1. Vereniging voor
Technische Physica
workshop 2016

2. A workshop on the academic norm
Typesetting with
A workshop on the academic norm
Wouter Hordijk | MSc physics student
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3. Contents Introduction to LaTeX What is it? Why use it? Usage of LaTeX
Obtaining LaTeX
Code structure
Example code
Practical assignment

4. ... and why would you want to use it?
LaTeX looks good to people who don't know what it is, and it looks impressive to people who do know what it is.
-- Isaac Newton --
What is
... and why would you want to use it?

5. A language rather than a program
Document markup language
Strong parallels with the principles of HTML and CSS
Actively being developed since 1978
Widely used in academics, especially in sciences
Steep learning curve

6. LaTeX is not a word processor
Markup code controls the output
What you see is what you get

7. * Free ≠ easy to pirate: we actually mean legally free of charge here
Why use LaTeX?
Professional looking document
Excellent handling of maths
Uniformity in style
Focus on content
Scalable
Portable
Free*
Exceptional layout
Where there's a will...
* Free ≠ easy to pirate: we actually mean legally free of charge here

8. Images provided by Eyolf Østrem and Dario Taraborelli
Example: ligatures
Images provided by Eyolf Østrem and Dario Taraborelli

9. Example: mathematics

10. Example: advanced mathematics

11. Example: inline mathematics

12. Scalable and portable Overview and structure for large documents
titlepage.tex
chapter1.tex
chapter2.tex
chapter3.tex
chapter4.tex
references.bib
\input
thesis.pdf
thesis.tex

13. How to get
... and how to use it

14. Obtaining LaTeX Installation on MS Windows
LaTeX distribution (includes compilers, converters and packages)
LaTeX editor (example)

15. Working with LaTeX

16. Code structure of a LaTeX document
Preamble
Choosing a document class
Defining the general markup
Defining language
Packages for fancy stuff
2. Content
Chapter / section structure
3. BibTeX
References

17. Preamble

18. Preamble Choosing a document class defining the general markup style
Packages for fancy stuff
Example for an A4 sized report:
\documentclass[a4paper]{report} \usepackage{amsmath,graphicx}
\usepackage[dutch]{babel} \begin{document}

20. Content

21. Content \chapter{Chapter} ... \section{Section}
\subsection{Subsection}
\section{Another section}

22. Available structure types
Command
Level
Comment
\part{part} -1
Not in letters
\chapter{chapter}
Only books and reports
\section{section} 1
\subsection{subsection} 2
\subsubsection{subsubsection} 3
\paragraph{paragraph} 4
\subparagraph{subparagraph} 5

23. Bibliography

24. References and citing
References go in a separate .bib file, indicated signs:
@article{Doe1932,
author = {John Doe},
title = {Title of the Article},
year = {1932},
journal = {Nature},
volume = {14},
number = {3},
pages = { } }

25. References and citing
Use internet shortcuts to get the BibTeX format.

26. References and citing
Handles are used to cite sources in the content itself:
... as proven by Author \cite{label}.
Numbering is taken care of automagically
Only cited references will appear in the bibliography

27. Environments

28. Environments for specific typesetting
General environment:
\begin[options]{environment}
content
\label{env:handle}
\end{environment}
> Mathematics and images are put in their respective environments

29. Mathematics environments
Inline environment delimited by $ signs:
... so $\lambda_1 = \sqrt{\frac{5}{2}}$ ...
Isolated mathematics:
then it is found that:
\begin{equation}
\hat{H}\ket{\psi} = E\ket{\psi}
\end{equation}

30. Environments within environments
Typesetting matrices requires a matrix environment to be put inside a mathematics environment:
\begin{equation}
A = \begin{pmatrix}
a & b \\
c & d
\end{pmatrix}
\end{equation}
The code used to typeset mathematics is (partially) included on the handout

31. Non-mathematics environments
Environment for tables:
\begin{table}
\caption{Awesome table}
\label{tab:awesome_table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c|cc}
1 & 2 & 3 \\
\hline
a & b & c
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}

32. Non-mathematics environments
Environment for images:
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{1.png}
\end{center}
\caption{Awesome image}
\label{fig:awesome_image}
\end{figure}

33. Practical assignment
learning by doing

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35. Assignment: learning by doing
Goal: typeset the provided document
Get started:
Download this presentation at
Install MikTeX and TeXstudio
Download the assignment
Extract the zip file to a new folder
Open assignment.tex in TeXstudio
Follow the instructions
Good luck and have fun