LaTex workshop

Dr Ashwan A. Abdulmunem - ashwan.a@uokerbala.edu.iq
17/03/2021

Intro to LaTex
The idea of creating documents with LaTex
Offline and Online editors interface
Document classes
Title/author/abstract
Section/subsection
Lists
Mathematical expression
Tables
Figures
Labelling and Coloring
References
Use Conferences and Journal templates
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What is LaTex editor?
A LaTeX editor is an open-source tool that allows for formatting complex content with applied command tags.
In academia, LaTeX editors may be more widely known, as they can be used for completing journals, papers,
and large documents containing subscript, superscript, and foreign language characters.
Packages of commands are available within academic or technical specialties so common commands to a
profession or field are readily accessed during document preparation. In professional fields such as science
and engineering, LaTeX generally is considered a stable tool for updating technical content.
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Correct pronounciation
 Lay-tek
 Lah-tek
× Lay-teks
× Lah-teks
Donald Knuth created "Tex" ("TEX"), the three letters actually being uppercase letters for Greek
word τεχνική. This Greek "tex" is the root of English words like "technical" and "technique". Later,
Leslie Lamportbuilt "Latex" on top of Tex, prepending the "La" presumably to reflect his name.
Τεχνική pronouns as technikí̱
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Major Differences between MS Word and LaTex
Ms Word LaTex
• Word becomes slow when handling either very large
texts or texts with large graphics.
• LaTeX is faster because you write down only the
contents and software wastes no time thinking about
layout.
• Word type setting quality is ok for most purposes but
its far from professional.
• Provides you with professional layout out of the box. If
you want to get into the nitty-gritty, you can adapt the
default to your own taste but the standard is already
very high without any customisations.
• Here the main shortcoming is that Word does not
include a citation utility. You will need to use additional
software to fill the gap.
• is open source many generations of scientists have
written the extensions they needed. You will be able to
find all commonly and most rarely used features.
References are handled by BibTeX .
• MS Word developers make almost no effort to facilitate
exchange with foreign programmes. You may not
experience that, because Word is so widespread. But
even between flavours of Word there are compatibility
problems, e.g. WinWord vs. MacWord or latest version
to older version.
• This is not the case with LaTeX. The main output format
is PDF, which is the same over all OSs. LaTeX editors
exist for all types of systems and are highly compatible.
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LaTex is not WYSIWYG while MS Word is WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG “What you see is What you get”
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You can focus on content instead of typesetting and layout (references, citations, figures,
equation/figure numbering, formatting is all handled by LATEX)
You can generate professional quality typeset documents.
Math is formatted as well as the best typesetting system.
It runs on all operating systems (Linux/Unix, Mac, and Windows)
It is free
In brief words
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Offline LaTex Editors
TeXworks Tex TeXstudio TeXmaker
Online LaTex Editors
ShareLaTeX Overleaf
https://beebom.com/best-latex-editors/
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TeX distributions for offline editors
The set of programs that make possible to compile TEX and LATEX documents is called a
TEX typesetting or a TEX distribution. There are many TEX distributions available for
different operating systems:
•MiKTeX for Windows
•TeX Live for Linux and other UNIX-like systems
•MacTeX redistribution of TeX Live for macOS
•teTeX for Linux and other UNIX-like systems; it is no longer actively maintained now
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No need to think about a LaTeX editor or any packages on your computer. All work is done online. Great for
LaTeX newbies.
No worries about whether you are working on the latest version of the file, you always are, because all work
is done on the ShareLaTeX servers. Great for collaborations across timezones.
If you need to talk while you’re working on your manuscript, the chat option works too!
Online over Offline
When you’re done, or need to send a version of the manuscript to someone else, it’s easy to download the
entire project (including bib files and figures) to your computer or just the PDF, which is usually enough.
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Input output
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Content
Preamble
Output file
Run *.tex file
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Run *.tex file
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Document classes in LaTex
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https://texblog.org/2013/02/13/latex-documentclass-options-illustrated/
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Title of Document
Date can use date
Run to appear
Author
name
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Document Sections
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Lists
• List are basic elements in a document, when used correctly they keep concepts organized and
structured. This article explains how to create and modify numbered and unnumbered lists in LATEX.
• amssymb environment (package) is the default LATEX method to typeset lists
• Unordered lists itemize
• Ordered lists enumerate
• Nested lists
Types of Lists
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Mathematical Expressions
usepackage{amsmath}
1. $E=m$
2. (sqrt{x^2+1})
Display mode
1. [ E=M]
2. $$ E=M$$
3. begin{equation}
E=m
end{equation}
4. begin{displaymath}
sqrt{x^2+1}
end{displaymath}
5. begin{math}
sqrt{x^2+1}
end{math}
Inline
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LaTex Symbols
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Matrices Environment
amsmath environment is the default LATEX method to typeset matrices
Matrices
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curly brackets
square brackets bmatrix [
double pipes
pipes
Bmatrix {
Vmatrix ||
vmatrix |
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Tables
tabular environment is the default LATEX method to create tables
Col Numbers and positions
Table position
flushleft or flushright
New line
cell1 cell2 cell3
cell4 cell5 cell6
cell7 cell8 cell9
output
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Figures
graphicx environment is the default LATEX method to include images and figures
graphicspath{ {./images/} }
includegraphics[width=3cm, height=4cm, angle=45, scale=0.5]{lion-logo}
command options Image name
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Labelling
Using the command to label (section, equation, table, figure and equation ) so can use it to
refer the object inside the text
label{marker}
To refer the object in text, use the command
ref{tab:d1} for tables
ref{sec:s1} for sections
ref{fig:F1} for figures
eqref{q1} for equations
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usepackage{xcolor}
And the command is
color{red}
Coloring
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References
Two methods to insert references
1. Embedded system
Reference section in article
Reference item
User defined variable to use in
reference citation inside the
text body using cite command
ex. the Donald Knuth's website cite{knuthwebsite}.
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bibliographystyle{plain}
bibliography{sample}
2. Bibliography management with Bibtex
sample.bib
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Using LaTex Journal Templates
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http://www.guide2research.com/journals/computer-vision
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Useful Links
Symbols
Write Equations, Other, More
Create Tables online
Other Useful LaTex Code
Generate Bibtex
Search Bibtex
Video tutorials on LaTex

Dr Ashwan A. Abdulmunem
Ashwan.a@uokerbala.edu.iq
17/03/2021

LaTex workshop

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