LaTeX Beginner's Guide
Create visually appealing texts, articles, and books for business and science using LaTeX
2nd Edition
Published on 6. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
354 pages
978-1-80107-865-8 (ISBN)
Description
A newer, fully updated LaTeX Beginner's Guide, Third Edition, is available. It covers modern LaTeX features: advanced PDF capabilities, automation for large documents, and AI-powered tools for troubleshooting and productivity
Key Features
Get a hands-on introduction to LaTeX using fully explained examples to advance from beginner to LaTeX professional quickly
Write impressive mathematical, scientific, and business papers or theses using LaTeX
Explore LaTeX online
Book DescriptionLaTeX is high-quality open source typesetting software that produces professional prints and PDF files. It's a powerful and complex tool with a multitude of features, so getting started can be intimidating. However, once you become comfortable with LaTeX, its capabilities far outweigh any initial challenges, and this book will help you with just that!
The LaTeX Beginner's Guide will make getting started with LaTeX easy. If you are writing mathematical, scientific, or business papers, or have a thesis to write, this is the perfect book for you. With the help of fully explained examples, this book offers a practical introduction to LaTeX with plenty of step-by-step examples that will help you achieve professional-level results in no time. You'll learn to typeset documents containing tables, figures, formulas, and common book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes, and go on to manage complex documents and use modern PDF features. You'll also get to grips with using macros and styles to maintain a consistent document structure while saving typing work.
By the end of this LaTeX book, you'll have learned how to fine-tune text and page layout, create professional-looking tables, include figures, present complex mathematical formulas, manage complex documents, and benefit from modern PDF features.What you will learn
Make the most of LaTeX s powerful features to produce professionally designed texts
Download, install, and set up LaTeX and use additional styles, templates, and tools
Typeset math formulas and scientific expressions to the highest standards
Understand how to include graphics and work with figures and tables
Discover professional fonts and modern PDF features
Work with book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes
Typeset documents containing tables, figures, and formulas
Who this book is forIf you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction to LaTeX. School and university students will find this easy-to-follow LaTeX guide helpful, as will mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and humanists. Anybody with high expectations from their software will discover how easy it is to leverage LaTeX's high performance for creating documents.
Key Features
Get a hands-on introduction to LaTeX using fully explained examples to advance from beginner to LaTeX professional quickly
Write impressive mathematical, scientific, and business papers or theses using LaTeX
Explore LaTeX online
Book DescriptionLaTeX is high-quality open source typesetting software that produces professional prints and PDF files. It's a powerful and complex tool with a multitude of features, so getting started can be intimidating. However, once you become comfortable with LaTeX, its capabilities far outweigh any initial challenges, and this book will help you with just that!
The LaTeX Beginner's Guide will make getting started with LaTeX easy. If you are writing mathematical, scientific, or business papers, or have a thesis to write, this is the perfect book for you. With the help of fully explained examples, this book offers a practical introduction to LaTeX with plenty of step-by-step examples that will help you achieve professional-level results in no time. You'll learn to typeset documents containing tables, figures, formulas, and common book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes, and go on to manage complex documents and use modern PDF features. You'll also get to grips with using macros and styles to maintain a consistent document structure while saving typing work.
By the end of this LaTeX book, you'll have learned how to fine-tune text and page layout, create professional-looking tables, include figures, present complex mathematical formulas, manage complex documents, and benefit from modern PDF features.What you will learn
Make the most of LaTeX s powerful features to produce professionally designed texts
Download, install, and set up LaTeX and use additional styles, templates, and tools
Typeset math formulas and scientific expressions to the highest standards
Understand how to include graphics and work with figures and tables
Discover professional fonts and modern PDF features
Work with book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes
Typeset documents containing tables, figures, and formulas
Who this book is forIf you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction to LaTeX. School and university students will find this easy-to-follow LaTeX guide helpful, as will mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and humanists. Anybody with high expectations from their software will discover how easy it is to leverage LaTeX's high performance for creating documents.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
661 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80107-865-8 (9781801078658)
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Stefan Kottwitz studied mathematics in Jena and Hamburg. He works as a network and IT security engineer for Lufthansa Industry Solutions.
For many years, he has been providing LaTeX support on online forums. He maintains multiple web forums, Q&A sites, and runs TeX graphics gallery sites. Stefan is a moderator on TeX Stack Exchange, part of the Stack Overflow network, and on matheplanet. He publishes ideas and news from the TeX world on his blogs.
Besides LaTeX Beginner's Guide, he wrote LaTeX Cookbook and LaTeX Graphics with TikZ, both also translated and published in Japanese.
For many years, he has been providing LaTeX support on online forums. He maintains multiple web forums, Q&A sites, and runs TeX graphics gallery sites. Stefan is a moderator on TeX Stack Exchange, part of the Stack Overflow network, and on matheplanet. He publishes ideas and news from the TeX world on his blogs.
Besides LaTeX Beginner's Guide, he wrote LaTeX Cookbook and LaTeX Graphics with TikZ, both also translated and published in Japanese.
Content
Table of Contents
Getting Started with LaTeX
Formatting Text and Creating Macros
Designing Pages
Creating Lists
Including Images
Creating Tables
Using Cross-References
Listing Content and References
Writing Math Formulas
Using Fonts
Developing Large Documents
Enhancing Your Documents Further
Troubleshooting
Using Online Resources
Getting Started with LaTeX
Formatting Text and Creating Macros
Designing Pages
Creating Lists
Including Images
Creating Tables
Using Cross-References
Listing Content and References
Writing Math Formulas
Using Fonts
Developing Large Documents
Enhancing Your Documents Further
Troubleshooting
Using Online Resources