ltxprimer-1.0

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The Basics	4
What is LaTeX?	4
Simple typesetting	5
Spaces	6
Quotes	7
Dashes	7
Accents	8
Special symbols	8
Text positioning	9
Fonts	10
Type style	10
Type size	12
The Document	14
Document class	14
Font size	14
Paper size	14
Page formats	15
Page style	15
Heading declarations	16
Page numbering	16
Formatting lengths	17
Parts of a document	17
Title	17
Abstract	18
Dividing the document	18
Example	19
More on sectioning commands	20
What next?	20
Bibliography	24
natbib	25
Options for natbib	26
Basic commands	26
df	1
Multiple citations	27
sdfc	27
	1
Suppressed parentheses	27
Partial citations	28
Citations aliasing	28
s	1
24	1
Selecting citation style and punctuation	28
Bibliographic Databases	30
The BibT.7exEX program	30
BibT.7exEX style files	30
Steps for running BibT.7exEX with LaTeX	31
Creating a bibliographic database	31
Example of a LaTeX file (sample.tex) using bibliographical database (bsample.bib)	33
Procedure for producing references for the above file sample.tex which uses bibliographic data base bsample.bib	34
77	36
Table of contents	36
Additional entries	36
Typesetting a contents list	37
Multiple tables of contents	38
Index	38
Simple index entries	39
Sub entries	40
Page ranges and cross-references	40
Controlling the presentation form	40
Printing those special characters	41
Glossary	41
Displayed Text	45
Borrowed words	44
Poetry in typesetting	45
Making lists	45
Saying it with bullets	46
When order matters	48
Descriptions and definitions	51
Rows and Columns	54
Keeping tabs	54
Basics	54
Pushing and popping	57
More commands	57
Tables	59
Enhancements to the tabular	67
The array package	67
The multirow package	68
tabbing vs. tabular	70
Multipage tables---The package longtable	70
And that's not all!	72
Typesetting Mathematics	74
The basics	74
Superscripts and subscripts	75
Roots	76
Mathematical symbols	77
Custom commands	78
More on mathematics	79
Single equations	79
Groups of equations	82
Numbered equations	84
Mathematics miscellany	86
Matrices	86
Dots	89
Delimiters	90
Putting one over another	92
Affixing symbols---over or under	94
New operators	98
The many faces of mathematics	99
And that is not all!	100
Symbols	100
Typesetting Theorems	106
Theorems in LaTeX	97
Designer theorems---The amsthm package	108
Ready made styles	108
Custom made theorems	109
There is more!	112
Housekeeping	115
233	18
Several Kinds of Boxes	116
LR boxes	116
Paragraph boxes with specific height	119
Nested boxes	120
Rule boxes	120
Floats	122
The figure environment	122
Creating floating figures	122
The table environment	127
gg	132
Why cross references?	132
Let LaTeX do it	132
Cross references in math	134
Pointing to a page---the package varioref	135
Pointing outside---the package xr	137
Lost the keys? Use lablst.tex	138
Footnotes, Marginpars, and Endnotes	7
Footnotes	140
Footnotes in tabular material	141
Customizing footnotes	143
Footnote style parameters	143
Marginal notes	144
Uses of marginal notes	145
Style parameters for marginal notes	145
Endnotes	145

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