Preface
I The First LaTeX Document
1
Introduction
2
What is LaTeX?
2.1
Why should I choose LaTeX over my current document system?
3
Download and Installation
4
Intro to “TeXstudio”
4.1
The Toolbar
5
Minimum Structure for an article – your first document in LaTeX
6
Formatting Your Document
6.1
Sections and Subsections
6.2
Paragraphs, line breaks and spaces
6.3
Line breaks and page breaks
6.3.1
Line breaks
6.3.2
Page breaks
6.4
Paragraphs
6.5
Spaces
6.6
Skips
6.7
Text Alignment
7
Lists
8
Font Styles
9
Table of Contents
10
Title Page
11
Commenting your code
II Tables, Figures, and References
12
Introduction
13
Labels
14
Footnotes
15
Packages
16
Including Figures & Pictures
16.1
Including Figures
16.2
Including a Picture
16.3
Picture Dimensions
17
Floats
17.1
Float Location
18
Float Barriers
19
Sub-Figures
20
Captions (Flo’s Pet Hate)
21
Setting Tables
21.1
Separation Lines
21.2
Fixed Width of Columns
21.3
Controlling Vertical Adjustment
21.4
Combining Rows and Columns
21.5
Tabularx
21.6
Defining New Column Types
21.7
Specifying Row Height
21.8
The ‘Table’ Floating Environment
22
Lists of Figures and Tables
23
Referencing and the List of References
23.1
Terminology
23.2
The List of References
23.2.1
.bib files
23.3
Citing .bib Resources
23.4
Compiling the List of References
23.5
Endnotes
24
An Essay Template
24.1
In-Text References
24.2
Footnote References
III Advanced Documents
25
Introduction
26
Beamer Presentation
26.1
First Beamer Presentation
26.2
Title Frame
26.3
Themes
26.4
Frame Title
26.5
Sections
26.6
AtBeginSection
26.7
Colour Boxes
26.8
Table of Contents
26.9
Overlays and Pauses
26.10
Columns
26.11
Blocks
26.12
Figures and Tables
26.13
Summary
27
Books
27.0.1
Main File
27.1
The Preamble File
27.2
Chapter File
27.3
Listings
A Basic Example
27.4
Formatting Listings
27.5
Using Source Files
27.6
Inline code
27.7
Natbib – Advanced Citations
28
Tips & Tricks
28.1
Page Dimensions
28.2
Styling
28.2.1
Page number
28.2.2
Header and footer style
28.3
Shortcuts and Special Escapes
28.3.1
Shortcuts
28.3.2
Special Escapes
Academic Writing with LaTeX
25
Introduction
This Section will cover:
Beamer Presentations
Writing long documents, such as dissertations or books
Tips and Tricks