This document provides an agenda for an introduction to LaTeX and TexMaker. It covers basic topics like document settings and control sequences. More advanced topics discussed include math mode, tables, and references. Examples are provided for creating a basic "Hello World" document and using math mode to write equations and arrays. The document recommends using various LaTeX environments like itemized lists, enumerated lists, and tabular environments to structure documents.

1. Head First
TEIL Group Meeting
ChungHsiang Hsueh
2010.12.9

2. Agenda
• Introduction
o LaTeX
o TexMaker
• Basic scripts
o Document settings
o others
• Advanced scripts
o Math equations
o Table
o Reference
• Examples

3. Agenda
• Introduction
o LaTeX
o TexMaker
• Basic scripts
o Document settings
o others
• Advanced scripts
o Math equations
o Insert graph
• Examples

4. Introduction
Engine
Macro
GUI

5. Installation Instruction
• Ubuntu: software center
-> find Texmaker
-> one click
-> Texmaker and TexLive are installed !
• Windows: Install TexLive and Texmaker respectively.
• Mac OSX: Haven’t tried…

6. Head First : Hello World
1.Make a new file(Ctrl+n)
2.Insert “Hello World!” here
3.Save file and then choose
Latex and press down the
arrow

7. Head First : Hello World
Debug Message

8. Head First : Hello World

9. Agenda
• Introduction
o LaTeX
o TexMaker
• Basic scripts
o Document settings
o others
• Advanced scripts
o Math equations
o Insert graph
• Examples

10. Character and Control Sequences
Symbol Function Example Output
Starter of commend LaTeX
% comment %this line is ignored
this line is not ignored
{} Required Argument
s/Args Grouping
LaTeX is good
{LaTeX} is good
%=LaTeX{} = LaTeX
[] Optional arguments documentclass[12pt]{arti
cle}
$...$
(inline)
$$...$$
(display)
Embedding math
expressions
$math$
$math2$
$$math double$$
~ Generate a space Hello~World~
# Define macro
& Separate the entries
in different columns.

11. Document Environment
• Environment =
documentclass{article}
%preamble
begin(document)
%contents
%.......
%......
end(document)
Document Class[opt args]{type}
{
opt args =
[ FontSize = 10pt,11pt,12pt…]
[ PaperSize = a4paper,
letterpaper,b5paper…]
[ onecolumn ,twocolumn]
[oneside,twoside]
[ lanscape, portait ]
…etc
type =
[article = no chapter,oneside]
[report = with chapter,oneside]
[book]
[letter]
[slides]
[minimal] %for test
}

12. Case Study: Article
Title page & nested settings
preamble

13. Preamble
‧usepackage[]{} %include necessary macros
-usepackage{graphicx,times,amsmath}
-usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
‧Format settings for whole document
-linespread{1.36} %行距
-parindent=0pt %內縮
-textwidth 178mm
-topmargin -6mm
-etc…

14. Title Page & Abstract
• Title page
o title{This Is a Title}
o author{ A and B }
o data{9 Dec 2010}
o thanks{Thank u~} %similiar to footnote{…}
o maketitle %collect the info above and make a title page
• Abstract
o begin{abstract}…end{abstract}

15. Fonts
Font
encoding OT1/T1/…
family
series
shape
size
Huge,Large,Med
ium,Small,Tiny
…

16. Fonts
emph{Typestyle Roman} change to
Largetextbf{Bold Style}, then to
smalltextsl{Slant style} and back to
Hugetextrm{Rome}.

17. Paragraph
1.2+lines
2.par

18. Agenda
• Introduction
o LaTeX
o TexMaker
• Basic scripts
o Document settings
o others
• Advanced scripts
o Math mode
o Insert graph
• Examples

19. Math Mode
• Inline
o $...$ or (…)
• Display
o $$...$$ or […]
• Ex.

20. Math Mode
• Functions
o $frag{numerator}{denominator}$
o $sqrt[root]{function}$
o $exp{arg}$
o $int_ini^end{function}$
o …etc
• Array
o [
begin{array}{|r|c|l|} hline
x11 &x12 &x13 hline
x 21 &x22 &x23 cline{2-3}
x 31 &x32 &x33 hline
end{array}
]

21. Case Study: Trap function

22. Math Mode
• Multiline Formulae--eqnarray

23. List Items
• Itemized List
o begin{itemized}
item[label] A
item[label] B
end{itemized}
• Enumerated
o begin{enumerated}
item N
end{enumerated}
• Descriptive List
o begin{description}
item N
end{description}

24. Tabular
• Tabular

25. Reference
• begin{thebibliography}{fontSize}
bibitem{key} Author (Year) “Title”{Journal} …
end{thebibliography}{fontSize}

26. TODO…
• Figure
• Root structure
• Reference
• Label
• Cite
• Section