Advanced LaTeX Short Course (last taught November 6,8,13,15 2006)

Free, cross platform editor for TeX

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Lesson 1:

Sample Thesis - a large latex example

uwthesis.sty UW Thesis style file
main.tex Main file for thesis example
abs.tex abstract to include in thesis
ack.tex acknowledgements for thesis example
chap1.tex Chapter 1 for thesis example
chap2.tex Chapter 2 for thesis example
appendix.tex Appendix for thesis example
thesis.bib Bib file for thesis example
mythesis.sty Personal Thesis style file (sample style file for your personal definitions, macros, etc.)

Optional Extras

abstract.sty style file for abstract.tex
abstract.tex separate abstract for grad school (uses abstract.sty)
tgrind.sty text grind style NOT required for sample thesis. Use it only if you would like to pretty print some code to include in an appendix e.g.

Sample Resume(s)

cv.tex (standalone latex file)
resume.sty
resamp.tex (uses resume.sty)

Modern UW Math Letterhead contributed by Michael Schroeder and Seth Meyer. Process this with pdflatex. Consists of two files:

MathLetterhead.jpg B&W scan of current Math Letterhead
Template.tex A simple TeX file with can be used to superimpose latex over the scanned letterhead.

Older UW Math Letterhead Use either Wsamp.tex with Wmath.sty or else WXsamp.tex with WXmath.sty. Both style files require W.pdf

W.pdf postscript W used in letterheadpdf
Wmath.sty W letterhead style file
Wsamp.tex sample letter
YNmath.sty variant YN letterhead style file
YNsamp.tex variant sample letter
WXmath.sty variant W letterhead style file
WXsamp.tex variant sample letter

Form Letter Package

Instructions for using this plain TeX package.
W.eps postscript W used in letterhead
autoletter.tex - for form letters
letform.tex - used by autoletter
letheads.tex - used by autoletter
neiletheads.tex variant letheads.tex (Neil Lyall)
autolabel.tex - use on 3x10 label paper
labform.tex - used by autolabel
address.tex - sample address file
alldepts.tex - All Math Depts (out of date) use with caution, it generates 10 pages of output
body.tex - sample letter body file

Lesson 2:

Graphics and Latex Useful Reference: The LaTeX Graphics Companion by Goossens, Rahtz and Mittelbach.

print.tex Printing utility for latex pictures
gxtest.tex uses graphics to include ps or pdf files
Gnuplot This free plotting program, available for Windows and linux, allows you to plot 2-d or 3-d functions which can then be imported into LateX either as a latex picture file (for simple functions) or as a jpg or pdf file for more complicated functions.
Gnuplot Tutorial
PicTeX README file
Xfig An X Windows based vector graphics drawing program. Windows users should use WinFig
Packages: graphicx and pstricks packages
PSFRAG is a package which allows you to replace markers in an eps file with e.g. symbols or mathematical expressions. Here is an example and it's associated graphics files: hat3.eps and venn.eps.
Sigurd Angenent's Lecturer Notes provide a masterful example of what you can do when you combine LaTeX with Octave (a matlab clone), XFig and psfrag.
PSFRAGX is a package which allows you to overlay latex symbols or text on an eps file. Here is an example and it's associated HOWTO file
PSTRICKS is a package which allows you to use simplified postscript commands to "draw" complex pictures while using LaTeX's math fonts.
- Here is a pstricks example which shows some of the capabilities of this package.
- Another trig.tex PStricks example showing trig functions.
- Here is a sample file which shows how to use the hyperref package to make links in pdf files and the color package to add color: artex.tex. It requires 3dpdf.pdf and contpdf.pdf

Lesson 3:

Making Slides and PDF presentations The examples below are given in historical order. If you are starting from scratch, you should try the beamer package. Remember that in order to view these properly, you need to create a pdf file from the latex sources and view it with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Macintosh Preview program will not work. Beamer and PowerDot files should be processed with pdflatex. You will need latex and ghostscript to process the Prosper files. Another alternative to beamer is the powerdot package.

Using the Seminar package to make transparencies. Here are some examples:
- semsamp2.tex - standard example
- buug.tex - example with fancy boxes
prosper Make Power-Point-like presentations with this package
- simple.tex Basic example
- math.tex Series Expansion and Math linking.
- graph.tex PStricks example
- pyth.pdf Pythagoras' theorem courtesy of prosper.
Beamer is the preferred method for creating a PDF (powerpoint like) slide show. You will need a laptop and projector beamer to use it effectively. Here are some examples
- Simple example: BeamerTour.tex and BeamerTour.pdf
- Sharon Garthwaite's example: SaltLakeCity.tex and SaltLakeCity.pdf
- Eric Malm's (Harvey Mudd): beamer-demo.tex and beamer-demo.pdf
Powerdot is another powerful presentation package. Here are some excellent examples by Kyle Novak.
- GPStalk.pdf". You'll need GPStalk.tex" and my_macros.sty"
- Kyle's Thesis defense.pdf". Here are the sources for it: defense.zip".
Posters: Use the a0poster or sciposter latex packages to create large posters. Here is another example myposter.tex. Confused about paper sizes. Look at papersizes.txt. The cheapest place to print a color poster in town is The College Library (Helen C. White) which charges $2.50 / ft^2 instead of the usual $8/ft^2. See http://college.library.wisc.edu/cmc/pages_computer/hardware.html

Lesson 4:

TBA

Guide to using movie15.sty to put movies into latex files.