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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

Building a tree


A very common type of hierarchical graph is a tree. Tree nodes have children. These are connected by edges and are usually displayed in rows when growing down, or in columns when growing horizontally.

We will draw a tree presenting possible math formula layouts.

How to do it...

We will use basic TikZ, without any extra package. Follow these steps:

  1. Start with a document class:

    \documentclass{article}
  2. Load the tikz package:

    \usepackage{tikz}
  3. Start the document:

    \begin{document}
  4. Begin with a TikZ picture, and specify some options for it:

    \begin{tikzpicture}[sibling distance=10em,
      every node/.style = {shape=rectangle, rounded corners,
        draw, align=center,
        top color=white, bottom color=blue!20}]]
  5. Draw a node and add children to it:

      \node {Formulas}
        child { node {single-line} }
        child { node {multi-line}
          child { node {aligned at}
            child { node {relation sign} }
            child { node {several places} }
            child { node {center} } }
          child { node {first...