1 LaTeX For Dummies Mulugeta Gebregziabher Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology MUSC April 4, 2011

2 What is LaTeX Pronounced as Lay-tek A typesetting program, NOT a word-processor Designed by Lamport based on TeX (Knuth) Current version LaTeX2  (LaTeX3 coming..) Designed for producing books, thesis,articles... De facto standard for writing academic papers

3 Why LaTeX? Our profession requires it Platform, version independent (Unix, Windows…) Pre-set standard formats (for paper, thesis…) Bibliography management Fast, professional math equations typesetting Free available The commands are easy to learn Never crash, never lose your file Can compile very big books (unless your document is more than 70,000 pages! –verify?)

4 Disadvantages You need other softwares for processing figures (eg. Eps, jpeg, ps, pdf) Spelling/grammar checking is not as convenient as those in MS Word Requires remembering some commands Not straightforward for creating complex tables Not integrated with other MS Office products (Now, Mathtype is integrated with LaTeX in MS Word 2007)

5 Where to get LaTeX? Windows –MikTeX –WinEdit, LaTeX editor available at DBE –WinShell, a free LaTeX editor Where to get help? newsgroup comp.text.tex –Introduction and tips for LaTeX

6 Host sites 4 LaTeX related stuff? LaTeX/MiKTeX are available free of charge The best source for these packages is the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) three host sites (and many mirrors): 1. in Boston, MA, USA, 2. in Cambridge, UK, and 3. in Mainz, Germany (in German).

7 How To Run LaTeX Compilelatex myfile F5 (WinShell) View the dvi fileyap myfile (Windows) F7 (WinShell) Dvi --> PostScriptdvips myfile F8 (WinShell) View PostScriptUse gsview (Windows) F9 (WinShell)

8 LaTeX Skeleton

9 Example: LaTeX Skeleton % my first LaTeX file \documentclass{article} % preamble \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \section{This is a section} \subsection{This is a subsection} First paragraph is here. Second paragraph is here. \end{document}

10 Preamble Options Intrinsic document styles: article, book, letter, report, and slides. Most publishers have their own style, which they provide for you to download. Examples of styles –AMS (amsmath) –Elsevier journals(elsarticle). We focus on the article style. Other options: font size &other preamble specifications are covered in examples

11 Now let’s learn by trying some Example Hands on!

12 Text

13 Environment

14 Fonts

15 Lists: description,bullet,number

16 Lists: number

17 Making Simpler Tables

18 Making Multi-columnTables

19 Special Characters

20 Mathematical Operations

21 Mathematical Operations

22 Mathematical Equations

23 Math: text vs. display mode

24 Math: equation arrays

25 Math: equation arrays

26 Math: equation arrays aligned

27 Math: equation arrays aligned

28 Math: means and predicted values

29 Graphs and Pictures: scale

30 Graphs and Pictures: dimensions

31 Front Matter: Cover Page & Abstract

32 Other Front Matters

33 BibTeX--Bibliography Management Bibliography database file mybib.bib Command \cite{biblabel} How to compile –latex myfile –bibtex myfile –latex myfile (may need to run twice) At the end of the document \bibliographystyle{plain} \bibliography{mybib} You could also make your own bibliography

34 BibTek examples

35 Your own bibliography

36 How to run LaTeX (from Wang) latex myfile xdvi myfile (UNIX) Edit myfile Resolve cross- reference Resolve compile error yap myfile (Windows) myfile.tex myfile.dvi dvips myfile myfile.ps print

37 Thank you! Happy LaTeXing

References 1.Greenberg HJ (2006). A simplified introduction to LaTex 2.Lamport L (1994). LaTeX: a document preparation system 3.LaTeX2e for Authors. CTAN Wang’s Intro to LaTeX