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LaTeX for Beginners Sarah Over, PhD Engineering Librarian November 7 2018

LaTeX for Beginners Sarah Over, PhD Engineering Librarian November 7 2018. LaTeX Workshop:. Introduction to LaTeX Article Class Q&A + Practice. LaTeX Basics. Document preparation system Coding + word processing Different classes: Article Report Book

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LaTeX for Beginners Sarah Over, PhD Engineering Librarian November 7 2018

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  1. LaTeX for Beginners Sarah Over, PhD Engineering Librarian November 7 2018

  2. LaTeX Workshop: • Introduction to LaTeX • Article Class • Q&A + Practice

  3. LaTeX Basics • Document preparation system • Coding + word processing • Different classes: • Article • Report • Book • Presentation (could have used LaTeX) • Input: text files • Output: PDF documents

  4. Why use LaTeX? • More control over: • Sections • Cross-references • Tables, figures, & equations • Advanced typesetting of complex formulas • Auto generation of bibliographies, indexes, and more

  5. Disadvantages to LaTeX • Learning takes time • Can be more work than MS Word • Tracking changes/sharing issues • User errors…

  6. LaTeX Concepts: Document Layout • Preamble: Document class, packages, commands, bibliography style (begin document) • Front matter: title, author, abstract, … • Sections, subsections, subsubsections • Figures, equations, tables, references, … • Bibliography (end document)

  7. LaTeX Concepts: Environments • Tell LaTeX to start math, figure, and more – called environments • Example - Figure: \begin{figure} \includegraphics{folder/figurename.ext} \caption{text for figure…} \label{reffortext} \end{figure}

  8. LaTeX Concepts: Math Environment • In line math: The $\sqrt{4}$ is two. • Displayed formulas: \begin{equation} \int_{0}^{\pi} \sin x \, dx = 2 \end{equation} • Matrix: \begin{matrix} a & b\\ c & d \end{matrix}

  9. Common LaTeX Errors • Not ending an environment for a figure, equation, matrix, etc. • “Overfull \hbox (xx.xxxxpt too wide) in paragraph… • Forgetting to load a package And don’t forget to comment with the % symbol!

  10. Where to find more information? www.latex-project.org ctan.org/pkg tex.stackexchange.com Plus lots of books!

  11. Additional LaTeX Help Contact: Sarah Over, PhD STEM Library 2403N www.lib.umd.edu/directory/staff/sover

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