Beginning LaTeX
(URL http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Misc/LaTeX-Tutorial/LaTeX-Home.html)
This is the Home Page for the Beginning LaTeX tutorial. You can
start here to link to any other section in the tutorial as you need
to, or you can begin here and work through the tutorial step by
step.
Keep in mind that this tutorial is basically for learning how to
input, format, and print LaTeX documents. It will not go into any
depth on how to use the tools associated with LaTeX (such as
emacs-19, UNIX, Mosaicp, or Textures), but it will
give you the minimum you'll need to produce a LaTeX document.
Basics to Getting Started
There is a document containing the
basic instructions for getting started. It shows you how to
sign on to the UNIX system and start XWindows, how to use the
basic tools you need to create and format LaTeX documents, and
how to copy the sample files for the tutorial.
If you use a Mac and want to create your LaTeX files there and
later Fetch them to the UNIX system, you can find out a bit about
using Textures on a Mac.
Here are the conventions used in this tutorial.
- italics = user choice of input
- boldface = emphasis
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typewriter font = LaTeX input or commands
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=
links to the solution for a given problem
Sections of the LaTeX Tutorial
The following are the sections to the LaTeX tutorial.
Introducing LaTeX
- Topics: What is LaTeX, how it works, previewing a LaTeX
document, and basic document structure.
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Fonts, Scope, and Symbols
- Topics: fonts, scope (braces), symbols ("reserved" symbols),
verbatim
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Errors, Lists, and Lines
- Topics: errors - over/underfull hbox, runaway arguments,
"?" prompt; lists - enumerate, itemize, description;
lines - line breaks, center, flush left or right
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Quotations, Large Documents, and Footnotes
- Topics: quote, quotation, other special symbols,
sections, subsections, title page, and footnotes
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Spacing, Lengths, and Tables
- Topics: fullpage, double spacing, blank space, and tables
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Math-Mode
- Topics: super/subscripts, fractions, Greek letters,
dots, caligraphy, symbols, over/underline, over/under
braces, summation, spacing, arrays
Go to Introducing LaTeX
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Go to Departmental Home Page
If you have any questions or problems, send mail to
www@cs.cornell.edu.
Last modified 19 Jan 1995 by Denise Moore (denise@cs.cornell.edu).