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Robert Maron
Grzegorz Grudzi´nski
February 20, 1999
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Contents
1 Template 5
1.1 How to compile a .tex file to a .pdf file . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.2 How to use the tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 How to write a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.1 The main document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.2 Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.3 Spell-checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 LATEX and pdfLATEX capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.2 LATEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.3 pdfLATEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.4 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3
4 CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Template
1.1 How to compile a .tex file to a .pdf file
1.1.1 Tools
To process the files you (may) need:
• pdflatex (for example from tetex package ≥ 0.9-6, which you can
get from Red Hat 5.2);
• acroread (a PDF viewer, available from http://www.adobe.com/);
• ghostscript ≥ 5.10 (for example from Red Hat Contrib) and ghostview
or gv (from RedHat Linux);
• efax package could be useful, if you plan to fax documents.
1.1.2 How to use the tools
Follow these steps:
1. put all source .tex files in one directory, then chdir to the directory (or put
some of them in the LATEXsearch path — if you know how to do this);
2. run “pdflatex file.tex” on the main file of the document three times
(three — to prepare valid table of contents);
3. to see or print the result use acroread (unfortunately some versions of
acroread may produce PostScript which is too complex), or
5
6 CHAPTER 1. TEMPLATE
4. run ghostscript: “gv file.pdf” to display or:
“gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pswrite -q -dBATCH -sOutputFile=file.ps file.pdf”
to produce a PostScript file;
5. run “fax send phone-number file.ps” as root to send a fax, or — if you
know how to do this — modify the fax script to be able to fax .pdf files directly
(you have to insert “|%PDF*” somewhere...).
1.2 How to write a document
1.2.1 The main document
Choose the name of the document, say document. Copy template.tex to
document.tex, then edit it, change the title, the authors and set proper in-
clude(s) for all the chapters.
1.2.2 Chapters
Each chapter should be included in the main document as a separate file. You can
choose any name for the file, but we suggest adding a suffix to the name of the
main file. For our example we use the file name document_chapter1.tex.
First, copy template_chapter.tex to document_chapter1.tex
and add the line
include{document_chapter1}
in the document.tex, then edit document_chapter1.tex, change the
chapter title and edit the body of the chapter appropriately.
1.2.3 Spell-checking
Do use a spell-checker, please!
You may also want to check grammar, style and so on. Actually you should
do it (if you have enough spare time). But you must check spelling!
You can use the ispell package for this, from within emacs, or from the
command line:
ispell -t document_chapter1.tex
1.3. LATEX AND PDFLATEX CAPABILITIES 7
1.3 LATEX and pdfLATEX capabilities
1.3.1 Overview
First you edit your source .tex file. In LATEX you compile it using the latex
command to a .dvi file (which stands for device-independent). The .dvi file
can be converted to any device-dependent format you like using an appropriate
driver, for example dvips.
When producing .pdf files you should use pdflatex, which produces di-
rectly .pdf files out of .tex sources. Note that in the .tex file you may need
to use some PDF specific packages.
For viewing .tex files use your favourite text editor, for viewing .dvi files
under X Window System use xdvi command, .ps files can be viewed with gv
(or ghostview) and .pdf files with acroread, gv or xpdf.
1.3.2 LATEX
A lot of examples can be found in this document.
You should also print
• doc/latex/general/latex2e.dvi and
• doc/latex/general/lshort2e.dvi
from your tetex distribution (usually in
• /usr/share/texmf or
• /usr/lib/texmf/texmf).
1.3.3 pdfLATEX
Consult doc/pdftex/manual.pdf from your tetex distribution for more
details. Very useful informations can be found in the hyperref and graphics
package manuals:
• doc/latex/hyperref/manual.pdf and
• doc/latex/graphics/grfguide.dvi.
1.3.4 Examples
References
MIMUW
8 CHAPTER 1. TEMPLATE
Hyperlinks
This is a target.
And this is a link.
Dashes, etc.
There are three kinds of horizontal dash:
• - (use inside words; for example “home-page”, “X-rated”)
• – (use this one between numbers; for example “pages 2–22”)
• — (use this one as a sentence separator — like here)
National characters
• ó, é, í, ...
• è, à, ì, ...
• ô, ê, ...
• õ, ñ, ...
• ö, ë, ...
• ˙z
• ˛a, ˛e
• ł, ø, ß
There are other ways to do this, see the documentation for inputenc pack-
age.
Reserved characters
Some characters have some special meaning, thus cannot be entered in the usual
way.
• $ & % # _ { }
• 
• ˜ ˆ
1.3. LATEX AND PDFLATEX CAPABILITIES 9
Math
• 12
, 12n
, ...
• i1, i2n, ...
• 1
2
, 2n
2−3
, ...
• α, β, γ, Ω, ...
• →, ⇒, ≥, =, ∈, , ...
•
√
2, ...
• 2 + 2, ...
For more examples and symbols see chapter 3 of lshort2e.dvi.
Fonts
• Roman
• Emphasis
• Medium weight — the default
• Boldface
• Upright
• Slanted
• Sans serif
• SMALL CAPS
• Typewriter
• and sizes:
– tiny
– scriptsize
– footnotesize
– small
– normalsize
10 CHAPTER 1. TEMPLATE
– large
– Large
– LARGE
– huge
– Huge

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  • 1. Sample PDF Document Robert Maron Grzegorz Grudzi´nski February 20, 1999
  • 2. 2
  • 3. Contents 1 Template 5 1.1 How to compile a .tex file to a .pdf file . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1.1 Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1.2 How to use the tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 How to write a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2.1 The main document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2.2 Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2.3 Spell-checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3 LATEX and pdfLATEX capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3.2 LATEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3.3 pdfLATEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3.4 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3
  • 5. Chapter 1 Template 1.1 How to compile a .tex file to a .pdf file 1.1.1 Tools To process the files you (may) need: • pdflatex (for example from tetex package ≥ 0.9-6, which you can get from Red Hat 5.2); • acroread (a PDF viewer, available from http://www.adobe.com/); • ghostscript ≥ 5.10 (for example from Red Hat Contrib) and ghostview or gv (from RedHat Linux); • efax package could be useful, if you plan to fax documents. 1.1.2 How to use the tools Follow these steps: 1. put all source .tex files in one directory, then chdir to the directory (or put some of them in the LATEXsearch path — if you know how to do this); 2. run “pdflatex file.tex” on the main file of the document three times (three — to prepare valid table of contents); 3. to see or print the result use acroread (unfortunately some versions of acroread may produce PostScript which is too complex), or 5
  • 6. 6 CHAPTER 1. TEMPLATE 4. run ghostscript: “gv file.pdf” to display or: “gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pswrite -q -dBATCH -sOutputFile=file.ps file.pdf” to produce a PostScript file; 5. run “fax send phone-number file.ps” as root to send a fax, or — if you know how to do this — modify the fax script to be able to fax .pdf files directly (you have to insert “|%PDF*” somewhere...). 1.2 How to write a document 1.2.1 The main document Choose the name of the document, say document. Copy template.tex to document.tex, then edit it, change the title, the authors and set proper in- clude(s) for all the chapters. 1.2.2 Chapters Each chapter should be included in the main document as a separate file. You can choose any name for the file, but we suggest adding a suffix to the name of the main file. For our example we use the file name document_chapter1.tex. First, copy template_chapter.tex to document_chapter1.tex and add the line include{document_chapter1} in the document.tex, then edit document_chapter1.tex, change the chapter title and edit the body of the chapter appropriately. 1.2.3 Spell-checking Do use a spell-checker, please! You may also want to check grammar, style and so on. Actually you should do it (if you have enough spare time). But you must check spelling! You can use the ispell package for this, from within emacs, or from the command line: ispell -t document_chapter1.tex
  • 7. 1.3. LATEX AND PDFLATEX CAPABILITIES 7 1.3 LATEX and pdfLATEX capabilities 1.3.1 Overview First you edit your source .tex file. In LATEX you compile it using the latex command to a .dvi file (which stands for device-independent). The .dvi file can be converted to any device-dependent format you like using an appropriate driver, for example dvips. When producing .pdf files you should use pdflatex, which produces di- rectly .pdf files out of .tex sources. Note that in the .tex file you may need to use some PDF specific packages. For viewing .tex files use your favourite text editor, for viewing .dvi files under X Window System use xdvi command, .ps files can be viewed with gv (or ghostview) and .pdf files with acroread, gv or xpdf. 1.3.2 LATEX A lot of examples can be found in this document. You should also print • doc/latex/general/latex2e.dvi and • doc/latex/general/lshort2e.dvi from your tetex distribution (usually in • /usr/share/texmf or • /usr/lib/texmf/texmf). 1.3.3 pdfLATEX Consult doc/pdftex/manual.pdf from your tetex distribution for more details. Very useful informations can be found in the hyperref and graphics package manuals: • doc/latex/hyperref/manual.pdf and • doc/latex/graphics/grfguide.dvi. 1.3.4 Examples References MIMUW
  • 8. 8 CHAPTER 1. TEMPLATE Hyperlinks This is a target. And this is a link. Dashes, etc. There are three kinds of horizontal dash: • - (use inside words; for example “home-page”, “X-rated”) • – (use this one between numbers; for example “pages 2–22”) • — (use this one as a sentence separator — like here) National characters • ó, é, í, ... • è, à, ì, ... • ô, ê, ... • õ, ñ, ... • ö, ë, ... • ˙z • ˛a, ˛e • ł, ø, ß There are other ways to do this, see the documentation for inputenc pack- age. Reserved characters Some characters have some special meaning, thus cannot be entered in the usual way. • $ & % # _ { } • • ˜ ˆ
  • 9. 1.3. LATEX AND PDFLATEX CAPABILITIES 9 Math • 12 , 12n , ... • i1, i2n, ... • 1 2 , 2n 2−3 , ... • α, β, γ, Ω, ... • →, ⇒, ≥, =, ∈, , ... • √ 2, ... • 2 + 2, ... For more examples and symbols see chapter 3 of lshort2e.dvi. Fonts • Roman • Emphasis • Medium weight — the default • Boldface • Upright • Slanted • Sans serif • SMALL CAPS • Typewriter • and sizes: – tiny – scriptsize – footnotesize – small – normalsize
  • 10. 10 CHAPTER 1. TEMPLATE – large – Large – LARGE – huge – Huge