This comprehensive guide to using LaTeX is directed at Linux and UNIX users but is also the best how-to book on the use to LaTeX to prepare articles, books and theses. Unlike other LaTeX books it is especially useful for someone coming to LaTeX for the first time.
By:
Bernice S. Lipkin
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1st ed 1999. Corr. 2nd printing 1999
Dimensions:
Height: 232mm,
Width: 176mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 2.260kg
ISBN: 9780387987088
ISBN 10: 0387987088
Pages: 568
Publication Date: 11 May 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
I. Reading Latex.- 1 What A Latex Command Does.- 2 Concepts: How Latex Operates on Text.- 3 Document Classes.- II. Preparatory tasks.- 4 Constructing practice.tex, A Practice File.- 5 Setting Emacs Keys for Common Constructions.- 6 Viewing and Printing Marked Up Files.- 7 Dealing With Errors.- III. Writing Latex.- 8 Latex-Reserved Single-Character Commands.- 9 Single-Word Instructions.- 10 Newcommands and Macros.- IV. Formatting in Text Mode.- 11 Fonts.- 12 Accents, Dingbats, Standard and Nonstandard Codes.- 13 Manipulating Space.- 14 Lists.- 15 Aligning and Indenting Text.- 16 Floating Objects.- 17 Footnotes.- 18 Cross-Referencing.- 19 Literal Text and Silent Text.- V. Formatting in Math Mode.- 20 Math Symbols, Alphabets and Grammar.- 21 Single Line Math Modes.- 22 Arrays: Multi-Line Math Mode.- VI. Formatting in Box Mode.- 23 Box Mode.- VII. Enhancements to the Text.- 24 Creating Pictures and Graphics.- 25 Inserting Completed Pictures and Graphics.- VIII. Completing the Document.- 26 Bibliographic References.- 27 Making A Table of Contents.- 28 Making an Index.- 29 Creating A Glossary.- IX. Designing Style Sheets.- 30 Measurements: Counters and Lengths.- 31 A Page Template.- 32 Creating A Style Sheet.- A.2 Controlling the Processing of Files.- A.3 Summary.- B Converting Html to Latex and The Reverse.- B.1.1 The HTML Markup.- B.1.3 The Latex output.- B.2.2 The Resulting HTML Code.- B.3 Summary.- C List of References.- D Index and Glossary.
