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1 Latex K.R. Chowdhary, Professor of CS web:krchowdhary.com Department of Computer Science and Engineering JNV University, Jodhpur January 13, 2014 kr chowdhary Latex 1/ 10

2 A small Example \documentclass{article} This is my \emph{first} document prepared in \LaTeX. kr chowdhary Latex 2/ 10

3 Text Positioning \documentclass{article} \begin{center} The \TeX nical Institute\\[.75cm] Certificate \end{center} \noindent This is to certify that Mr. XYZ has undergone a course at this institute and is qualified to be a \TeX nician. \begin{flushright} The Director\\ The \TeX nical Institute \end{flushright} kr chowdhary Latex 3/ 10

4 Font type-style \documentclass{article} \textit{a polygon of three sides is called a \emph{triangle} and a polygon of four sides is called a \emph{quadrilateral}} \\ \textbf{a polygon of three sides is called a \emph{triangle} and a polygon of four sides is called a \emph{quadrilateral}} kr chowdhary Latex 4/ 10

5 Font type-size \documentclass{article} \begin{center} {\bfseries\huge The \TeX nical Institute}\\[1cm] {\scshape\large Certificate} \end{center} \noindent This is to certify that Mr. XYZ has undergone a course at this institute and is qualified to be a \TeX nical Expert. \begin{flushright} {\sffamily The Director\\ The \TeX nical Institute} \end{flushright} kr chowdhary Latex 5/ 10

6 The Document \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{palatino,url} \section{my first document} This is a short example of a \LaTeX\ document I wrote on \today. It shows a few simple features of automated typesetting, including \begin{itemize} \item using the \LaTeX\ logo; and generating today s date; \item formatting a list of items; \item centering and italicizing; \item autonumbering the pages. \end{itemize} \subsection*{more information} This example was taken from Formatting Information, which you can download from \url{ and use as a teach-yourself guide. \begin{center} \textit{have a nice day!} \end{center} kr chowdhary Latex 6/ 10

7 Basic Document Structure \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{report} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \title{practical Typesetting} \author{kr Chowdhary \\CSE Departemnt} \date{today} \maketitle \begin{abstract} This document presents the basic concepts of typesetting in a form usable by non-specialists. It is aimed at those who find themselves (willingly or unwillingly) asked to undertake work previously sent out to a professional printer, and who are concerned that the quality of work (and thus their corporate ~Asthetic) does not suffer unduly. \end{abstract} kr chowdhary Latex 7/ 10

8 Tabular \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{report} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \title{practical Typesetting} \author{kr Chowdhary \\CSE Departemnt} \date{nov. 2011} \maketitle \begin{abstract} This document presents the basic concepts of typesetting in a form usable by non-specialists. It is aimed at those who find themselves (willingly or unwillingly) asked to undertake work previously sent out to a professional printer, and who are concerned that the quality of work (and thus their corporate aesthetic) does not suffer unduly. \end{abstract} \begin{table} \caption{project expenditure to year-end 2006} \label{ye2006exp} kr chowdhary Latex 8/ 10

9 Tabular... \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{clr} &Item&\EUR\ Amount\\ \hline a)&salaries (2 research assistants)&28,000\\ &Conference fees and travel expenses&14,228\\ &Computer equipment (5 workstations)&17,493\\ &Software&3,562\\ b)&rent, light, heat, etc.&1,500\\\cline{3-3} &Total&64,783 \end{tabular} \par\medskip\footnotesize The Institute also contributes to (a) and (b). \end{center} \end{table} kr chowdhary Latex 9/ 10

10 Basic Document Structure \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{report} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \title{practical Typesetting} \author{kr Chowdhary \\CSE Departemnt} \date{nov. 2011} \maketitle \begin{verbatim} \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{report} \title{practical Typesetting} \author{peter Flynn\\Silmaril Consultants} \date{december 2004} \maketitle \end{vverbatim} kr chowdhary Latex 10/ 10

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