Introduction to latex and tips to how to make brochure and formal letter

1. LaTex
Bishwjeet Singh(1415911)
Nikhil Francis(1415940)

2. OBJECTIVES
•INTRODUCTION TO LATEX.
•ADVANTAGE OF LATEX.
•BASICS OF LATEX

3. LATEX IS LIKE MS WORD, ONLY
BETTER !
•WHAT IS LATEX?
•PRONOUNCED AS ’LAY-TECH’ OR ’LAH-TECH’
• DOCUMENT PREPARATION SYSTEM FOR HIGH-QUALITY
TYPESETTING
•USES MARKUP COMMANDS AND A TYPE SETTING PROGRAM TEX
•USED FOR PUBLISHING REPORTS, BOOKS, SCIENTIFIC
DOCUMENTS,

4. LATEX SAVES FORMATTING TIME
AND EFFORT
•WHY USE LATEX?
• CONSISTENT LAYOUT, FONTS, TABLES ETC. THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION
• MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE CAN BE EASILY TYPESET
• INDICES, REFERENCES, FOOTNOTES CAN BE EASILY GENERATED
Concentrate on writing (content), NOT on formatting
(appearance)

5. GENERAL STRUCTURE

6. LATEX OUTPUT FORMATS
OUTPUT FORMATS AVAILABLE
• DVI - DEVICE INDEPENDENT FILE FORMAT
• PS - POSTSCRIPT FILE FORMAT
• PDF - PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT

7. BROCHURE
• A BROCHURE IS A FLYER, PAMPHLET OR LEAFLET THAT IS USED TO PASS INFORMATION
ABOUT SOMETHING. BROCHURES ARE ADVERTISING PIECES MAINLY USED TO
INTRODUCE A COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION AND INFORM ABOUT PRODUCTS AND/OR
SERVICES TO A TARGET AUDIENCE.

8. FORMAL LETTER
• IN THIS AGE OF EMAILS, IT IS BECOMING LESS AND LESS COMMON TO WRITE LETTERS,
BUT STILL FEW LETTERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT ONES, SUCH AS COVERING LETTERS FOR
JOB APPLICATIONS, COVERING LETTERS FOR QUESTIONNAIRES OR SURVEYS WHICH ARE
PART OF YOUR RESEARCH, LEAVE APPLICATION, OR LETTERS OF COMPLAINT TO YOUR
BANK MANAGER.

9. IT SHOULD BE :
• IN THE REQUIRED FORMAT
• SHORT AND TO THE POINT
• RELEVANT
• FREE OF ANY GRAMMATICAL OR SPELLING MISTAKES
• POLITE, EVEN IF YOU’RE COMPLAINING
• WELL PRESENTED

10. EXAMPLE