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CSED Introductory LaTeX Slides

Table of Contents

• Course Summary
• LaTeX : A Typesetting Language
• Using TeXnicCenter
• Definitions
• Spaces and Paragraph Breaks
• Creating a Document
• Simple Font Changing Commands
• Punctuation, Accents and Symbols
• Class files, sectioning commands, and title pages
• Formatting
• Defining new commands
• Alternative Output Formats
• Lists
• Tabulated Material
• Basic Mathematics
• Arrays and Delimiters
• Multiline Formulae
• Cross-Referencing
• Packages
• Citations
• Lengths
• Boxes and Minipages
• Incorporating Images
• Figures and Tables
• Creating Slides
• New Environments
• Counters
• Conditionals
• Writing Packages and Class Files
• Bibliography
• Web Sites
• Index

Table of Contents

• Title Slide
• Course Summary
  • Course Summary
  • Course Summary Continued
  • Course Materials
  • Some Notes
  • Some More Notes
• LaTeX : A Typesetting Language
  • What is TeX
  • What is LaTeX
  • Programming Languages
  • LaTeX
  • Pros and Cons of LaTeX
  • Pros and Cons of LaTeX cont.
• Using TeXnicCenter
  • TeXnicCenter
  • Using TeXnicCenter
  • TeXnicCenter : Starting a New Project
  • TeXnicCenter : Starting a New Project
  • TeXnicCenter : Starting a New Project
  • TeXnicCenter : Typing in the Source Code
  • Saving, LaTeXing and Viewing Document
• Definitions
  • Special Characters
  • Commands (Macros)
  • Grouping
  • Command Arguments
  • Optional Arguments
  • Environments
• Spaces and Paragraph Breaks
  • Spaces
  • Paragraphs
• Creating a Document
  • Creating a Document
  • Creating a Document
  • Exercise
• Simple Font Changing Commands
  • Font Changing Commands verses Font Changing Declarations
  • Font Changing Commands
  • Font Changing Declarations
  • Font Changing Examples
  • Font Changing Examples
  • Font Changing Environments
  • Changing the Font Size
  • Font Size Changing Examples
  • Font Size Changing Examples
  • Exercise
• Punctuation, Accents and Symbols
  • Symbols
  • Examples of Symbols
  • Punctuation Symbols
  • Examples
  • Accents
  • Example of Words with Accents
  • Ligatures
  • Examples of Words Containing Ligatures
  • Exercise
• Class files, sectioning commands, and title pages
  • Document Classes
  • Standard Class File Options
  • Standard Sectioning Commands
  • Examples of Sectioning Commands
  • Abstract
  • Title Page
  • Example Title Page
  • Appendices
  • Example
  • Table of Contents
  • Page Styles
  • Page Numbering Styles
  • Exercise
• Formatting
  • Paragraph Formatting
  • Examples (environments)
  • Examples (declarations)
  • Centering a Single Line of Text
  • New Lines
  • Line breaks
  • Preventing Line breaks
  • Unbreakable Spaces
  • Page Breaks
  • Exercise
• Defining new commands
  • Defining New Commands
  • Why Define New Commands?
  • Why Define New Commands?
  • Examples
  • Exercise
• Alternative Output Formats
  • PostScript
  • Portable Document Format (PDF)
  • PostScript and PDF Output
  • Exercise
• Lists
  • List Making Environments
  • Nested itemize environments
  • Numbered Lists
  • Nested enumerate environments
  • Nested itemize and enumerate environments
  • Description
  • Exercise
• Tabulated Material
  • Tabulated Material
  • Simple Example
  • Adding Horizontal and Vertical Lines
  • Example
  • Spanning Columns
  • Example
  • Exercise
• Basic Mathematics
  • Basic Mathematics
  • In-Line Mathematics
  • Examples
  • Displayed Mathematics
  • Examples
  • Subscripts and Superscripts
  • Examples
  • Fractions and Square Roots
  • Function Names
  • Examples
  • Lower Case Greek Letters
  • Upper Case Greek Letters
  • Symbols with Two Sizes
  • Examples
  • Exercise
• Arrays and Delimiters
  • Delimiters
  • Delimiters
  • Examples
  • Arrays
  • Examples (Arrays)
  • Delimiters Don't Need to Match
  • Example Using Invisible Delimiter
  • Exercise
• Multiline Formulae
  • Multiline Formulae
  • Examples
  • Examples
  • Exercise
• Cross-Referencing
  • Cross-Referencing
  • Examples
  • Examples
  • Exercise
• Packages
  • Packages
  • Examples
  • Examples cont.
  • Example
  • Self-Extracting Documentation
  • Exercise
• Citations
  • Citations
  • Example
  • BiBTeX
  • Bibliography Database (.bib)
  • Author Format
  • Multiple Authors
  • Month Entries
  • Example (incollection)
  • Declaring Databases and Bibliography Style
  • Example
  • LaTeX/BiBTeX Process
  • bibliography style plain
  • bibliography style alpha
  • bibliography style ieeetr
  • bibliography style acm
  • bibliography style apalike
  • Customising a BiBTeX Style
  • Exercise
• Lengths
  • Lengths
  • Common Units
  • Changing Lengths
  • Lengths
  • Example
  • Layout Lengths
  • Exercise
• Boxes and Minipages
  • Boxes
  • Boxes
  • Example of a Box: The tabular Environment
  • Basic Types of Boxes
  • Examples using mbox
  • Examples using makebox
  • Boxes with Frames
  • Lengths Associated with fbox
  • fancybox package
  • Examples
  • Examples
  • Examples
  • Examples
  • Typesetting a Paragraph Inside a Box
  • The minipage Environment
  • The shapepar Package (diamondpar)
  • The shapepar Package (squarepar)
  • The shapepar Package (heartpar)
  • The shapepar Package (nutshape)
  • Raising and Lowering Boxes
  • Rules
  • Example
  • Example
  • Struts
  • Saveboxes
  • Example using sbox
  • Example using lrbox
  • Macros verses Saveboxes
  • Macros verses Saveboxes
  • Exercise
• Incorporating Images
  • Incorporating Images
  • Syntax
  • An Example
  • Other graphicx Commands
  • Examples
  • Examples
  • Exercise
• Figures and Tables
  • Figures and Tables
  • An Example Figure
  • An Example Table
  • Adjacent Figures
  • Adjacent Figures
  • Subfigures
  • Example Output
  • List of Figures/Tables
  • Exercise
• Creating Slides
  • Creating Slides using LaTeX
  • The seminar Package
  • Title Slides
  • Notes
  • Slide Frames
  • Slide Frames
  • Slide Frames
  • Slide Frames
  • Slide Frames
  • Defining New Page Styles
  • Exercise
• New Environments
  • Defining New Environments
  • Example Environment with Arguments
  • Exercise
• Counters
  • Counters
  • Changing the Value of a Counter
  • Displaying the Value of a Counter
  • Standard Counter Formats
  • Examples
  • Additional Counter Formats (datetime Package)
  • Examples
  • Additional Counter Formats (datetime Package v2.4)
  • Examples
  • Enumeration Counters
  • Changing enumerate Counter Format
  • Changing enumerate Label
  • Changing enumerate Format
  • Exercise
• Conditionals
  • Conditionals
  • Example (ifpdf and pdfinfo)
  • The ifthen Package
  • Boolean Operations
  • Example
  • Example
  • Testing Text
  • Testing Numbers
  • whiledo example
  • Testing Lengths
• Writing Packages and Class Files
  • Writing a LaTeX Package
  • Example
  • Package Options
  • Package Options
  • Extending the datetime Package
  • Writing Class Files
  • Extending the report Class File
  • @ Commands
  • Redefining Page Styles
  • Changing the Section Headings
  • Example
  • Changing Chapter Headings
  • Example
  • Exercise
• Bibliography
  • Bibliography
• Web Sites
  • Web Sites
• Index

Dr Nicola Talbot. Last modified: 18/10/2004.