FeaturesHow it works

UsageAdvances and Drawbacks

Conclusion

Introduction to LATEX

Minh Hoang TOhoang281283@gmail.com

August 27, 2009

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UsageAdvances and Drawbacks

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Table of Contents

1 FeaturesDocumentingExport to Other Formats

2 How it worksDocument StructureTeX Compiler

3 UsageLight DocumentLarge and Complex Document

4 Advances and DrawbacksAdvancesDrawbacks

5 Conclusion

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DocumentingExport to Other Formats

Documenting Features

Highlighted features

Support various document types

Nice and easy to control font, layout

Powerful to big, complex documents

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DocumentingExport to Other Formats

Export to Other Formats

LaTex documents could be converted into

Pdf

PS

DVI

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Document StructureTeX Compiler

Document Structure

LaTeX document bases on TeX1 language and LaTex2 macros

Final Document = Compiler .compile(LaTex Document) (1)

LaTex Document = LaTeX + common text (2)

LaTex = TeX macros (3)

1TeX was first introduced by Donald Knuth, mathematician at Stanford2LaTeX was developed mainly by Leslie Lamport, an American computer

scientist

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Document StructureTeX Compiler

Tex Compiler

Commonly used compilers

Texlive

MikTex

MacTex

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Light DocumentLarge and Complex Document

Light Document

Light documents commonly built in LATEX

Presentation

Report

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Light DocumentLarge and Complex Document

Large and Complex Document

Large documents commonly built in LATEX

Research paper

Reference documentation

Book

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AdvancesDrawbacks

Advances

Generate nicer documents than other documenting tool

Avoid hardcoded layout

Switch document structure with ease

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AdvancesDrawbacks

Drawbacks

Difficult to use at the beginning

Lack of high-level visual features

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Conclusion

Last words

Tend to try LaTeX?

Up to you the choice

Thanks for your attention!