Introduction to LaTeX

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Georgia State University

by Ozlem Tuncel, PhD

Slides

• Introduction to LaTeX by Ozlem Tuncel

Very Incomprehensive Sources for Learning LaTeX

If you need more resources on specific things, I have created this incomprehensive list of sources to learn R.

📦 : R package

⭐: Very Comprehensive Guide (and Ozlem’s Favorite)

🌐: Useful webpage or instruction

📚: Book

General Resources

• ⭐ 🌐 Packages I Wish I Knew When Starting LaTeX
• 🌐 Learn LaTeX in 30 minutes by Overleaf
• 🌐 The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
• 🌐 LaTeX Wikibooks
• 🌐 Getting started with TeX, LaTeX, and friends
• ⭐ 🌐 Getting to Grips with LaTeX
• ⭐ 🌐 LaTeX cheat sheet
• 🌐 Writing with LaTeX
• 🌐 10 Things to Know About Writing Academic Papers in LaTeX

Figures, Tables, and Others

• 🌐 Inserting Images in Overleaf
• 🌐 Inserting Images by LaTeX-Tutorial
• 🌐 Tables in Overleaf
• 🌐 LaTeX tables by LaTeX-Tutorial
• 🌐 Hyperlinks in LaTeX by Overleaf
• 🌐 LaTeX Colors

Bibliographies

• 🌐 Bibliography Management with BibTeX by Overleaf
• 🌐 BibTeX tutorial by LaTeX-Tutorial
• 🌐 BibTeX format explanation
• ⭐ 🌐 LaTeX Cheat Sheet

Presentations (Beamer)

There are several packages that are intended to be used for the creation of slides for presentations. These include prosper, beamer, and powerdot.

• ⭐ 🌐 Beamer Presentations: A Tutorial for Beginners by Overleaf
• 🌐 Beamer Introduction
• 🌐 Beamer User Guide

Posters

There are also a few packages for creating posters, including tikzposter, beamerposter, and sciposter which are intended specifically for the creation of conference posters.

• 🌐 Writing Posters with beamerposter in LaTeX [PDF]
• 🌐 Creating Posters with a0poster in LaTeX [PDF]
• 🌐 Creating Scientific Posters with beamerposter and tikzposter - Overleaf

Why use LaTeX?

• 🌐 Word vs. LaTeX
• 📑 An Argument for Learning LATEX: Benefits Beyond Typesetting

Math & Symbols

• ⭐ 🌐 The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
• 🌐 Mathematical Expressions by Overleaf
• 🌐 List of Greek letters and math symbols
• 🌐 Basic Math Symbols
• 🌐 LaTeX Mathematical Symbols

Where to Get Help - General

• ⭐ 🌐 Stack Overflow: For specific LaTeX-related questions, use the LaTeX tag.
• 🌐 LaTeX Community: A dedicated forum for LaTeX users
• 🌐 HyperText Help Page: A detailed page on commands, environments, and subjects.
• 🌐 LaTeX Command Summary
• 🌐 LaTeX CheatSheet

Subject-Specific Resources

Mathematics

• 🌐 CTAN - Mathematics
• 🌐 Getting to Grips with LaTeX: Mathematics pt. 1
• 🌐 Getting to Grips with LaTeX: Mathematics pt. 2

Natural Sciences

• 🌐 CTAN - Physics, Chemistry, and Biology
• 🌐 Guide to the chemfig Package
• 🌐 Drawing Objects for Chemistry Laboratories
• 🌐 CTAN - physics package
• 🌐 Creating Medical Pedigrees

Musicians

• 🌐 Guide to MusicTeX
• 🌐 Creating Guitar Chord Diagrams in TeX

Engineers

• 🌐 Creating Civil Engineering Diagrams

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