Latex

Introduction to Latex

Kartik Mandaville

Linux User’s Group Manipal

March 20, 2010

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Outline I

1 IntroductionLUG ManipalPoints To RememberAbout Latex

2 Getting StartedWhy ??Difference From Word ProcessorsLatex FilesLatex CommandsLayoutCompiling and Exporting to PDF

3 TypesettingBasicsMathsListsTables


Outline II

4 PresentationsBeamer- example

5 References

6 Contact Information

7 Copying


Who are we?



Who are we?


Life, Universe and FOSS!!


Who are we?



Believers of Knowledge Sharing


Who are we?




Most technologically focused “group” in University


Who are we?





LUG Manipal is a non profit “Group” alive only on voluntary work!!


Who are we?





LUG Manipal is a non profit “Group” alive only on voluntary work!!

http://lugmanipal.org



Points To Remember!!!

If you have problem(s) don’t hesitate to ask




Slides are based on Documentation so discussions are reallyimportant, slides are for later reference!!





Please dont consider sessions as Class( Classes are boring !! )






Speaker is just like any person sitting next to you







Documentation is really important








Google is your friend








Google is your friend

If you have questions after this workshop mail me or come to LUGManipal’s forums

http://forums.lugmanipal.org



Latex - ??

LATEX is a typesetting system that is very suitable for producing scientificand mathematical documents of high typographical quality. It is alsosuitable for producing all sorts of other documents, from simple letters tocomplete books.


Why ??

It is free of cost. No need to buy any softwares !!!


Why ??


It is portable—sticks to the standard commands and everyone canread and exchange documents


Why ??



You can use the editor of your choice. You can even use MicrosoftWord !!


Why ??




It is simply the best package for documents containing mathematics


Why ??




It is simply the best package for documents containing mathematics

Professionally crafted layouts are available, which make a documentreally look as if “printed.”


Difference From Word Processors

LATEX files are portale while .doc files vary from system to system




Choosing fonts is easier in Word





Typesetting is better (atleast Mathematical)





Typesetting is better (atleast Mathematical)

Its not WYSIWYG ( ?? )


LATEX Files

The input for LaTeX is a plain ASCII text file.


LATEX Files

The input for LaTeX is a plain ASCII text file.

Whitespaces(??) are treated uniformly as “space” by LaTeX. Severalconsecutive whitespaces are treated as a single space.


LATEX Commands

LATEX commands are case - sensitive and start with \, then have aname consisting of only letters.


LATEX Commands


Command names are terminated by a space or a non-letter


LATEX Commands



Optional parameters are given in “[ ]”


LATEX Commands



Optional parameters are given in “[ ]”

Some commands

{\LaTeX} gives LATEX

\today gives March 20, 2010


Layout

\documentclass[options]{class} instructs LATEX to typeset thedocument accordingly


Layout


Article, Report, Book etc are the classes available. This ppt is madeby using Beamer class


Layout



Various Packages are available like graphics. \usepackage{}


Layout



Various Packages are available like graphics. \usepackage{}Each document starts with \begin{document} and ends with\end{document}

Examples

\documentclass[11pt,twoside,a4paper]{article}\usepackage{graphics}


Compiling

latex <filename>.tex - this creates a dvi file


Compiling


dvipdf <filename>.dvi - this creates a pdf


Compiling


dvipdf <filename>.dvi - this creates a pdf

evince <filename>.pdf - Evince(??), Use any pdf viewer


Basics

Typesetting is the ordering of letters for visual display


Basics


Leaving a empty line starts a new paragraph


Basics



\\for a newline


Basics



\\for a newline

\newpage for a new page


Basics



\\for a newline

\newpage for a new page

Use escape sequences for special characters


Maths using LATEX

All inline(??) Mathematical Equations start with $ and with $


Maths using LATEX


Rest start with $$ and end with $$


Maths using LATEX


Rest start with $$ and end with $$

Some examples

$z=\frac{x}{y}$ gives z = xy

$z=\sqrt{x} $ gives z =√

x

$ \lim {n to \infty} \sum {k=1}n̂ \frac{1}{k2̂} = \frac{\pi2̂}{6}$gives limn→∞

∑nk=1

1k2 = π

2

6


Lists

Two types of lists - Unordered(??) and Ordered(??)


Lists


Unordered - Itemize and Ordered - Enumerate


Lists


Unordered - Itemize and Ordered - Enumerate

Various options are available to customize

Example

1 First

firstsecond

2 Second


Tables

Start and end with \begin{tabular}{} and \end{tabular}


Tables

Start and end with \begin{tabular}{} and \end{tabular}Use | for a vertical line and \hline

Sample Table

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline Semester&GPA \\

\hlineFirst&10\\\hlineSecond&10\\\hline \end{tabular}

Semester GPA

First 10

Second 10


Presentations using Beamer

Use Beamer class



Use Beamer class

Select Theme by \usetheme{}



Use Beamer class

Select Theme by \usetheme{}Each slide in a \begin{frame} and ends with \end{frame}


Beamer - Example

Example

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{Madrid}

??

\begin{frame}

Hello World !!!

\end{frame}

??


References

The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2ε by Tobias Oetiker


References


A Beamer Tutorial in Beamer by Charles T. Batts


References


A Beamer Tutorial in Beamer by Charles T. Batts

http://www.latex-project.org/


http://www.latex-project.org/

Contact Information

Kartik [email protected]

http://kar2905.wordpress.com

Linux User’s Group Manipalhttp://lugmanipal.org



http://kar2905.wordpress.com



Copying

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5India License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in/


http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in/

Technology

Latex