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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

Introduction


One of the classic strong points of LaTeX is its excellent quality in typesetting formulas. That's why LaTeX is the most used writing software in mathematics. Other sciences benefit from it as well when it comes to formulas.

This chapter provides selected recipes for common tasks. It's expected that readers already know the basics of writing math but to also support beginners we will start with a quick tutorial. If you already have math writing experience, you can safely skip the first recipe.

Like in the previous chapter, we will see some recipes for creating graphics. This time we will focus on mathematics, such as visualizing maps and functions, and practicing geometry.

At the end you can find a list with documentation and online resources for mathematics with LaTeX.