1. Presentation On LATEX
Deepak Kumar Sharma
deekysharma.wordpress.com
July 9, 2013
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2. AGENDA
How to download LATEX.
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3. AGENDA
How to download LATEX.
Learn about LATEX and how it works.
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4. AGENDA
How to download LATEX.
Learn about LATEX and how it works.
Why LATEX?
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5. Q: WHAT IS LATEX?
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6. LATEX
LATEX is a software system that produces the
professional typeset documents. LATEX was
originally written in the early 1980s by Leslie
Lamport.
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7. CONFUSED
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8. LATEX Installation
Command
sudo apt-get install texlive-full
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9. Learning Part
Basic Syntax Of LATEX
documentclass[]{}
usepackage[]{}
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begin{document}
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end{document}
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10. Learning Part
Basic Syntax Of LATEX
documentclass[12pt]{article}
usepackage{amsmath}
title{LaTeX{}}
date{today}
begin{document}
maketitle
begin{align}
E &=mc^2
m &= frac{m_0}{sqrt{1-frac{v^2}{c^2}}}
end{document}
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11. How to get an output
Save file as ”.tex”
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12. How to get an output
Save file as ”.tex”
Compile code by typing ”pdflatex abc.tex”
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13. How to get an output
Save file as ”.tex”
Compile code by typing ”pdflatex abc.tex”
Get output by typing ”evince abc.pdf”
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14. INPUT OUTPUT
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15. LATEX in Mathematics
z =
nπ
θ + ψ
2
θ + ψ
2
2
+
1
2
log
B
A
2
. (1)
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18. MASH TOWARD LATEX
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19. HADIPAAAA!!!!!!!!
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20. LATEX isn’t for everyone but it could be for you
Anyone who has used M − shWord for a reasonable
amount of time will recognise my very own Anonymous
Laws on Word:
Likelihood of a crash is directly proportional to the
importance of a document.
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21. LATEX isn’t for everyone but it could be for you
Anyone who has used M − shWord for a reasonable
amount of time will recognise my very own Anonymous
Laws on Word:
Likelihood of a crash is directly proportional to the
importance of a document.
Likelihood of a crash is directly proportional to the
duration since you last saved.
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22. LATEX isn’t for everyone but it could be for you
Anyone who has used M − shWord for a reasonable
amount of time will recognise my very own Anonymous
Laws on Word:
Likelihood of a crash is directly proportional to the
importance of a document.
Likelihood of a crash is directly proportional to the
duration since you last saved.
Likelihood of you throwing your computer out of the
window is directly proportional to the number of times
Clippy pops up.
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23. LATEX isn’t for everyone but it could be for you
Anyone who has used M − shWord for a reasonable
amount of time will recognise my very own Anonymous
Laws on Word:
Likelihood of a crash is directly proportional to the
importance of a document.
Likelihood of a crash is directly proportional to the
duration since you last saved.
Likelihood of you throwing your computer out of the
window is directly proportional to the number of times
Clippy pops up.
That’s enough laws for now...
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24. PLEASE USE ME. I AM YOUR WORD
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25. LATEX Advantages
Free
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26. LATEX Advantages
Free
Faster
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27. LATEX Advantages
Free
Faster
Available for many machines
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28. LATEX Advantages
Free
Faster
Available for many machines
The typesetting’s better, especially the maths
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29. LATEX Advantages
Free
Faster
Available for many machines
The typesetting’s better, especially the maths
You can use the editor of your choice
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30. LATEX Dis-advantages
Font selection is difficult compared to selection in Word
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31. LATEX Dis-advantages
Font selection is difficult compared to selection in Word
Without a WYSIWYG front end, it’s not always easy to find out how
to do things
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32. THANK YOU
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33. Questions?
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