiters
11.2 Mathematical Operators
11.3 Mathematical Expressions in Text-Mode
11.4 Simple Equations

11.4.1 Eliminating Equation Numbering
11.4.2 Overwriting Equation Numbering
11.4.3 Changing Printing Format of Equations

11.5 Array of Equations
11.6 Left Aligning an Equation
11.7 Sub-numbering a Set of Equations

12 Equation Writing II

12.1 Texts and Blank Space in Math-Mode
12.2 Conditional Expression
12.3 Evaluation of Functional Values
12.4 Splitting an Equation into Multiple Lines
12.5 Vector and Matrix
12.6 Overlining and Underlining
12.7 Stacking Terms
12.8 Side-by-Side Equations

13 User-Deﬁned Macros

13.1 Deﬁning New Commands
13.1.1 New Commands Without Argument
13.1.2 New Commands with Mandatory Arguments
13.1.3 New Commands with Optional Arguments
13.2 Redeﬁning Existing Commands
13.3 Deﬁning New Environments

13.3.1 New Environments Without Argument
13.3.2 New Environments with Arguments
13.3.3 Theorem-Like Environments
13.3.4 Floating Environments for Textual Materials

13.4 Redeﬁning Existing Environments

14 Bibliography with LATEX

14.1 Preparation of Bibliographic Reference Database
14.2 Citing Bibliographic References
14.3 Compiling thebibliography Based LATEX Input File

15 Bibliography with BIBTEX Program

15.1 Preparation of BIBTEX Compatible Reference Database
15.2 Standard Bibliographic Styles of LATEX
15.3 Use of the natbib Package
15.4 Compiling BIBTEX based LATEX Input File
15.5 Editing the .bbl File
15.6 Multiple Bibliographies

16 Lists of Contents and Index

16.1 Lists of Contents

16.1.1 Information to the Lists of Contents
16.1.2 Formatting Lists of Contents
16.1.3 Multiple Lists of Contents
16.1.4 Compiling LATEX Input File Having Lists of Contents

16.2 Making Index

16.2.1 Indexing Terms
16.2.2 Some Guidelines on Indexing
16.2.3 Compiling a LATEX Input File Having Index

17 Miscellaneous I

17.1 Boxed Items

17.1.1 Texts in Plain Boxes
17.1.2 Texts in Color Boxes
17.1.3 Mathematical Expressions in Boxes
17.1.4 Paragraphs in Boxes
17.1.5 Set of Items in a Box

17.2 Rotated Items
17.3 Items at Different Levels and Forms
17.4 Geometric Transformation of Items

18 Miscellaneous II

18.1 Horizontal Rules and Dots
18.2 Hyperlinking Referred and Cited Items
18.3 Current Date and Time
18.4 Highlighted Texts
18.5 Verbatim Texts

18.5.1 Boxed and Listed Verbatim Texts
18.5.2 Verbatim Texts with LATEX Commands

18.6 Fragile Commands
18.7 Watermarking on Pages
18.8 Logo in Header and Footer
18.9 Paragraphs in Different Forms

19 Letter and Article

19.1 Letter Writing
19.2 Article Preparation

19.2.1 List of Authors
19.2.2 Title and Abstract on Separate Pages
19.2.3 Left Aligned Title and List of Authors
19.2.4 Articles in Multiple Columns
19.2.5 Section-Wise Numbering of Items
19.2.6 Dividing an Article into Parts

20 Book and Report

20.1 Template of a Book
20.2 Book Preparation Using a Root File
20.3 Dividing a Book into Parts
20.4 Compilation of a Book

20.4.1 Executable File for Compiling a Book
20.4.2 Partial Compilation of a Book

21 Slide Preparation I

21.1 Frames in Presentation
21.2 Sectional Units in Presentation
21.3 Presentation Structure

21.3.1 Title Page
21.3.2 Presentation Contents
21.3.3 Bibliographic Reference Page

21.4 Appearance of a Presentation (BEAMER Themes)

21.4.1 Presentation Theme
21.4.2 Color Theme
21.4.3 Font Theme
21.4.4 Inner Theme
21.4.5 Outer Theme

21.5 Frame Customization

21.5.1 Logo in Frames
21.5.2 Font Type
21.5.3 Frame Size
21.5.4 Frame Shrinking
21.5.5 Removal of Headline/Footline and Sidebar
21.5.6 Frame Breaking

22 Slide Preparation II

22.1 Piece-Wise Presentation (BEAMER Overlays)

22.1.1 Table of Contents
22.1.2 Uncovering Sequentially Using the \pause Command
22.1.3 Uncovering Sequentially Using the Incremental Speciﬁcation<+->
22.1.4 Other Piece-Wise Presentation Speciﬁcations

22.2 Environments in BEAMER Class
22.3 Table and Figure in Presentation
22.4 Dividing a Frame Column-Wise
22.5 Repeating Slides in Presentation
22.6 Jumping (Hyperlink) to Other Slides

23 Error and Warning Messages

23.1 Error Message
23.2 Warning Message
23.3 Error Without Any Message
23.4 Tips for Debugging

24 Exercise

Appendix A:Symbols and Notations
A.1 Text-Mode Accents and Symbols
A.2 Math-Mode ymbols
Bibliography
Index