This tutorial is for those who have gone through the first and second LaTeX tutorials, and should give you the knowledge required to understand more specific LaTeX tips both on this site and on other websites. This tutorial will cover Packages and the basics of math mode. Packages Much like in programming, additional functionality can [...]
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My third LaTeX document
Posted: 30th August 2010 by Tim in LaTeXTags: address, clickable, document, include, integral, LaTeX, layout, limit, math, package, page, programming, require, summation, tutorial, url, walkthrough, website
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Rotating images in LaTeX
Posted: 19th March 2010 by Tim in LaTeXTags: display, document, figure, image, landscape, LaTeX, layout, page, rotate
Sometimes you want to display an image sideways if, for example, it’s wider than it is tall. Or sometimes you just want to show images at funny angles. Each to their own. In LaTeX, you can add parameters to the \includegraphics call (See this post on LaTeX figures to see how to add the images). [...]
Referencing in LaTeX
Posted: 12th December 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: LaTeX, layout, page, reference, referencing
One of the nice things about LaTeX is that it sorts out reference numbers for you. This is done through the use of the \label, \ref and \pageref commands. This allows us to add, remove or re-arrange elements without worrying about where they are referenced in the rest of the document The \label is a [...]
Rotating a Page in LaTeX
Posted: 25th October 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: documnet, figure, landscape, layout, page, portrait, rotate, table
Quite often you want to add a table or figure to a document which needs to be on a landscape page. You can use the pdflscape package to rotate single (or multiple) pages. Note that this works with latex as well as pdflatex. For example: \usepackage{pdflscape} … \begin{landscape} \begin{figure} \centering \includegraphics{my_figure} \label{fig:my_figure} \caption{My Figure} \end{figure} [...]
Placing borders around figures in LaTeX
Posted: 24th October 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: document, figure, image, LaTeX, layout, minipage, page
If you’re displaying a figure of pseudo-code or anything else which may blend into the text of your document, you will probably want to place a border around it to separate it. This may be done using the \fbox{} and minipage commands. In short, you’re putting the figure in a minipage and placing a border [...]
Changing font sizes in LaTeX
Posted: 1st October 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: document, font, LaTeX, layout, page, size
Changing the font sizes in LaTeX can be done quite easily without having to specify the size in pixels, points or other measurements. There are ten relative sizes which may be used (ranked from smallest to largest): \tiny \scriptsize \footnotesize \small \normalsize \large \Large \LARGE \huge \Huge There are two ways to specify the size. [...]
Integrals and Limits in LaTeX
Posted: 19th September 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: calculus, document, formatting, infinity, integral, integrals, LaTeX, layout, limits, math, page
If you’re doing calculus, you’re going to want to print out the integral symbol, and talk about limits. LaTeX makes that easy for you. In math mode (ie: between $…$, \[...\], etc), integral symbols may be added using the \int_{lower}^{upper} command. Adding \displaystyle beforehand will make the symbol large and easier to read. Limits are [...]
Highlighting Table Rows in LaTeX
Posted: 6th September 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: cell, color, colour, document, highlight, LaTeX, layout, page, row, table
Ever want to highlight table rows in a LaTeX document? Unlike most LaTeX formatting, this one’s pretty simple. First, you need to \includepackage[table]{xcolor} at the top of the LaTeX document. (You will probably need to download the package (sudo apt-get install latex-xcolor on ubuntu). Next, simply add \rowcolor{color} before the table row. Colors include red, [...]
LaTeX Footnotes
Posted: 1st September 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: code, document, footnote, LaTeX, layout, page
Adding footnotes to LaTeX is very easy. LaTeX will figure out which page to place the footnote on, correctly number the footnote and so on – all you have to do is provide the text using the \footnote{footnote text} command. For example: Michelangelo’s statue of David is one of the best known sculptures of the [...]
Large brackets in LaTeX math equations
Posted: 23rd August 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: brackets, display, document, LaTeX, layout, math, page
There are times when you need to print large brackets in equations, such as around fractions and such. Simply type \left( and \right) instead of the normal brackets. For example: \displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^\infty \left(\frac{16}{5}\right)^k would be displayed as follows:
Lining up equations in LaTeX
Posted: 16th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: align, document, LaTeX, layout, math, page, symbol
When writing up math equations, it looks much nicer if all of the equals signs are under each other. This cannot be done in the default LaTeX environment, but can be done with the amsmath package included. In order to get the equations lined up, place the group of equations between align* tags. Then, simply [...]
Therefore symbol in LaTeX
Posted: 16th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: document, LaTeX, math, page, symbol, therefore
There is no therefore symbol in the default LaTeX packages. There are (at least) two ways of getting the symbol: The package amssymb contains the \therefore symbol definition. To use, do something like: \usepackage{amssymb} … $\therefore 1 \neq 2$ Alternatively, you can create your own therefore definition: \def\therefore{ \leavevmode \lower0.1ex\hbox{$\bullet$} \kern-0.2em\raise0.7ex\hbox{$\bullet$} \kern-0.2em\lower0.2ex\hbox{$\bullet$} \thinspace} The amssymb [...]
Bold and Italic font in LaTeX
Posted: 16th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: bold, document, font, italic, italics, LaTeX, layout, page, style, text
There are two ways to make text italic in LaTeX. The first and most common method is the \emph{text here} tag. This is used for emphasizing words within a block of text. For example: The cake was \emph{huge} for a cup cake If you’re looking to italicize a whole block of text, then use the [...]
Math summation symbol in LaTeX
Posted: 15th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: document, LaTeX, layout, math, page, sigma, style, sum, summation
LaTeX is great in that it can display all those strange math symbols for you. Summation is a common symbol in math and really useful to know how to display in LaTeX. There are two ways of displaying the symbol: compressed to fit onto one line (useful when printing long equations or proofs) or in [...]
Indenting a block of text in LaTeX
Posted: 15th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: document, indent, LaTeX, layout, page, paragraph
To indent a block of text, you can use the \addtolength{length_variable}{length} command. For this task, we need to add to the \leftskip value for the block of text. For example, to indent a block of text by 5mm we would do the following: {\addtolength{\leftskip}{5mm} …indented text here… }
Drawing Horizontal Lines in LaTeX
Posted: 15th August 2009 by Tim in LaTeXTags: document, horizontal line, horizontal rule, LaTeX, layout, line, page
Lines can be drawin in LaTeX using the \line function. This takes an x-slope, y-slope and length like so: \line(x-slope,y-slope){length} To draw a horizontal line (or horizontal rule), set the x-slope to 1 and the y-slope to zero. Depending on the margins which have been set, a length of 450 will draw a line which [...]