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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.

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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
LaTeX Cookbook
LaTeX Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
The Variety of Document Types
The Variety of Document Types
Introduction
Writing a short text
Writing a thesis
Designing a book
Creating a presentation
Designing a curriculum vitae
Writing a letter
Producing a leaflet
Creating a large poster
2
Tuning the Text
Tuning the Text
Introduction
Inputting accented characters
Improving justification and hyphenation
Converting numbers to words
Putting text into a colorful box
Visualizing the layout
Visualizing boxes of letters and symbols
Typesetting in a grid
Absolute positioning of text
Starting a paragraph with an over-sized letter
Fitting text to a shape
Creating a pull quote
3
Adjusting Fonts
Adjusting Fonts
Introduction
Choosing a font for a document
Locally switching to a different font
Importing just a single symbol from a font family
Writing bold mathematical symbols
Getting the sans serif mathematics font
Writing double stroke letters as if on a blackboard
Enabling the searching and copying of ligatures
Suppressing ligatures
Adding a contour
4
Working with Images
Working with Images
Introduction
Including images with optimal quality
Automating image positioning
Manipulating images
Adding a frame to an image
Cutting an image to get rounded corners
Shaping an image like a circle
Drawing over an image
Aligning images
Arranging images in a grid
Stacking images
5
Beautiful Designs
Beautiful Designs
Introduction
Adding a background image
Creating beautiful ornaments
Preparing pretty headings
Producing a calendar
Mimicking keys and menu items
6
Designing Tables
Designing Tables
Introduction
Creating a legible table
Adding footnotes to a table
Aligning numeric data
Coloring a table
Merging cells
Splitting a cell diagonally
Adding shape, shading, and transparency
Importing data from files
7
Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies
Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies
Introduction
Tuning a table of contents, lists of figures, and tables
Creating a bibliography
Adding a glossary
Creating a list of acronyms
Producing an index
8
Getting the Most out of the PDF
Getting the Most out of the PDF
Introduction
Adding hyperlinks
Adding metadata
Adding copyright information
Inserting comments
Producing fillable forms
Optimizing the output for e-book readers
Removing white margins
Combining PDF files
Creating an animation
9
Creating Graphics
Creating Graphics
Introduction
Building smart diagrams
Constructing a flowchart
Building a tree
Building a bar chart
Drawing a pie chart
Drawing a Venn diagram
Putting thoughts in a mind map
Generating a timeline
10
Advanced Mathematics
Advanced Mathematics
Introduction
Quick-start for beginners
Fine-tuning math formulas
Automatic line-breaking in equations
Highlighting in a formula
Stating definitions and theorems
Drawing commutative diagrams
Plotting functions in two dimensions
Plotting in three dimensions
Drawing geometry pictures
Doing calculations
11
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Introduction
Typesetting an algorithm
Printing a code listing
Application in graph theory
Writing physical quantities with units
Writing chemical formulae
Drawing molecules
Representing atoms
Drawing electrical circuits
12
Getting Support on the Internet
Getting Support on the Internet
Introduction
Exploring online LaTeX resources
Using web forums
Framing a really good question
Creating a minimal example
Index
Index

Exploring online LaTeX resources

There is a large number of LaTeX websites on the Internet. We have built a small guide with some very good starting points.

How to do it...

We will now look at a list of Internet addresses with a short description. Click on any of them and explore it. It leads to deeper information and to further sites.

Software archives and catalogues

These sites work as archives and catalogue sites that help browse the vast amount of software:

  • http://www.ctan.org is the most relevant software and package archive. CTAN stands for Comprehensive TeX Archive Network. It provides about 5000 packages for TeX and LaTeX and related tools. You can browse packages by name and by topic, and use a site search. Most important is its hidden quality as a distribution network for TeX installations such as TeX Live and MiKTeX. It consists of a central server and mirrors servers across the whole world.

  • http://texcatalogue.ctan.org is a maintained catalogue of most TeX and LaTeX packages that...

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