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LaTeX Seminars:
Introduction
Intermediate

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Baillieu library
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LaTeX Primer

How well do you know LaTeX?

Introduction to LaTeX

An introduction to most of the useful features of LaTeX. This session will cover most of what you need to write useful, simple documents: including figures, tables and equations.

The template used in this class will be useful as a starting point for honours reports or Master/PhD theses.

• The Philosophy of LaTeX
• Document structure:
• Document classes, chapters, sections, abstract, title page.
• Running LaTeX: Common errors and how to deal with them
• Formatting with "environments": Quotations and Lists
• Simple tables and figures
• Converting spreadsheets and images for use in LaTeX
• Simple mathematics and equations (and basic alignment)
• A simple bibliography with BiBTeX
  

Intermediate LaTeX

This session will cover more advanced features of LaTeX and extend the introductory treatment of figures, tables and mathematics from the first session.

• Writing your own LaTeX commands and environments
• Some common LaTeX ``packages'': array, vref, longtable, ...
• Changing Fonts: Styles and Sizes
• More mathematics: arrays, matrices, alignment, ...
• Customising your figures and tables
• Bibliography databases with BiBTeX
• LaTeX Presentations: preparing PDF slides for conferences and presentations
  

This session can be tailored so if you have particular needs please let us know.