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ALT X tutorial 2008E
Amélie Anglade
QMUL IEEE Student Branch
November 27, 2008
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 1 / 48Outline
1 Introduction
2 Installation
3 Structure of a document
4 Equations
5 Tables
6 Lists
7 Figures
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 Tables of references
A11 Using LT X to...E
A12 To continue with LT XE
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 2 / 48Outline
1 Introduction
2 Installation
3 Structure of a document
4 Equations
5 Tables
6 Lists
7 Figures
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 Tables of references
A11 Using LT X to...E
A12 To continue with LT XE
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 3 / 48AWhy using LTX?E
Page Setting : automatic classes, styles
It looks Awesome straight away! (Professional, that is)
Easy to typemathematicalequations and other usually tricky
scientific items such as chemical formula.
Handles perfectly tables, figures, bibliography, table of contents,
etc...
Adaptable to countless languages and texts (accents, alphabets).
Once tamed, a real time saver (macros)
Customizable
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 4 / 48AHow does LT X work?E
Markup tags
Compiled Language:
1 source file: .tex
2 output file: .pdf (or .dvi and .ps)
Sets the global layout on a finished source file, using
typographical rules.
Asks you to forget one’s old habits taken from WYSIWYG editors:
! don’t try to modify fonts, colors, layout for a single paragraph!
A! concentrate on the content, LT X takes charge of the layout for you!E
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 5 / 48Outline
1 Introduction
2 Installation
3 Structure of a document
4 Equations
5 Tables
6 Lists
7 Figures
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 Tables of references
A11 Using LT X to...E
A12 To continue with LT XE
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 6 / 48Installation
1 AYou will need at least aLT XcompilerE
2 ATo make life easier you can use aLT XeditorE
3 AFor more advanced uses of LT X you might need to install someE
otherpackages
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 7 / 48Installation
MSWindows:
1 ALT X compiler: MiKTeX http://miktex.org/2.7/setupE
2 APreferred LT X editor: TexmakerE
http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/download.html
3 Advanced packages: can be installed from theoptionmenuin
MiKTeX
MacOSX:
1 ALT X compiler: MacTeX http://www.tug.org/mactex/E
2 APreferred LT X editor: TexmakerE
3 Advanced packages: most of them are automatically installed with
MacTeX
Linux(Debian,Ubuntu):
1 ALT X compiler: TeXLive-binE
2 APreferred LT X editor: Texmaker (other good editor: Kile)E
3 Advanced packages: in TeXLive and its extensions
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 8 / 48Configuration
If you use Texmaker I strongly encourage you to configure the ‘Quick
Build’ as follows:
1 Go into Texmaker Preferences
2 Click on Quick Build
3 Choose the third option ‘PdfLaTeX + View PDF’
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 9 / 48Outline
1 Introduction
2 Installation
3 Structure of a document
4 Equations
5 Tables
6 Lists
7 Figures
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 Tables of references
A11 Using LT X to...E
A12 To continue with LT XE
Amélie Anglade (QMUL IEEE SB) LaTeX tutorial 2008 November 27, 2008 10 / 48
