Lecture 1: Short summary of LaTeX basics

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1 Laura Konstantaki Lecture 1: Short summary of LaTeX basics Feel at ease with LaTeX Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which means that it can be freely copied, redistributed and adapted as long as appropriate attribution is given.

2 LaTeX Reading & Links Oetiker,T., et al., The not so short introduction to LaTeX2 E Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

3 Most common LaTeX files.sty.cls macro package document class file Auxiliary file, contains info on e.g., cross-references Bibliography database Bibliography entries LaTeX or TeX input file Info on last LaTeX run Bibliography style file Table of contents.lof list of figures.lot list of tables PDF file.dvi file PDFLaTeX LaTeX Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

4 LaTeX structure (.tex file) Comments Preamble Document body Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

5 LaTeX structure (.tex &.pdf file) Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

6 LaTeX syntax Markup language Commands \command[options]{argument} Spaces normalized \\ line break % comments #, $, %, &, _,^,{,},~ need a \ before them (e.g., \#) Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

7 Adjusted from: Oetiker,T., The not so short introduction to LaTeX Most common LaTeX commands 1. \documentclass[options]{class} Class article proc report beamer letter book Description For articles in scientific journals, short reports, program documentation Conference proceedings For longer reports Presentation slides For writing letters For real books Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

8 Most common LaTeX commands 2. \usepackage[options]{package} amsmath, amssymb, amsthm babel natbib inputenc epstopdf hyperref authblk languages citing encoding figures hyperlinks affiliations You can also create your own! typesetting math Copyright protected material. Please see original material at: Copyright protected material. Please see original material at: Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

9 Most common LaTeX commands 2. \usepackage[options]{package} CTAN the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network 5412 packages 2473 contributors Copyright protected material. Please see original material at: Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

10 Most common LaTeX commands 3. \begin{environment}.. \end{environment} document enumerate, itemize $\bullet$, $\cdot$, $\diamond$, $-$, $\ast$ and $\circ$. center, flushright, flushleft figure, equation, tabular, array 4. A few more examples \citep{konstantaki16} (Konstantaki et al. 2016) $\beta$ β \section{introduction} 1. Introduction \label{sec:intro}, \ref{sec:intro} 1 \textit{h\textsubscript{2}o} H 2 O Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

11 Scientific Writing in LaTeX - Structure \begin{document} Title Authors & affiliation Keywords Abstract Introduction Main body (theory, experiments, results) Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgements References \title{ }, \date{} \author{ }, \affil{ } \maketitle \abstract{ } \section{ } \subsection{ } \bibliography{ } \end{document} Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

12 Scientific Writing in LaTeX Special Cases Punctuation Depends on the language (LaTeX and user need to know the rules) \usepackage[language]{babel} Call this command just after the documentclass command \usepackage[languagea,languageb]{babel} Call language A by: \selectlanguage{languagea} Some other examples \c{c} ç, \"{o} ö, \'{e} é Hyphen: X-ray X-ray, Dash: pages Em dash (connecting sentences): --- Symbols Create your own command: \newcomand{name}{definition} \newcomand{\la}{laura Konstantaki} \la Laura Konstantaki Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12

13 Exercise 1 Create your first article in LaTeX Open your TeX edition and create a document with document class type article Create a title page (e.g., title, authors, date) Create the sections and subsections of one of your papers or your next planned paper (incl. abstract) Create a table of contents (use the command \tableofcontents) Add some text between the sections (copy paste from a ready document you have plain text only) Add some keywords before the abstract, in the form of bullet points (For examples see here: Include a subscript in your text (e.g., CO 2 ) In one of your paragraphs refer to the first section (load the package hyperref & use the commands \ref and \label. For examples see here: Adjust the position of your text to center alignment Install the babel language packet of your home country and write your name (or a typical name from your country that includes special characters) Create your own command Try different options and classes for the command \documentclass (For examples see here: Go to the CTAN website and search for packages useful to your research field Lib4RI Training Series Module 5: LaTeX Spring / 12