1. The LaTeX Tutorial

2. Outline Goals The Problem The Solution Introduction of LaTeX
Key Concepts
Hands-on
Summary
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3. Goals Introduce key concepts Establish working knowledge of LaTeX
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4. Problem Documentation necessary Cross - platform readability
Consistent look of docs project-wide
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5. Solution One tool for all written documentation 9/3/2019
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6. LaTeX Typesetting Program with plain text input
Output to .dvi, .ps, .pdf
Formatting using commands, not manually
Structure specified in document
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7. LaTeX Documents Document Body Preamble 9/3/2019 ARENA Tutorial - LaTeX
Does the document really 'have' a dcomentclass or _is_ it a class (aggregation vs. inheritance)?? If so, how can indefinite amount of subclasses be depicted?
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8. Example \documentclass{article} preamble \begin{document}
\section{Das Festmahl}
\subsection{Der Alte Mann}
``Ja, ja’’, sagte der alte Mann, und er hatte seinen Hut wieder, und wenn es auch nur die Krempe war
\begin{document}
\end{document}
body
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9. Result
(it looks better on paper)
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10. Some Key Concepts Document Class Packages Logical Structure
Environments
Funny Characters
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11. Document Classes Document has documentclass Body Preamble declares
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12. \documentclass[class_options]{document_class}
Document Classes
Usage
\documentclass[class_options]{document_class}
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13. Document Classes book report article letter slides 9/3/2019
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14. Document Classes Class options 10pt | 11pt | 12pt
onecolumn | twocolumn
oneside | twoside
notitlepage | titlepage
final | draft
a4paper | letterpaper | a5paper | …
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15. Packages Document uses package * * Body Header includes 9/3/2019
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16. \usepackage[options]{package}
Packages
Usage
\usepackage[options]{package}
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17. Packages babel - support for languages \usepackage[german]{babel}
colortbl - coloured tables
amsmath - more math symbols
qtree - drawing trees
array - improved tables
graphicx - including pictures …
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18. Logical Structure book, report article chapter * section section * *
subsection
subsection * *
subsubsection
subsubsection
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19. Logical Structure Usage \chapter{heading} \section{heading}
\subsection{heading}
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20. Environments Body * Building block * Text Command Environment 9/3/2019
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21. Environments Usage \begin{environment}
or \begin{environment}{parameters} …
\end{environment}
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22. Environments document - top level environment tabular - tables
table - floating elements
equation - what it says
itemize - bullet list
center - format text centered
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23. Funny Characters Greek letters: \pi, \Gamma, \alpha
Umlauts : \"a, \"u, \"e, \"s
Math symbols: \leftarrow, \subset, \simeq
Quotes: ``(left), ''(right)
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24. Hands - On
Do It
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25. Summary Document Classes : article
Logical Structure : chapter, subsection
Environments : itemize, tabular
Funny Characters : \"a, \alpha
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26. Helpful Links LaTeX Kochbuch (german)
Another LaTeX online manual
macbruegge7.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:16080/~creighto/LaTeX/
List of mathematical symbols
The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
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