![In the Preamble
• You specify your document class.
– Document classes: letter, article, report, book,
slides(beamer, prosper)
• documentclass[12pt]{article}
• Backslash – at the beginning of text markup command
– Packages: numerous packages are available
• usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
• usepackage{setspace}
• usepackage{harvard}](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introductiontolatex-dumitrescu-240319185048-cd144368/85/Introduction-to-LaTeX-Dumitrescu-ppt-It-is-a-slide-on-the-internet-explaining-latex-usage-9-320.jpg)
![Creating a Table
• Add numbered table
– begin{table} caption{}
• Creating a table
• Simple tables can be produced by
– begin{tabular}[pos]{tablespec}
– Within the {tablespec} section, one details the number of columns, the
alignment, and the number of vertical lines of the table.
• {lrc}, {|l|r|c}
– Then type in from left to right, the values for each cell with & in
between.
– Put “” at the end of each row, then input another row of values if
needed.
– hline
– For STATA users, after downloading the “outtex” package online, one
can simply type “outtex” after any estimation and STATA will spit out
LaTeX code for the results table presented.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introductiontolatex-dumitrescu-240319185048-cd144368/85/Introduction-to-LaTeX-Dumitrescu-ppt-It-is-a-slide-on-the-internet-explaining-latex-usage-19-320.jpg)
![Creating a 4*3 Table
• begin{table}[h]
• caption{Summary of Conclusions from Diagnostic Tests}
• begin{tabular}{llll}
• hline
• hline
• & Macropartisanship & Consumer Sentiment & Presidential
Approval
• hline
• Joint F test & $d=1$ & $d=1$ & $d=0$
• VR test & $0<dleq1$ & $d=1$ & $0<dleq1$
• hline
• end{tabular}
• end{table}](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introductiontolatex-dumitrescu-240319185048-cd144368/85/Introduction-to-LaTeX-Dumitrescu-ppt-It-is-a-slide-on-the-internet-explaining-latex-usage-20-320.jpg)
Introduction to LaTeX - Dumitrescu.ppt - It is a slide on the internet explaining latex usage
- 1. Introduction to LaTeX PRISM Brownbag Series June 9th, 2009 Byungwon Woo
- 2. What is LaTeX? • LaTeX is pronounced “lay-tech” or “lah-tech,” not “la-teks.” • LaTeX is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. • LaTeX is most often used to produce technical or scientific documents, but it can be used for almost any form of publishing.
- 3. Why Use LaTeX? • Designed by academics and easily accommodates academic use. • Professionally crafted predefined layouts make a document really look as if “printed.” • Mathematical symbols and equations are easily integrated. • Even complex structures such as footnotes, references, table of contents, and bibliographies can be generated easily. • Forces author to focus on logical instead of aesthetic structure of a document. • Creates more beautiful documents. • Portable, compatible, flexible, versatile, and cheap (or free)! Images from Dario Taraborelli’s Blog
- 5. Installing LaTeX • In Windows • MiKTeX – MiKTeX is a typesetting system for the Windows. – Download from www.miktex.org for free – It is generally recommended to install MiKTeX first, then WinEdt. • WinEdt – WinEdt is a text editor. – WinEdt creates the source file (.tex and others). – Download from www.winedt.com for free for 30 days. – WinEdt costs $30.
- 6. Installing LaTeX • Other text editors – There are other text editors. – Winshell for free (http://www.winshell.de/) – Scientific Workplace • Combination of LaTeX and Mathematics program • Does a good job of calculating and graphing, very user friendly, but expensive • In Mac • TexShop – Download for free http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ – Includes everything!
- 7. DIY
- 8. Basic Document Structure • The format of a document is pretty simple. – In the preamble • Documentclass • Packages – In the front matter • Title/author – In the body • Contents – In the back matter • bibliography
- 9. In the Preamble • You specify your document class. – Document classes: letter, article, report, book, slides(beamer, prosper) • documentclass[12pt]{article} • Backslash – at the beginning of text markup command – Packages: numerous packages are available • usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} • usepackage{setspace} • usepackage{harvard}
- 11. In the Front Matter • begin{document} • title{} • author{} • maketitle • begin{abstract} • end{abstract} • pagebreak
- 13. In the Body • To begin a new section • section{} – Similarly, subsection{}, subsubsection{}, subsubsubsection{} – LaTeX does automatic numbering. If you don’t like it, use section*{} • emph{}, textbf{} • singlespacing, doublespacing, onehalfspacing • centering or begin{centering} & end{centering}
- 14. Footnotes/Quotes/Equations • footnote{} • begin{quote} & end{quote} • ` ’, `` ’’ for quatations • Mathematical Equations – Math always in between $ & $ • Alternatively, begin{equation} & end{equation} – $ 1+4=5 $ – frac{}{}, sqrt{}, sum_{k=1}^{n} – ^{}, _{} – greek letters (e.g. alpha or Alpha) – WinEdt also provides click and type functions.
- 15. Citations • cite{bibtexkey}, citeyear{bibtexkey} • It is more convenient to create a bibliography file, called bibtex file(.bib) and use it as needed. • WinEdt is capable of creating a bib file, but there are more convenient tools out there. • JabRef (http://jabref.sourceforge.net/)
- 19. Creating a Table • Add numbered table – begin{table} caption{} • Creating a table • Simple tables can be produced by – begin{tabular}[pos]{tablespec} – Within the {tablespec} section, one details the number of columns, the alignment, and the number of vertical lines of the table. • {lrc}, {|l|r|c} – Then type in from left to right, the values for each cell with & in between. – Put “” at the end of each row, then input another row of values if needed. – hline – For STATA users, after downloading the “outtex” package online, one can simply type “outtex” after any estimation and STATA will spit out LaTeX code for the results table presented.
- 20. Creating a 4*3 Table • begin{table}[h] • caption{Summary of Conclusions from Diagnostic Tests} • begin{tabular}{llll} • hline • hline • & Macropartisanship & Consumer Sentiment & Presidential Approval • hline • Joint F test & $d=1$ & $d=1$ & $d=0$ • VR test & $0<dleq1$ & $d=1$ & $0<dleq1$ • hline • end{tabular} • end{table}
- 21. In the Back Matter • Don’t forget bibliography{filename} – Make sure that the bibtex file is saved in the same location where the main tex file is saved. • Don’t forget end{document}
- 22. Seeing the Document Press on the smiling bear to convert to .dvi Press on the PDF/LaTeX to convert to .pdf Press on the PDF+happy bear to convert to .pdf and open it
- 23. Common Mistakes • Often times, you make a mistake when creating a document. You will notice the log file reporting a problem. • There are some common mistakes: – “end” doesn’t follow “begin” – $ doesn’t follow $ – Using commands from packages lot defined in the preamble – Don’t forget “”s.
- 24. Other Resources • Books – Leslie Lampert. 1994. LaTeX: A Document Preparation System. – Helmut Kopta and Patrick W. Daly. 2004.Guide to LaTex – Frank Mittelbach et al. 2004. The LaTeX Companion • Online Guides – http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX – http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf – CV and dissertation templates are available on line