04948nam 2200673 a 450 991046012690332120200520144314.01-283-37659-897866133765961-84719-987-9(CKB)2670000000083460(EBL)943982(OCoLC)796383579(SSID)ssj0000523793(PQKBManifestationID)11342472(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523793(PQKBWorkID)10545412(PQKB)10217568(MiAaPQ)EBC943982(CaSebORM)9781847199867(PPN)228008263(Au-PeEL)EBL943982(CaPaEBR)ebr10467631(CaONFJC)MIL337659(EXLCZ)99267000000008346020110518d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaTeX beginner's guide[electronic resource] create high-quality and professional-looking texts, articles, and books for business and science using LaTeX /Stefan Kottwitz1st editionOlton, Birmingham Packt Pub.20111 online resource (336 p.)Learn by doing : less theory, more resultsIncludes index.1-84719-986-0 Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with LaTeX; What is LaTeX?; How we can benefit; The virtues of open source; Separation of form and content; Portability; Protection for your work; Comparing it to word processor software; What are the challenges?; Installing LaTeX; Time for action-installing TeX Live using the net; installer wizard; Time for action - installing TeX Live offline; Installation on other operating systems; Creating our first documentTime for action - writing our first document with TeXworksSummary; Chapter 2: Formatting Words, Lines, and Paragraphs; Understanding logical formatting; Time for action - titling your document; Exploring the document structure; Understanding LaTeX commands; How LaTeX reads your input; Time for action - trying out the effect of spaces, line; breaks, and empty lines; Commenting your source text; Printing out special symbols; Time for action - writing special characters in our text; Formatting text-fonts, shapes, and styles; Time for action - tuning the font shape; Choosing the font familyTime for action - switching to sans-serif and to typewriter fontsSwitching fonts; Time for action - switching the font family; Summarizing font commands and declarations; Delimiting the effect of commands; Time for action - exploring grouping by braces; Time for action - exploring font sizes; Using environments; Time for action - using an environment to adjust the font size; Saving time and effort-creating your own commands; Time for action - creating our first command using it as an; abbreviation; Gentle spacing after commands; Time for action - adding intelligent spacing to command outputCreating more universal commands-using argumentsTime for action - creating a macro for formatting keywords; Using optional arguments; Time for action - marking keywords with optional formatting; Using boxes to limit the width of paragraphs; Time for action - creating a narrow text column; Common paragraph boxes; Boxes containing more text; Time for action - using the minipage environment; Understanding environments; Breaking lines and paragraphs; Improving hyphenation; Time for action - stating division points for words; Improving the justification further; Time for action - using microtypeBreaking lines manuallyTime for action - using line breaks; Preventing linebreaks; Managing line breaks wisely; Exploring the fine details; Time for action - exploring ligatures; Understanding ligatures; Choosing the right dash; Setting dots; Time for action - using differently spaced dots; Time for action - comparing dots to ellipsis; Setting accents; Time for action - experimenting with accents; Using special characters directly in the editor; Time for action - using accents directly; Turning off full justification; Time for action - justifying a paragraph to the leftCreating ragged-left textCreate high-quality and professional-looking texts, articles, and books for Business and Science using LaTeXDocument markup languagesComputerized typesettingElectronic books.Document markup languages.Computerized typesetting.006.74Kottwitz Stefan985744MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460126903321LaTeX beginner's guide2253088UNINA