1. Improving Postgraduate Learning – LaTeX Basics Dr. WONG Tsz Yeung Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CUHK

2. Who am I? Start writing in LaTeX since September 2000. Documents written in LaTeX, including: – Thesis (M.Phil & Ph.D); – All research paper; – A few of my lecture notes; – Countless assignment specifications, etc. Use LaTeX mostly in Linux and Mac OS. 15 September 2012IPL - LaTeX Basics2

3. What have you got? Every PC in the user area has the tools called: PCTeX. – We will stick with it for the coming 3 hours. How good is it? – An integrated environment. – On-the-fly command suggestion. How bad is it? – Not available for free! An open source alternative: TexWorks.TexWorks 15 September 2012IPL - LaTeX Basics3

4. User Area only: Start PC & PCTeX Choose ENGLISH Windows. – Do you remember your PC LAN login and password? – Don’t worry! Our colleague will help! Now visit the following link: – http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~tywong/IPL/basics/ http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~tywong/IPL/basics/ – Download the files labeled [TEX], [JPG], and [EPS] to D: (the D drive) of your computer. 15 September 2012IPL - LaTeX Basics4

5. Starting PC & PCTeX Starting PCTeX – Start  All Programs  Authoring Tools  PCTeX32 – Don’t worry! We’ll wait. 15 September 2012IPL - LaTeX Basics5

6. Opening your downloads… Open your downloaded with filename “ latex_basics_start.tex ”. 15 September 2012IPL - LaTeX Basics6

7. Opening your downloads… Open your downloaded with filename “ latex_basics_start.tex ”. You will learn LaTeX with a template. – You will learn the core stuffs without typing too much. – Of course, starting with an empty project is also a good choice. Let’s Rock! 15 September 2012IPL - LaTeX Basics7