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An introduction to TeX and LaTeX
A?computer?programme
created?by?
Donald?E?Knuth
Donald?E?Knuth
(born?January?10,?1938)
Professor?Emeritus?of?the?Art?of?Computer?Programming?
At?Stanford?University
An introduction to TeX and LaTeX
Volume 1 - Fundamental Algorithms
Chapter 1 - Basic concepts
Chapter 2 - Information structures
Volume 2 - Seminumerical Algorithms
Chapter 3 C Random Numbers
Chapter 4 - Arithmetic
Volume 3 - Sorting and Searching
Chapter 5 C Sorting
Chapter 6 - Searching
An introduction to TeX and LaTeX
An introduction to TeX and LaTeX
An introduction to TeX and LaTeX
TeX is?a?typesetting?system?
intended?for?the?creation?of?
beautiful?documents.?
Type\setting?:?some?issues
Follow?the?conventions?of?the?finest?
printers?in?the?world.
Avoiding?orphans?and?widows
An?orphaned?line,?highlighted?in?yellow,?
appearing?at?the?bottom?of?a?page.
A?widowed?line,?highlighted?in?yellow,?
appearing?at?the?top?of?a?page.
Writing?guides,?such?as?the?Chicago?
Manual?of?Style,?suggest?that?a?
manuscript?should?have?no?widows?and?
orphans?even?when?avoiding?them?
results?in?additional?space?at?the?bottom?
of?a?page?or?column.
Type\setting?:?some?issues
Inter\letter?spacing
Inter\word?spacing
Inter\line?spacing
Spacing?in?mathematics
Type\setting?:?some?issues
Hyphenation?:?For?e.g.?,?consider?the\
rapist?for?therapist.
An introduction to TeX and LaTeX
Leslie?Lamport,?the?creator?of?LaTeX
? LaTeX pronounced?as??Lah\tek,?or?Lay\tek
? A?typesetting?program,?not?a?word\
processor
? Current?version?:?LaTeX2
? Designed?for?producing?beautiful?books,?
theses,?papers,?articles...
? De?facto?standard for?writing?academic?
papers
? Based?on?TeX
LaTeX is?a?document?preparation?system?
for?high\quality?typesetting.?
It?is?most?often?used?for?medium\to\large?
technical?or?scientific?documents.
It?can?be?used?for?almost?any?form?of?
publishing.?
LaTeX is?not a?word?processor!?
LaTeX encourages?authors?
not to?worry?about?the?appearance
of?their?documents?
but?to?worry?about?content.
A?test?document?to?learn?LaTeX
V?N?Krishnachandran
19?February?2010
Hello?world!?
To?create?a?document?like?the?one?above?
documentclass{article}
title{A test document to learn LaTeX}
author{V N Krishnachandran}
date{19 February 2010}
begin{document}
maketitle
Hello world!
end{document}
Create?a?text?file?like?the?one?above?and?compile
This?document?is?an?article.
Its?title?is?A?test?document?to?learn?LaTeX.
Its?author?is?V?N?Krishnachandran.
It?was?written?in?19?February?2010.
The?document?consists?of?a?title followed?by?the?
text?Hello?world!
What?the?text?file?means?
How?To?Run?LaTeX
? Create?a?text?file?with?extension? .tex,?say
myfile.tex
? Compile?myfile : latex?myfile.tex
This?makes?a??file?with?extension .dvi
? View?the?dvi file :? xdvi myfile.dvi
: yap?myfile
? Dvi \\>?PostScript : dvips myfile.dvi
This?creates?a?file?with?extension?.ps
? View?PostScript : gv myfile (UNIX)
:? Use?gsview
pdfLaTeX
An?extension?of?TeX which?can?be?configured?
to?directly?generate?PDF?documents?instead?
of?DVI.?All?current?TeX distributions?including?
TeX live,?MacTeX and?MiKTeX include?pdfTeX
(Plain?TeX)?and?pdfLaTeX (LaTeX).?
Features
Typesetting?journal?articles,?technical?reports,?
books,?and?slide?presentations.
Control?over?large?documents?containing?
sectioning,?cross\references,?tables?and?figures.
Typesetting?of?complex?mathematical?formulas.
Features
Automatic?generation?of?bibliographies and?
indexes.
Multi\lingual typesetting.
Inclusion?of?artwork,?and?process?or?spot?
colour.
Document?Class
documentclass[options]{class}
options? =? a4paper,?
11pt,?12pt,?10pt,?
twocolumn,?landscape,...
class? =? article,?report,?book,...
Sample?commands
Start?with? begin{document}
End?with? end{document}
Typesetting?Text?
 or??? newline and???newpage
Bold?? textbf{} or bf
Italics? emph{} or??textit{} or?it
Underline? underline{} or ul
Sample?commands
Sections
section{} =?1.? Latex?is?Great
subsection{} =?1.1 Why?Great
subsubsection{} =?1.1.1?Reason?One
chapter{} \ To?be?used?with?book?and?report
Titles,?authors?and?footnotes
title{}
author{}
footnote{}
maketitle Display?Title?and?Author
tableofcontents Generates?TOC
Sample?commands
Numbered?listing
begin{enumerate}
item Apple
item Orange
end{enumerate}
Sample?commands
Font?sizes
tiny scriptsize footnotesize
small normalsize large
Large LARGE huge
Huge
Sample?commands
Mathematical?expressions?.
Sample?commands
begin{center}
$$
y=frac{a^3+2c_{x}}{1+sqrt{b_{x}}}
$$ 
vspace{0.2in}
$$
Q=sum_{i=1}^{j}int_{mu}^{infty}f(x_{j})dx
$$ 
vspace{0.2in}
$$
Psi = oint_{- infty}^ {infty}f_{xy} ({frac{partial
Qx}{partial Qy}})^{Im_{pi}^ prime}
$$ 
end{center}
Text?in?input?file
Sample?commands
Happy?TeXing

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