1. J. Gardner LaTeX Quick Reference http://dataninja.wordpress.com
Verbatim can use multiple file types – eps, pdf, jpg,
Basic Commands begin{verbatim} png
... same rules for referencing and positioning
Notes end{verbatim}
= line break as table environment
use for typesetting code
bigskip, medskip, smallskip to increase use verb+stuff here+ for inline verbatim Footnote
size of line break environment (any delimiter works) Normal textfootnote{Contents}.
hangindent=.5in before a paragraph forces thanks{text} can be used to insert
a hanging indent Verse attribution footnote with * at beginning
% = comment begin{verse}
run LaTeX twice if any references, First line Theorem
Second line newthoerem{name}[counter]{text}
citations or tables of contents are used. [section]
end{verse}
Preamble lines have hanging indents begin{name}{text}
usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} for ...
tree-saving margins Quote end{name}
begin{quote} “text” is what gets printed, “name” is the
usepackage{setspace} doublespacing for ...
double-spaced documents reference
end{quote} Use newtheorem*{…} for unnumbered
Document template Table Precede newtheorem with
documentclass{article} begin{table}[htbp] theoremstyle{plain, remark, …}
usepackage[options]{packagename begin{center} Requires usepackage{amsthm}
} begin{tabular}{ccc}
author{Name} 0 & 0 & 0 Math
title{Title} 0 & 0 & 0
date{Date} end{tabular} Inline formula
begin{document} caption{default} $x+y$
maketitle end{center}
... Display formulas
label{defaulttable} [x+y]
end{document} end{table}
Document structure multicolumn{3}{c}{Column Header} Equation environment
section{Name} begin{tabular}{|llr|} to put vertical lines begin{equation}
subsection{Name} on either side and to make the first x=y
label{whatever}
subsubsection{Name} columns left-aligned and the thirds right-
paragraph{Name} end{equation}
aligned
subparagraph{Name} use hline to make a horizontal line Equation array environment
section*{Name} suppresses numbering [htbp] specifies position preferences – h: begin{eqnarray}
tableofcontents generates the TOC here; t:top; b:bottom; p: special page for a&=&b+c
just float objects – in order specified d&=&e+f
Font styles label{whatever}
bold: textbf{stuff} use ref{defaulttable} to reference the table
use p{2in} to create a paragraph columns end{eqnarray}
italic: emph{stuff} aligns equations at = signs
typewriter: texttt{stuff} use [3pt] to adjust spacing between rows
nonumber suppresses number on specified
Cite Longtable line
cite{cite-key} begin{longtable}{lrr}
caption{text} Key mathematical symbols
works with BibTeX and thebibliography superscript: x^2; subscript: x_2
1 & 2
Quick bibliography endhead fraction: frac{x}{y} = x/y
begin{thebibliography}{99} 3 & 4 Greek letters: alpha, beta, gamma, etc.
bibitem{cite-key} Citation. label{text} decorations: hat{x}, bar{x}, tilde{x},
end{thebibliography} end{longtable} vec{a}. dot{a}, stackrel{a}{b} puts a
Use for multipage tables over b
BibTeX bibliography Requires usepackage{longtable}
bibliographystyle{plain} rightarrow, leftarrow, Rightarrow
bibliography{database} Automatically centered and positioned (double arrow), Leftrightarrow
database is a .bib file stored externally Text before endhead is repeated across leq less than or equal to, geq
plain, unsrt, abbrev are default pagebreaks fences: left(, right), left[, etc.
bibliography styles Graphics Matrix
begin{figure}[htbp] left[begin{array}{ccc}
Environments begin{center} a&b&c
includegraphics{Graphic.pdf} d&e&f
Lists caption{example caption}
begin{itemize} end{array}right]
label{fig:example}
item Thing
end{center}
end{itemize}
end{figure}
produces a bulleted list requires graphicx package
use begin{enumerate} for a numbered list