LaTeX in 24 Hours: A Practical Guide for Scientific Writing

Preface
About the Author
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Introduction
1.1 What Is LaTeX?
1.2 Why LaTeX Over Other Word Processors?
1.3 How to Prepare a LaTeX Input File?
1.4 How to Compile a LaTeX Input File?
1.5 LaTeX Syntax
1.5.1 Commands
1.5.2 Environments
1.5.3 Packages
1.6 Keyboard Characters in LaTeX
1.7 How to Read this Book?
2 Fonts Selection
2.1 Text-Mode Fonts
2.2 Math-Mode Fonts
2.3 Emphasized Fonts
2.4 Colored Fonts
3 Formatting Texts I
3.1 Sectional Units
3.2 Labeling and Referring Numbered Items
3.3 Texts Alignment
3.4 Quoted Texts
3.5 New Lines and Paragraphs
3.5.1 Creating New Lines
3.5.2 Creating New Paragraphs
3.6 Creating and Filling Blank Space
3.7 Producing Dashes Within Texts
3.8 Preventing Line Break*
3.9 Adjusting Blank Space After a Period Mark*
3.10 Hyphenating a Word*
4 Formatting Texts II
4.1 Increasing Depth of Sectional Units*
4.2 Changing Titles and Counters of Sectional Units*
4.3 Multiple Columns
4.3.1 Multiple Columns Related Parameters
4.3.2 A Flexible Approach to Generate Multiple Columns
4.4 Mini Pages
4.5 Foot Notes
4.5.1 Foot Notes in Mini Pages*
4.5.2 Altering the Pattern of Foot Notes*
4.6 Marginal Notes*
5 Page Layout and Style
5.1 Page Layout
5.1.1 Standard Page Layout
5.1.2 Formatting Page Layout*
5.1.3 Increasing the Height of a Page*
5.2 Page Style
5.3 Running Header and Footer
5.3.1 Header with the headings Style
5.3.2 Header with the myheadings Style
5.3.3 Header and Footer with the fancy Style Under the fancyheadings Package*
5.3.4 Header and Footer with the fancy Style Under the fancyhdr Package*
5.4 Page Breaking and Adjustment
5.5 Page Numbering
6 Listing and Tabbing Texts
6.1 Listing Texts
6.1.1 Numbered Listing Through the enumerate Environment
6.1.2 Unnumbered Listing Through the itemize Environment
6.1.3 Listing with User-Defined Labels Through the description Environment
6.1.4 Nesting Different Listing Environments
6.1.5 Indentation of Listed Items*
6.2 Tabbing Texts Through the tabbing Environment
6.2.1 Adjusting Column Width in the tabbing Environment
6.2.2 Adjusting Alignment of Columns in the tabbing Environment*
7 Table Preparation I
7.1 Table Through the tabular Environment
7.2 Table Through the tabularx Environment
7.3 Vertical Positioning of Tables
7.4 Sideways (Rotated) Texts in Tables*
7.5 Adjusting Column Width in Tables*
7.6 Additional Provisions for Customizing Columns of Tables*
7.7 Merging Rows and Columns of Tables
7.8 Table Wrapped by Texts*
7.9 Table with Colored Background*
8 Table Preparation II
8.1 Nested Tables*
8.2 Column Alignment About Decimal Point*
8.3 Side-by-Side Tables*
8.4 Sideways (Rotated) Table*
8.5 Long Table on Multiple Pages*
8.6 Tables in Multi-column Documents
8.7 Foot Notes in Tables*
8.8 Changing Printing Format of Tables*
8.9 Tables at the End of a Document
9 Figure Insertion
9.1 Commands and Environment for Inserting Figures
9.2 Inserting a Simple Figure
9.3 Side-by-Side Figures*
9.4 Sub-numbering a Group of Figures
9.5 Figure Wrapped by Texts*
9.6 Rotated Figure
9.7 Mathematical Notations in Figures*
9.8 Figures in Tables*
9.9 Figures in Multi-column Documents
9.10 Changing Printing Format of Figures*
9.11 Figures at the End of a Document
9.12 Editing LaTeX Input File Involving Many Figures*
10 Figure Drawing
10.1 Circles and Circular Arcs
10.2 Straight Lines and Vectors*
10.3 Curves*
10.4 Oval Boxes*
10.5 Texts in Figures*
10.6 Compound Figures*
11 Equation Writing I
11.1 Basic Mathematical Notations and Delimiters
11.2 Mathematical Operators
11.3 Mathematical Expressions in Text-Mode
11.4 Simple Equations
11.4.1 Eliminating Equation Numbering
11.4.2 Overwriting Equation Numbering
11.4.3 Changing Printing Format of Equations*
11.5 Array of Equations
11.6 Left Aligning an Equation*
11.7 Sub-numbering a Set of Equations*
12 Equation Writing II
12.1 Texts and Blank Space in Math-Mode
12.2 Conditional Expression
12.3 Evaluation of Functional Values
12.4 Splitting an Equation into Multiple Lines*
12.5 Vector and Matrix
12.6 Overlining and Underlining
12.7 Stacking Terms*
12.8 Side-by-Side Equations*
13 User-Defined Macros
13.1 Defining New Commands
13.1.1 New Commands Without Argument
13.1.2 New Commands with Mandatory Arguments
13.1.3 New Commands with Optional Arguments
13.2 Redefining Existing Commands*
13.3 Defining New Environments
13.3.1 New Environments Without Argument
13.3.2 New Environments with Arguments
13.3.3 Theorem-Like Environments
13.3.4 Floating Environments for Textual Materials*
13.4 Redefining Existing Environments*
14 Bibliography with LaTeX
14.1 Preparation of Bibliographic Reference Database
14.2 Citing Bibliographic References
14.3 Compiling thebibliography Based LaTeX Input File
15 Bibliography with the BIBTeX Program
15.1 Preparation of BIBTeX Compatible Reference Database
15.2 Standard Bibliographic Styles of LATEX
15.3 Use of the natbib Package
15.4 Compiling BIBTeX based LaTeX Input File
15.5 Editing the .bbl File*
15.6 Multiple Bibliographies*
16 Lists of Contents and Index
16.1 Lists of Contents
16.1.1 Information to the Lists of Contents
16.1.2 Formatting Lists of Contents*
16.1.3 Multiple Lists of Contents*
16.1.4 Compiling LaTeX Input File Having Lists of Contents
16.2 Making Index
16.2.1 Indexing Terms
16.2.2 Some Guidelines on Indexing
16.2.3 Compiling a LaTeX Input File Having Index
17 Miscellaneous I
17.1 Boxed Items
17.1.1 Texts in Plain Boxes
17.1.2 Texts in Color Boxes
17.1.3 Mathematical Expressions in Boxes
17.1.4 Paragraphs in Boxes*
17.1.5 Set of Items in a Box
17.2 Rotated Items*
17.3 Items at Different Levels and Forms*
17.4 Geometric Transformation of Items*
18 Miscellaneous II
18.1 Horizontal Rules and Dots
18.2 Hyperlinking Referred and Cited Items
18.3 Current Date and Time*
18.4 Highlighted Texts*
18.5 Verbatim Texts
18.5.1 Boxed and Listed Verbatim Texts
18.5.2 Verbatim Texts with LaTeX Commands*
18.6 Fragile Commands
18.7 Watermarking on Pages*
18.8 Logo in Header and Footer*
18.9 Paragraphs in Different Forms*
19 Letter and Article
19.1 Letter Writing
19.2 Article Preparation
19.2.1 List of Authors
19.2.2 Title and Abstract on Separate Pages
19.2.3 Left Aligned Title and List of Authors*
19.2.4 Articles in Multiple Columns
19.2.5 Section-Wise Numbering of Items*
19.2.6 Dividing an Article into Parts*
20 Book and Report
20.1 Template of a Book
20.2 Book Preparation Using a Root File
20.3 Dividing a Book into Parts*
20.4 Compilation of a Book
20.4.1 Executable File for Compiling a Book*
20.4.2 Partial Compilation of a Book*
21 Slide Preparation I
21.1 Frames in Presentation
21.2 Sectional Units in Presentation
21.3 Presentation Structure
21.3.1 Title Page
21.3.2 Presentation Contents
21.3.3 Bibliographic Reference Page
21.4 Appearance of a Presentation (BEAMER Themes)
21.4.1 Presentation Theme
21.4.2 Color Theme*
21.4.3 Font Theme*
21.4.4 Inner Theme*
21.4.5 Outer Theme*
21.5 Frame Customization*
21.5.1 Logo in Frames
21.5.2 Font Type
21.5.3 Frame Size
21.5.4 Frame Shrinking
21.5.5 Removal of Headline/Footline and Sidebar
21.5.6 Frame Breaking
22 Slide Preparation II
22.1 Piece-Wise Presentation (BEAMER Overlays)
22.1.1 Table of Contents
22.1.2 Uncovering Sequentially Using the \pause Command
22.1.3 Uncovering Sequentially Using the Incremental Specification <+->
22.1.4 Other Piece-Wise Presentation Specifications*
22.2 Environments in BEAMER Class*
22.3 Table and Figure in Presentation*
22.4 Dividing a Frame Column-Wise*
22.5 Repeating Slides in Presentation*
22.6 Jumping (Hyperlink) to Other Slides*
23 Error and Warning Messages
23.1 Error Message
23.2 Warning Message
23.3 Error Without Any Message
23.4 Tips for Debugging
24 Exercise
A Symbols and Notations
A.1 Text-Mode Accents and Symbols
A.2 Math-Mode Symbols
Bibliography
Index