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Introduction to LaTeX: Typesetting for Professionals and Scholars

Discover LaTeX, the acclaimed typesetting system that excels at producing professionally formatted documents, particularly for scientific work. This guide covers essential elements of LaTeX, including its unique advantages such as mathematical symbol processing and a supportive user community. While it has a learning curve and some customization can be tedious, its output quality and platform independence make it a preferred choice for academics. Learn about basic document structure, environments, and how to get started with LaTeX today!

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Introduction to LaTeX: Typesetting for Professionals and Scholars

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  1. Introduction to by Arun K. Subramaniyan asubrama@purdue.edu

  2. First things first! • LaTeX pronounced as “tech” • not like latex gloves! • LaTeX is typeset like

  3. What is LaTeX? TeX LaTeX • TeX is a typesetter • You write and TeX will place it on the page 2

  4. Unique Advantages of LaTeX • Professional typesetting • Best output • It is the standard for scientific documents • Processing Mathematical (& other) symbols • Meaning based structuring (rather than appearance) • Knowledgeable and helpful user group • Its FREE! • Platform independent

  5. Disadvantages of using LaTeX • “Hard to write disorganized documents”* • Learning Curve • Customizing is tedious. * Taken verbatim from Not so short introduction to LaTeX

  6. A Simple LaTeX Document \documentclass{article} \begin{document} This is some sample text. \end{document}

  7. Parts of a LaTeX Document: \documentclass • First line of all LaTeX documents • Specifies the type of the document {article} {report} {book} {letter} \documentclass Basic Classes \documentclass[aae]{puthesis}

  8. Parts of a LaTeX Document: Environment Start with \begin{. . .} End with \end{. . .} \begin{document} \begin{equation} … \end{equation} \end{document}

  9. Parts of a LaTeX Document: Preamble • Everything between \documentclass and \begin{document} • Use for customizing the formatting

  10. Sections \section{Section Title} \subsection{Title} \subsubsection{Title}

  11. Mathematics Greek Symbols \alpha, \beta, \gamma Superscript, Subscript x^yx_y x_y^z Calculus \int_0^\infty \int{\int} \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}

  12. Mathematics Continued . . . x = \frac{-b \pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}} {2a}

  13. Figures and Tables • Figures & Tables cannot be broken between pages • They are “floated” \begin{figure} \includegraphics{sample} \caption{A sample figure.} \end{figure}

  14. Cross-referencing \label{marker} \ref{marker} \pageref{marker} \section{Introduction} \label{intro} … As mentioned in section \ref{intro} in page \pageref{intro}

  15. Getting Started • AAE Computers • Use TeXnicCenter – Preinstalled (Windows) • Use Emacs – Preinstalled (Unix) • Personal Computers • Windows • TeXnicCenter • proTeXt • Linux • TeXLive • Mac • LyX & MacTeX

  16. Output Formats • .dvi Device Independent • .psPost Script • .pdf PDF • .rtf Rich Text Format • .html HTML • .xml XML 1

  17. Final Words: Try it … • You have already taken your first step by attending this session. • Enjoy writing with LaTeX • Spread the joy of using LaTeX.

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