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1 Lt Latex Introduction It ti Adapted from Latex Workshop [1] Dr. Bahman Zamani Dec. 27 th, 2010 University of Isfahan

2 Overview What is Latex? Why Latex? Why not Latex? How to InstallLatex? Where to Start? Latex Documents? How to Use Latex? Latex Commands Sections/Subsections Cross References Lists Figures Tables Math Bibliography References 2 Latex Introduction

3 What is Latex? Say lay teck, not lay teks! TEX is a typesetting program designed and implemented by Donald Knuth [2] Latex is an extensive set of TEX commands written by Leslie Lamport [2] family jewels/ 3 Latex Introduction

4 Why Latex? Free Portable (ASCII) Editor Independent Better Typesetting (Intelligent Algorithm) Styles/Templates Extensible What You See Is What You Mean (WYSIWYM) vs. What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) 4 Latex Introduction

5 Not for Everyone Hard Font Selection Why not Latex? Difficult Picture in Text Steep Learning Curve What You See Is What You Mean (WYSIWYM) vs. What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) 5 Latex Introduction

6 How to install Latex? Windows install MiKTeX / Linux install TeXLive / / 6 Latex Introduction

7 Where to start? The TeX Users Group (TUG) On line Tutorials on LATEX p// g / LATEX2e Gallimaufry [2] 7 Latex Introduction

8 Structure of a Latex Document \documentclass[options]{format} preamble \begin{document} body \end{document} article, book, report, or letter. The most common format is article. 8 Latex Introduction

9 A Latex Document \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with Tex. \end{document} 9 Latex Introduction

10 How to Use Latex? (in command line) 1. Type the document tinside id a text teditor, eg, Notepad 2. Save the file with.tex extension, eg, tex1.tex OPTION 1 3. Compile the.tex file with latex.exe C:\myFiles>latex tex1 file tex1.dvi dvi is created 4. Convert the generated.dvi file to a PostScript (PS) format file with dvips.exe C:\myFiles>dvips tex1 file tex1.ps is created OPTION 2 1. Compile the file with pdflatex.exe C:\myFiles>pdflatex tex1 file tex1.pdf is created 10 Latex Introduction

11 How to Use Latex? (using agui) TeXnicCenter is a feature rich and easyto use integrated environment for creating LaTeX documents on the Windows platform 11 Latex Introduction

12 12 Latex Introduction

13 Latex Commands Sections/Subsections Cross References Lists Figures Tables Math Bibliography 13 Latex Introduction

14 Sections & Subsections in Latex \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} This is the introduction section of my paper. \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. It has two subsections. \subsection{background Part I} This is the first subsection of my background. \subsection{background Part II} This is the second subsection of my background. \section{conclusion} This is the conclusion section of my paper. \end{document} Output Next Slide 14 Latex Introduction

15 15 Latex Introduction

16 Changing the format from article to book \documentclass{book} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. Output 16 Latex Introduction

17 Cross References in Latex \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my paper. \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. It has two subsections. \subsection{background Part I} This is the first subsection of my background. \subsection{background Part II} This is the second subsection of my background. \section{conclusion} This is the conclusion section of my paper. In Section \ref{intro}, we introduced our work. \end{document} Output Next Slide 17 Latex Introduction

18 \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my paper. \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. It has two subsections. \subsection{background Part I} This is the first subsection of my background. \subsection{background Part II} This is the second subsection of my background. \section{conclusion} This is the conclusion section of my paper. In Section \ref{intro}, we introduced our work. \end{document} Output Output Next Slide 18 Latex Introduction

19 Lists in Latex: Itemize vs Enumerate \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my paper. \begin{itemize} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{itemize} \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. It has two subsections. \begin{enumerate} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{enumerate} \subsection{background Part I} This is the first subsection of my background. \subsection{background Part II} This is the second subsection of my background. \section{conclusion} This is the conclusion section of my paper. In Section \ref{intro}, we introduced our work. \end{document} Output Next Slide 19 Latex Introduction

20 \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my pp paper. \begin{itemize} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{itemize} \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. It has two subsections. \begin{enumerate} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{enumerate} \subsection{background Part I} This is the firstsubsectionsubsection of my background. \subsection{background Part II} This is the second subsection of my background. \section{conclusion} This is the conclusion section of my paper. In Section \ref{intro}, we introduced dour work. \end{document} Output 20 Latex Introduction Output Next Slide

21 Figures in Latex \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my paper. \begin{itemize} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{itemize} \begin{figure}[h] \centering \includegraphics[width=2in]{tree.pdf} pdf} \caption{this is test figure of type PDF} Output \label{figtree} \end{figure} \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. It has two subsections. \begin{enumerate} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{enumerate} \subsection{background Part I} 21 This is the first subsection of my background. Latex Introduction \subsection{background Part II}

22 Tables in Latex \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my paper. \begin{itemize} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{itemize} \begin{table}[h] \centering \begin{tabular}{ c c } \hline \textbf{fiscal Year} & \textbf{income of the Year} \\ \hline 2002 & \$20000 \\ \hline 2004 & \$40000 \\ \hline 2006 & \$80000 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \caption{this is a sample table} \label{tab:tab} \end{table} \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. It has two subsections. 22 \begin{enumerate} Latex Introduction \item This is the first item. \ h h d

23 Math in Latex \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my paper. \begin{itemize} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{itemize} $$ {\cal L} \left\{ \frac{\partial w}{\partial x} \right\} = \int_0^{\infty} e^{ st} \, \frac{\partial w}{\partial x} \, dt = \frac{\partial}{\partial x} \int_0^{\infty} e^{ st} w(x,t) \, dt = \frac{\partial}{\partial x} {\cal L} \{ w(x,t) \}. $$ \section{background} This is the background section of my paper. pp It has two subsections. \begin{enumerate} \item This is the first item. \item This is the second item. \end{enumerate} \subsection{background Part I} This is the first subsection of my background. 23 \subsection{background Part II} Latex Introduction This is the second subsection of my background. \ { l }

24 Bibliography in Latex \documentclass{article} %This is a comment \begin{document} This is only a test text with \TeX. %Note that X in \TeX is capital. This is supposed to be a paper about the \TeX. %Note that this lines is printed immediately after the previous line. This is a new paragraph since it is separated from the previous paragraph with a blank line. \section{introduction} \label{intro} This is the introduction section of my paper. Leslie Lamport \cite{lam94} is the creator of \LaTeX. \section{conclusion} This is the conclusion section of my paper. In Section \ref{intro}, we introduced our work. \begin{thebibliography}[9] \bibitem{lam94} Lamport, L., {\it LaTeX : A Documentation Preparation System User's s Guide and Reference Manual}, Addison Wesley Pub Co., 2nd edition, August \bibitem{key2} SECOND REFERENCE. ADD THE ENTRY HERE. THERE IS NO SYNTAX FOR IT! \bibitem{key3} THIRD REFERENCE. \end{thebibliography} \end{document} 24 Latex Introduction

25 References 1. Bahman Zamani, Latex Workshop, kh ECSGA, Concordia University, i 2009, Available at 2. Peter Grogono, A LATEX2e Gallimaufry, Techniques, Tips, and Traps, Department of Computer Science, Concordia University, Available at 25 Latex Introduction

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