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LaTeX Cookbook

By : Stefan Kottwitz
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LaTeX Cookbook

By: Stefan Kottwitz

Overview of this book

LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting software and is very popular, especially among scientists. Its programming language gives you full control over every aspect of your documents, no matter how complex they are. LaTeX's huge amount of customizable templates and supporting packages cover most aspects of writing with embedded typographic expertise. With this book you will learn to leverage the capabilities of the latest document classes and explore the functionalities of the newest packages. The book starts with examples of common document types. It provides you with samples for tuning text design, using fonts, embedding images, and creating legible tables. Common document parts such as the bibliography, glossary, and index are covered, with LaTeX's modern approach.You will learn how to create excellent graphics directly within LaTeX, including diagrams and plots quickly and easily. Finally, you will discover how to use the new engines XeTeX and LuaTeX for advanced programming and calculating with LaTeX. The example-driven approach of this book is sure to increase your productivity.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
LaTeX Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

About the Reviewers

Brandon Amos is a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University with research interests in machine learning and computer vision. He is a Linux and LaTeX enthusiast and actively releases research and hobby projects on the open source community at http://github.com/bamos.

Jan Baier is a young system engineer and administrator from the Czech Republic. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the Czech Technical University, Prague. In his spare time, he teaches Unix/Linux basics. He is a cofounder of amagical.net, a company that focuses on delivering information systems to small and medium companies. He tries to boldly go where no one has gone before, and he believes in the true power of open source.