Document Preperation Using LaTeX

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Preenu C S Introduction Making
A L TEX For Scientic Documentation
Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures
Preenu C S Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram

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Name of the Game
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Preenu C S Introduction
Why?... Prerequisites Distributions
Making Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures Floating Items Mathematics Special Pages New Commands
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Supporting Materials
LA
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Name of the Game
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The Founders
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Donald E Knuth
(January 1938)
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The Founders
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Donald E Knuth
(January 1938) US Mathematician & Computer Scientist.
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The Founders
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Donald E Knuth
(January 1938) US Mathematician & Computer Scientist. Author of the book The Art of Computer Programming
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The Founders
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Donald E Knuth
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(1978)
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The Founders
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Donald E Knuth
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(1978) 3.1415926
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The Founders
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Making
Leslie Lamport
(February 1941) US Computer Scientist
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The Founders
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Making
Leslie Lamport
(February 1941) US Computer Scientist
Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures Floating Items Mathematics
(LA) (1980)
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Why?...
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Making
Ease of big document preparation
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Why?...
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Making
Ease of big document preparation Scientic features
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Why?...
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Making
Ease of big document preparation Scientic features Layout quality
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Making
Ease of big document preparation Scientic features Layout quality Cost
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Why?...
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Making
Ease of big document preparation Scientic features Layout quality Cost Works on low machines
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Compexity-Time Graph
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Prerequisites
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Making Type Setting
Plain text editor

A L TEX compiler
Alligned Text Pictures Floating Items Mathematics Special Pages New Commands
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Distributions
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Making Type Setting
TEXLive : For Unix, Linux, MacOSX, Windows. MacTEX: For MacOSX MikTEX: For Windows ProTeXt : MiKTeX with additions
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Making a .tex File
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A Any text editor can be used to make a L TEX le.
Making
Preamble Attributes Compiling
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Making a .tex File
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A Any text editor can be used to make a L TEX le. A The extension of the L TEX le name is .tex
Making
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Making a .tex File
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Making
The le starts with \documentclass{. . .}
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Making a .tex File
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Making
The le starts with \documentclass{. . .} The data to be printed is between \begin{document} . text . \end{document}
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Preamble
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Type Setting
The space between \documentclass and \begin{document}
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Preamble
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Type Setting
The space between \documentclass and \begin{document} Additional packages: \usepackage{ }
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Preamble
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Type Setting
The space between \documentclass and \begin{document} Additional packages: \usepackage{ } User dened Macros (Denitions)
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Preamble
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Type Setting
The space between \documentclass and \begin{document} Additional packages: \usepackage{ } User dened Macros (Denitions) Global settings
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Commands, Environments, Comments
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Commands starts with \
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Commands starts with \ Environments are declared with
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Commands starts with \ Environments are declared with \begin{Environment_Name} . . . \end{Environment_Name}
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Commands starts with \ Environments are declared with \begin{Environment_Name} . . . \end{Environment_Name} Comments are preceded by % symbol
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Compiling
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Preamble
lename.tex
Attributes Compiling
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Compiling
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lename.tex
latex
Preamble
lename.dvi
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Compiling
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lename.tex
pdflatex
latex
Preamble
lename.dvi
lename.pdf

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Compiling
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lename.tex
pdflatex
latex
Preamble
lename.dvi
Type Setting Alligned Text
dvipdf
Pictures Floating Items Mathematics
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Compiling
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lename.tex
pdflatex
latex
Preamble
lename.dvi
dvips
dvipdf
lename.pdf
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Compiling
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lename.tex
pdflatex
latex
Preamble
lename.dvi
dvips
dvipdf
lename.pdf
ps2pdf
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Compiling
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lename.tex
pdflatex
latex
Preamble
lename.dvi
dvips
dvipdf
lename.pdf
ps2pdf
lename.ps

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Example: welcome.tex
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Document Class
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The style of the document is given by \documentclass[Options]{Class Style} Class Styles: article, report, book, powerdot, IEEEtan etc
Type Setting
Document Class Sections Spacing Formatting Alignment
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Document Class
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The style of the document is given by \documentclass[Options]{Class Style} Class Styles: article, report, book, powerdot, IEEEtan etc Options:
a4paper, a3paper, letterpaper etc
Type Setting
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Document Class
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a4paper, a3paper, letterpaper etc 10pt,11pt,12pt
Type Setting
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Document Class
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a4paper, a3paper, letterpaper etc 10pt,11pt,12pt twocolumn, landscape
Type Setting
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Document Class
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a4paper, a3paper, letterpaper etc 10pt,11pt,12pt twocolumn, landscape, openany
Type Setting
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Example: article.tex

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Sections
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Preenu C S Introduction Making Type Setting
Sections are made by using:

\part \chapter \section \subsection \subsubsection \paragraph \subparagraph
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Spacing
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Document Class Sections
Page break: \newpage
Spacing Formatting Alignment
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Spacing
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Page break: \newpage Para separation: Leave a blank line
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Spacing
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Page break: \newpage Para separation: Leave a blank line Line break: \\,
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Spacing
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Page break: \newpage Para separation: Leave a blank line Line break: \\, \\[2cm]
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Spacing
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Page break: \newpage Para separation: Leave a blank line Line break: \\, \\[2cm] Small spaces: \, (a a)
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Spacing
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Page break: \newpage Para separation: Leave a blank line Line break: \\, \\[2cm] Small spaces: \, (a a), \ : (a a), \; (a a), \ (a a)
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Spacing
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Page break: \newpage Para separation: Leave a blank line Line break: \\, \\[2cm] Small spaces: \, (a a), \ : (a a), \; (a a), \ (a a) \vspace{2cm}, \hspace{2cm}
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Formatting
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Font Style \textrm{ }
\rmfamily
Roman Family
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Formatting
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Font Style \textrm{ } \textsf{ }
\rmfamily \sffamily
Roman Family Sans Serif Family
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Formatting
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Font Style \textrm{ \textsf{ \texttt{ \textbf{ \textit{ \textsl{ \textsc{
} } } } } } }
\rmfamily \sffamily \ttfamily \bfseries \itshape \slshape \scshape
Roman Family Sans Serif Family Typewriter Family Bold Face Italic Shape Slanted Shape Small Caps
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Formatting...
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Font Size
tiny
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Formatting...
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Font Size
tiny
footnotesize
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Formatting...
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Font Size
tiny
footnotesize
script size
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normalsize

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Formatting...
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Document Class
Font Size
Sections Spacing Formatting Alignment
large
Large
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huge
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Left, Right and Center
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Document Class
Center
\centering center
Sections Spacing Formatting Alignment
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ushright ushleft Example: formatting.tex

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Tabbing
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Preenu C S Introduction Making Type Setting Alligned Text

Tabbing
The environment tabbing \= is used for setting the tab \> is for jumping to the next tab Example: tabbing.tex
Listing Tables
Pictures Floating Items Mathematics Special Pages New Commands

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End of Session I
Listing
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Tabbing
There are three types of listing

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Listing Tables
enumerate

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Listing
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Tabbing

1 2
Listing Tables
enumerate itemize

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Listing
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Tabbing

1 2 3
Listing Tables
enumerate itemize description

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Listing
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Tabbing

1 2 3
Listing Tables
enumerate itemize description

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Example: enumerate.tex
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Tables
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Environment tabular
Alligned Text
Tabbing Listing Tables

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Tables
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Environment tabular \begin{tabular}{..} \end{tabular}
Alligned Text

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Tables
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Environment tabular \begin{tabular}{..} \end{tabular} horizontal lines by \hline or \cline
Alligned Text

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Tables
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Environment tabular \begin{tabular}{..} \end{tabular} horizontal lines by \hline or \cline Cells are separated by &
Alligned Text

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Tables
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Environment tabular \begin{tabular}{..} \end{tabular} horizontal lines by \hline or \cline Cells are separated by & Example: tables.tex
Alligned Text

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Pictures
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Draw Pictures
Pictures
External Pictures

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Pictures
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Draw Pictures
The environment picture
Pictures
External Pictures

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Pictures
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Draw Pictures
The environment picture PS-Tricks (Post Script) Tikz (PGF)
Pictures
External Pictures

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Include external Pictures
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Including External Pictures
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\usepackage{graphicx}
Alligned Text Pictures

External Pictures

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\usepackage{graphicx} \includegraphics{ } Usually .eps or .ps

External Pictures

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\usepackage{graphicx} \includegraphics{ } Usually .eps or .ps For .jpeg or .png specify the dimension and use pdflatex

External Pictures

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\usepackage{graphicx} \includegraphics{ } Usually .eps or .ps For .jpeg or .png specify the dimension and use pdflatex scale options resize the images

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\usepackage{graphicx} \includegraphics{ } Usually .eps or .ps For .jpeg or .png specify the dimension and use pdflatex scale options resize the images Example: pict.tex

External Pictures

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Floating Items
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Preenu C S Introduction Making Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures Floating Items
Cross-References
Mathematics Special Pages New Commands

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Floating Items
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Preenu C S Introduction Making Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures
table and gure
Floating Items
Cross-References

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Floating Items
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table and gure \caption{ }
Floating Items
Cross-References

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Floating Items
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table and gure \caption{ } \listoftables, \listoffigures
Floating Items
Cross-References

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Cross-References
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Preenu C S Introduction Making Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures Floating Items
Cross-References

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Cross-References
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\label{ }
Pictures Floating Items

Cross-References

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Cross-References
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\label{ } \ref{ } Compile atleast two times Example: label.tex
Pictures Floating Items

Cross-References

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End of Session II
Mathematics
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The packages amsmath, amssymb and amsthm...
Alligned Text Pictures Floating Items Mathematics

Matrices

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Mathematics
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The packages amsmath, amssymb and amsthm... In-line mathematical contends are between $ and $

Matrices

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Mathematics
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The packages amsmath, amssymb and amsthm... In-line mathematical contends are between $ and $ $$. . .$$ is for display mathematical style.

Matrices

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Mathematics
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The packages amsmath, amssymb and amsthm... In-line mathematical contends are between $ and $ $$. . .$$ is for display mathematical style. \[. . .\] or math environment.

Matrices

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Mathematics
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The packages amsmath, amssymb and amsthm... In-line mathematical contends are between $ and $ $$. . .$$ is for display mathematical style. \[. . .\] or math environment. equation will produce numbered equations.

Matrices

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Mathematics
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The packages amsmath, amssymb and amsthm... In-line mathematical contends are between $ and $ $$. . .$$ is for display mathematical style. \[. . .\] or math environment. equation will produce numbered equations. eqnarray will produce equation array

Matrices

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Mathematics. . .
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and _ are used for super and subscripts

Matrices

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Mathematics. . .
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and _ are used for super and subscripts \frac{}{} for fractions

Matrices

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Mathematics. . .
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and _ are used for super and subscripts \frac{}{} for fractions \sqrt[ ]{} for square roots

Matrices

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Mathematics. . .
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and _ are used for super and subscripts \frac{}{} for fractions \sqrt[ ]{} for square roots \alpha, \beta,. . . for Greek alphabets

Matrices

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Mathematics. . .
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and _ are used for super and subscripts \frac{}{} for fractions \sqrt[ ]{} for square roots \alpha, \beta,. . . for Greek alphabets \sin, \cos, \tan, \log,. . .

Matrices

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Mathematics. . .
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and _ are used for super and subscripts \frac{}{} for fractions \sqrt[ ]{} for square roots \alpha, \beta,. . . for Greek alphabets \sin, \cos, \tan, \log,. . . \int for

Matrices

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Mathematics. . .
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and _ are used for super and subscripts \frac{}{} for fractions \sqrt[ ]{} for square roots \alpha, \beta,. . . for Greek alphabets \sin, \cos, \tan, \log,. . . \int for Example: mathematics.tex

Matrices

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Matrices
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The environments bmatrix, pmatrix, vmatrix will produce

1 4 1 pmatrix: 4 1 vmatrix: 4 7 bmatrix: 2 5 2 5 2 5 8 3 6 3 6 3 6 9

Matrices

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Matrices
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The environments bmatrix, pmatrix, vmatrix will produce

1 4 1 pmatrix: 4 1 vmatrix: 4 7 bmatrix: 2 5 2 5 2 5 8 3 6 3 6 3 6 9

Matrices

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Special Pages
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Contents Index Bibliography
Floating Items Mathematics Special Pages

New Commands
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Contents
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\tableofcontents will produce Contents

New Commands
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Contents
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\tableofcontents will produce Contents \listoffigures will produce List of Figures \listoftables will produce List of Tables

New Commands
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Contents
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\tableofcontents will produce Contents \listoffigures will produce List of Figures \listoftables will produce List of Tables Example: contents.tex

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Index
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To make the Index page Insert \usepackage{makeidx} and \makeindex in the preamble
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Index
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To make the Index page Insert \usepackage{makeidx} and \makeindex in the preamble Adding an index entry by \index{. . .}
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Index
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To make the Index page Insert \usepackage{makeidx} and \makeindex in the preamble Adding an index entry by \index{. . .} \printindex will insert the index page
New Commands
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Index
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Run pdflatex to produce the .idx le Run makeindex to generate the .ind le Run pdflatex twice which will then incorporate the .ind le and produce the index page.
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Index
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Run pdflatex to produce the .idx le Run makeindex to generate the .ind le Run pdflatex twice which will then incorporate the .ind le and produce the index page.
New Commands
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Example: index.tex
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Bibliography
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Bibliography can be produced in two ways Using thebibliography environment Using bibtex
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Bibliography
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Bibliography can be produced in two ways Using thebibliography environment Using bibtex The environment thebibliography Similar to enumerate. Use \bibitem to list items

New Commands
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Bibliography
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Bibliography can be produced in two ways Using thebibliography environment Using bibtex The environment thebibliography Similar to enumerate. Use \bibitem to list items \cite{. .} is for citations

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Bibliography
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Bibliography can be produced in two ways Using thebibliography environment Using bibtex The environment thebibliography Similar to enumerate. Use \bibitem to list items \cite{. .} is for citations Example: biblio.tex

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Bibliography from the database
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Using Bibliographic database
New Commands
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Using Bibliographic database Make the database with extension .bib
New Commands
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Using Bibliographic database Make the database with extension .bib Refer the items inside the document
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Using Bibliographic database Make the database with extension .bib Refer the items inside the document \bibliography{database}
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Using Bibliographic database Make the database with extension .bib Refer the items inside the document \bibliography{database} Compilation Steps
Run pdflatex to produce the .aux le Run bibtex to the .aux le to generate .bbl and .blg les Run pdflatex twice
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Example: /bib/bibdata.tex
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End of Session III
New Commands
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The syntax of newcommand is \newcommand{CommandName}[Variables]{definition}
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New Commands
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The syntax of newcommand is \newcommand{CommandName}[Variables]{definition} The command renewcommand is for changing an existing command
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New Commands
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The syntax of newcommand is \newcommand{CommandName}[Variables]{definition} The command renewcommand is for changing an existing command The syntax of the newenvironment is \newenvironment{EnvironmentName} [Variables]{Begin}{End}
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New Commands
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The syntax of newcommand is \newcommand{CommandName}[Variables]{definition} The command renewcommand is for changing an existing command The syntax of the newenvironment is \newenvironment{EnvironmentName} [Variables]{Begin}{End} Example: newcommands.tex
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A Presentations Using L TEX Beamer
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\documentclass{beamer}
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Boxes and Columns Overlays Transitions Themes
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\documentclass{beamer} frame environment for slides \begin{frame}{Frame Title} . . . Contents... . . . \end{frame}
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\documentclass{beamer} frame environment for slides \begin{frame}{Frame Title} . . . Contents... . . . \end{frame} Example: Welcome.tex
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Boxes Inside Frames
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Block Heading
This box is created by block environment
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Boxes Inside Frames
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Block Heading
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Boxes Inside Frames
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Block Heading
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Block Heading
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Columns
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columns environment is used to produce columns \begin{columns}[t] \column{0.5\textwidth} Column 1 contents \column{0.5\textwidth} Column 2 contents \end{columns}
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Columns
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columns environment is used to produce columns \begin{columns}[t] \column{0.5\textwidth} Column 1 contents \column{0.5\textwidth} Column 2 contents \end{columns} Example: Columns.tex
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Overlays
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\pause
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Overlays
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\pause \alert<2>
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Overlays
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\pause \alert<2>
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Overlays
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\pause \alert<2> \textbf< >
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Overlays
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\pause \alert<2> \textbf< >, \textit< >,. . .
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Overlays
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\pause \alert<2> \textbf< >, \textit< >,. . . \onslide< > \only
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\pause \alert<2> \textbf< >, \textit< >,. . . \onslide< > \only(takes no space) \visible \alt
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Overlays
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\pause \alert<2> \textbf< >, \textit< >,. . . \onslide< > \only(takes no space) \visible \alt \temporal
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\pause \alert<2> \textbf< >, \textit< >,. . . \onslide< > \only(takes no space) \visible \alt \temporal \uncover
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Overlays
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Environments
onlyenv

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Overlays
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Environments
onlyenv visibleenv

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Overlays
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Environments
onlyenv visibleenv uncoverenv

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Environments
onlyenv visibleenv uncoverenv invisibleenv

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Overlays
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Environments
onlyenv visibleenv uncoverenv invisibleenv

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Transition
\transblindshorizontal \transblindsvertical
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Transition
\transblindshorizontal \transblindsvertical \transboxin \transboxout \transdissolve \transglitter \transslipverticalin \transslipverticalout \transhorizontalin \transhorizontalout \transwipe \transduration{2}
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Transition
\transblindshorizontal \transblindsvertical \transboxin \transboxout \transdissolve \transglitter \transslipverticalin \transslipverticalout \transhorizontalin \transhorizontalout \transwipe \transduration{2} Example: Transitions.tex
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Themes
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\usetheme{themename}

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Themes
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\usetheme{themename} \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg= }

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Themes
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\usetheme{themename} \setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg= } \usebackgroundtemplate{ } Example: Themes.tex

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Hyperlinks
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To a Slide:- \hyperlink{ target }{ text }

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Hyperlinks
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To a Slide:- \hyperlink{ target }{ text } To an external le:- \href{run: filename}

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Hyperlinks
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To a Slide:- \hyperlink{ target }{ text } To an external le:- \href{run: filename} To play a movie/music:- \movie{ }{ }

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Hyperlinks
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To a Slide:- \hyperlink{ target }{ text } To an external le:- \href{run: Example: Hyperlink.tex filename} To play a movie/music:- \movie{ }{ }

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Handouts The option handout in \documentclass

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Handouts Printout The option printout in \documentclass

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Handouts Printout Transparencies The option trans in \documentclass

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Handouts Printout Transparencies Notes The command \note{ }

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Handouts Printout Transparencies Notes Example: Suport.tex

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End of Session IV
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Sources can be read with any text editor. Concentrate purely on the structure and contents of the document. Automatically adjust fonts, text sizes, line heights etc.
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Sources can be read with any text editor. Concentrate purely on the structure and contents of the document. Automatically adjust fonts, text sizes, line heights etc. The layout, fonts, tables and so on are consistent.
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Sources can be read with any text editor. Concentrate purely on the structure and contents of the document. Automatically adjust fonts, text sizes, line heights etc. The layout, fonts, tables and so on are consistent. Indexes, footnotes, citations and references are generated easily.
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Sources can be read with any text editor. Concentrate purely on the structure and contents of the document. Automatically adjust fonts, text sizes, line heights etc. The layout, fonts, tables and so on are consistent. Indexes, footnotes, citations and references are generated easily. Document structure
Visible to the user. Can be copied to another document. In WYSIWYG applications it is not obvious.
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Mathematical formulae can be easily typeset.
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Mathematical formulae can be easily typeset. You are forced to structure your documents correctly.
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Demerits
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Unable to view the nal version of the document while editing.

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Demerits
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Unable to view the nal version of the document while editing.

A Awareness of the commands for L TEX markup is the prerequisite.

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References
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A L TEX Wikibook, Wikipedia, March 2013 A E.Krishnan, L TEX Tutorials, Indian TEX Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram, September 2003
Pictures Floating Items Mathematics Special Pages
Till Tantau, Joseph Wright, Vedran Miletic, The beamer class User Guide for version 3.10., http://bitbucket.org/rivanvx/beamer
New Commands
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I cant go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts on the menu. Donald E. Knuth
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Document Preperation Using LaTeX

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Preenu C S Introduction Making

A L TEX For Scientic Documentation

Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures

Preenu C S Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram

Floating Items Mathematics Special Pages New Commands

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AT L EX For Scientic Documentation

Name of the Game

Name of the Game

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AT L EX For Scientic Documentation

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AT L EX For Scientic Documentation

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Type Setting Alligned Text Pictures Floating Items Mathematics

Special Pages New Commands

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Ease of big document preparation

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Ease of big document preparation Scientic features

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Ease of big document preparation Scientic features Layout quality

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Ease of big document preparation Scientic features Layout quality Cost

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Making Type Setting

Plain text editor

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Making Type Setting

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Making a .tex File

A Any text editor can be used to make a L TEX le.

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Making a .tex File

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Making a .tex File

The le starts with \documentclass{. . .}

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Making a .tex File

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Preenu C S Introduction Making