Summer 2003 Class: Learning LaTeX
LaTeX (pronounced Lay-Tech or Lah-Tech) is a text markup language that can effectively process notes, chapter numbers, and other notation in a clear and consistent manner. LaTeX is needed to combat the gross ineffectiveness of programs like Microsoft Word and its kin. LaTeX offers us an alternative to frustrating problems, like never being able to understand how MSWord decides where to put a footnote or why. LaTeX can simultaneously make documents in print, PDF, and HTML form. This is particularly important because UF requires all new theses and dissertations to be in online PDF form. Learning LaTeX will prevent the frustration, confusion, and stress that accompanies ineffective programs and problems of conversion - this will save a great deal of work time and a great deal of hassle.
See the Image Lab Help on LaTeX
Schedule
Prequel Class: July 7, Monday, 3:45-4:45
- Learning Emacs to use as a good text editor for LaTeX
- Introduction to Emacs
- Key Commands
- Notes
LaTeX Class: July 8, Tuesday, 3:45-4:45
- Introduction to LaTeX
- The Preamble
- Creating A Basic Document
- Converting Your Basic Document to PDF, RTF, and HTML
- Tuesday Notes
July 9, Wednesday, 3:45-4:45
- Controlling Layout
- Tables, Lists, and Images
- Fonts, Spacing
- Wednesday Notes
July 10, Thursday, 3:45-4:45
- Working with the Thesis/Dissertation Document Formatting
- Headers, Appendices, Notes, and more!
- Thursday Notes
July 14, Monday, 3:45-4:45
- Introduction to BIBTeX
- How BIBTeX works with LaTeX
- BIBTeX Notes
Partcipants:
Mike Sansone
Brendan Riley
Cathlena Martin
Geof Gowan
Zach Whalen
Sean Fenty
Helpful Links to get started, or to go further:
A Full PDF book on LaTeX: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf
http://www.mines.edu/Academic/courses/physics/phgn384/computing/LaTeX/node8.html
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/beginlatex/beginlatex.pdf
http://www.tug.org/tutorials/tugindia/chap03-scr.pdf
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer
http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/sjbmann/tutorial.html
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/latex.html
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/04/12/latex.html
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/04/19/LivingLinux.html
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Misc/LaTeX-Tutorial/LaTeX-Home.html
http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_toc.html