Introduction to LaTeX (For Word users)

What is LATEX? LATEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document LATEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?

Introduction to LATEX. . . for Word users

Guy Kloss

Computing + Mathematical SciencesAuckland University of Technology

Guy Kloss | Introduction to LATEX 1/32


Peter Flynn, http://www.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/blog/

LATEX can save abouttwo months formatting time

off the average 3–4 year PhD writing cycle.


http://www.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/blog/


Outline

1 What is LATEX?

2 LATEX vs. Word

3 Producing a Simple Document

4 LATEX installation under Windows

5 How to deal with problems?



Outline

1 What is LATEX?

2 LATEX vs. Word






What is LATEX?

TEX – Computer program created by Donald E. KnuthAimed at typesetting text and mathematical formulasLATEX – Macro package enabling authors to typesetand print their work at highest typographical qualityUses TEX formatter as its typesetting engineUses a pre-designed, professional layoutOriginally written by Leslie Lamport



Why use LATEX?

Portability(Unix, Linux, Windows, MacOS, Amiga OS, DOS, . . . )Flexibility (lots of packages)Precise controlQuality of output (e. g. math formulas)Can be used to write documents in any language



Pronouncing and writing LATEX

LATEX (LaTeX) is usually pronounced[lah-tek] or [lei-tek] (in English)Last character: Capital χ (chi)TEX (TeX) derives from the Greek τεχνη(skill, art, technique)X is a guttural soundas in the Scottish “loch” or German “Bach”Unique capitalisation LATEX(to avoid confusion with “latex”)



Support for any Language



Other Examples



Other Examples



Other Examples



Other Examples



Other Examples



Outline

1 What is LATEX?

2 LATEX vs. Word






LATEX vs. Word

Suitable for large projectsClear, explicit separation: Content ⇐⇒ StyleEase with which a table of contents,bibliography and index can be generatedAbility to split books, theses, . . .into smaller (more manageable) piecesthat are easily combined once writing is complete



LATEX vs. Word(continued)

Stability and interchangeability of documents(as opposed to Word 6 vs. Office 95 vs. Office 97vs. Office 2000 vs. Office XP vs. . . . )No pressure to upgrade NOW OR ELSE!No Word viruses



LATEX vs. Word(continued)

document complexity

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ndtim

econsum

ption

impossible to do

MS Word

LATEX



Quality

TEXmonetary awards

WordMicrosoft Error Reporting

version: 3.141592 version: Word 2



Quality

TEXmonetary awards


version: 3.141592 version: Word 6



Quality

TEXmonetary awards


version: 3.141592 version: Office 2000



Quality

TEXmonetary awards


version: 3.141592 version: Office XP



Math Equations

Word:

LATEX:y

G

[u∇2v − v∇2u

]d3V =

{

S

(u∂v∂n − v ∂u

∂n

)d2A



Outline

1 What is LATEX?

2 LATEX vs. Word






Producing a Simple Document

We will start with a simple, empty (text) documentUsually you start out by filling stuffinto a skeleton documentThen you learn as you goLATEX is more WYMIWYG(What You Mean is What You Get)rather than WYSIWYGTime invested initially will be very well gotten backat later times(less annoyances in formatting . . . )











Simple document



LATEX Hello World



Author Info



Document Structure



Steps to Produce a Document



LATEX File Types

.tex – LATEX or TEX input file.Can be compiled with latex.sty – LATEX macro package.This is a file you can load into your LATEX documentusing the \usepackage command..cls – Class files define what your document looks like.They are selected with the \documentclass command.



Outline

1 What is LATEX?

2 LATEX vs. Word






Setting up LATEX for Windows

Step One – MiKTeXhttp://www.miktex.org/

Step Two – Ghostscript and GSviewhttp://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

Step Three – Acrobat Readerhttp://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


http://www.miktex.org/

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


Setting up LATEX for Windows

Step Four – Windows Editor:TeXnicCenter (open source)http://www.toolscenter.org/

WinEdt (share ware, AUT license)http://www.winedt.com/

SciTE (open source)LATEX plugin for Eclipse (open source)emacs, vi, . . . (open source)


http://www.toolscenter.org/

http://www.winedt.com/


Support Programs

Viewers:DVI(xdvi, kdvi,Okular, . . . )PDF(Acrobat Reader,GhostView, xpdf,Okular, . . . )

Support tools:BibTeXGNUplotInkscape, xfig,LibreOffice, . . .



Support Programs

Other tools:Reference ManagerJabRef (open source, Java)http://jabref.sourceforge.net/

Mind ManagerFreePlane (open source, Java)http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/


http://jabref.sourceforge.net/

http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/


Outline

1 What is LATEX?

2 LATEX vs. Word






How to deal with problems?

The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2ehttp://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf

LATEX for Word Processor Usershttp://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex4wp/latex4wp.pdf

Comprehensive TEX Archive Networkhttp://www.ctan.org/ or http://www.tex.ac.uk/

TEX Cataloguehttp://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/

Wikibook LATEXhttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX


http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf

http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex4wp/latex4wp.pdf

http://www.ctan.org/

http://www.tex.ac.uk/

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX


How to deal with problems?

LATEX Related Informationhttp://www.dickimaw-books.com/latexresources.html

For Complete Noviceshttp://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/novices/

To Write a PhD Thesishttp://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/thesis/

LATEX2e help 1.4http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex2e/latex2e_toc.html

Beginning LATEXhttp://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Misc/LaTeX-Tutorial/LaTeX-Home.html

5-Minute LATEX Tutorialhttp://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/LaTeX/FiveMinute.html


http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latexresources.html

http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/novices/

http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/thesis/

http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex2e/latex2e_toc.html

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Misc/LaTeX-Tutorial/LaTeX-Home.html

http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/LaTeX/FiveMinute.html


Questions?


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