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Text, not Word Processing

Text, not Word Processing. Gordon J. Pace March 2006. Before we start. Document Organisation. Logical Sectioning Emphasis Document style References. Visual Font Local spacing Text size. Pronunciation Guide. Pronunciation Guide. Latex: pronounced lay-teks. Pronunciation Guide.

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Text, not Word Processing

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  1. Text, not Word Processing Gordon J. Pace March 2006 Before we start

  2. Document Organisation Logical • Sectioning • Emphasis • Document style • References Visual • Font • Local spacing • Text size

  3. Pronunciation Guide

  4. Pronunciation Guide Latex: pronounced lay-teks

  5. Pronunciation Guide Latex: pronounced lay-teks pronounced lay-tech (tech as in technical) \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \emph{Long Live \LaTeX} Note the emphasis! \end{document}

  6. Your favourite text editor acrobat yap dvi2pdf doc.dvi latex doc.tex Text file with embedded instructions doc.tex Device independent document description doc.dvi PDF document description doc.pdf Some other printer format (eg postscript)

  7. Your favourite text editor acrobat Text file with embedded instructions doc.tex PDF document description doc.pdf pdftex doc.tex

  8. Some advantages of • concentrate on content before appearance; • mathematical formulae easily described: • freely available for all popular platforms; • output comparable (equivalent) to that of published books; • various tools available eg .

  9. Have you ever noticed … … how certain letters overlap in Word, PowerPoint, etc? fi ffi ff fl ffl … because xxxxxx use ligatures and gives sexier results …

  10. What to Download • .is a good Windows implementation; • WinEdt is a good editor for with a full IDE for document writing; • So is vi • TeXPoint is perfect for including stuff in PowerPoint presentations.

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