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Improving Postgraduate Learning. LaTeX Basics – Professional Document Preparation Michael FUNG ( pffung@cse.cuhk.edu.hk ). LaTeX. A typesetting system for professional writing and publication Commercial product PCTeX32 ( www.pctex.com ) FREE open source software
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Improving Postgraduate Learning LaTeX Basics – Professional Document Preparation Michael FUNG (pffung@cse.cuhk.edu.hk)
LaTeX • A typesetting system for professional writing and publication • Commercial product • PCTeX32 (www.pctex.com) • FREE open source software • MiKTEX (www.miktex.org) • Red Hat Linux (including LaTeX package) (www.redhat.com)
Readings • 《Word排版藝術》讀後感 — 兼談與LaTeX的比較 陳碩 • http://blog.csdn.net/solstice/archive/2004/11/19/187233.aspx [簡体中文] • Typesetting with LaTeX & Word个人排版经验与技巧 • http://blog.csdn.net/Solstice/category/70.aspx [Blog]
Getting Started… • Boot up a computer • Choose English version Windows • Login with your ITSC PC-LANusername and password • Wait…
Get Course Material • Ref CUHK GS Platform: https://www.gradsch.cuhk.edu.hk/pgstudent/main.htm • http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~pffung/ipl/latex • Download and save this file to D:\ IPL_LaTeX_Advanced_lab.zip • Extract the content of the zip file to D:\ • Then, … DELETE the zip file in D:\
Start PCTeX32 • StartAll ProgramsAuthoring ToolsPCTeX32 • Do this once to register the program
Check Your Files • Open the folder “My Computer”… D:\IPL_LaTeX_Basics_lab\ • Sample document content, the text, figures, etc. have been prepared beforehand • We are now going to typeset them
Check the Startup File • Double click on the file latex_basics_start.tex • PCTeX32 will be called up again with the file opened • This is our startup file • Let’s start putting in ingredients to make our sandwich