Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition)

Describes how to use the text-preparation system to create documents, covering such topics as inputting text, symbols, and mathematics; how to include graphics; using LATEX with HTML and XML; and PDF outputing. Title ......Page 1 Preface vii......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 I Basics......Page 13 1.1 Just what is LATEX?......Page 15 1.2 Markup Languages......Page 16 1.3 TEX and its offspring......Page 18 1.4 How to use this book......Page 22 1.5 Basics of a LATEX file......Page 23 1.6 TEX processing procedure......Page 26 2.1 Command names and arguments......Page 29 2.2 Environments......Page 31 2.3 Declarations......Page 32 2.4 Lengths......Page 33 2.5 Special characters......Page 34 2.6 Exercises......Page 39 2.7 Fine-tuning text......Page 40 2.8 Word division......Page 46 3.1 Document class......Page 49 3.2 Page style......Page 54 3.3 Parts of the document......Page 64 3.4 Table of contents......Page 70 4.1 Changing font......Page 73 4.2 Centering and indenting......Page 79 4.3 Lists......Page 81 4.4 Generalized lists......Page 86 4.5 Theorem-like declarations......Page 92 4.6 Tabulator stops......Page 93 4.7 Boxes......Page 97 4.8 Tables......Page 107 4.9 Printing literal text......Page 122 4.10 Footnotes and marginal notes......Page 124 4.11 Comments within text......Page 130 5.1 Mathematical environments......Page 131 5.2 Main elements of math mode......Page 132 5.3 Mathematical symbols......Page 136 5.4 Additional elements......Page 142 5.5 Fine-tuning mathematics......Page 157 5.6 Beyond standard LATEX......Page 163 6.1 The graphics packages......Page 165 6.2 Adding color......Page 178 7.1 Float placement......Page 181 7.3 Style parameters for floats......Page 183 7.4 Float captions......Page 185 7.5 Float examples......Page 186 7.6 References to figures and tables in text......Page 189 7.7 Some float packages......Page 190 8.1 Counters......Page 193 8.2 Lengths......Page 196 8.3 User-defined commands......Page 197 8.4 User-defined environments......Page 207 8.5 Some comments on user-defined structures......Page 212 II Beyond the Basics......Page 217 9.1 Processing parts of a document......Page 219 9.2 In-text references......Page 225 9.3 Bibliographies......Page 228 9.4 Keyword index......Page 237 10.1 LATEX and PostScript......Page 243 10.2 Portable Document Format......Page 248 11 Multilingual LATEX......Page 263 11.1 The babel system......Page 264 11.2 Contents of the language.dat file......Page 268 12 Math Extensions with AMS-LATEX......Page 269 12.2 Standard features of AMS-LATEX......Page 270 12.3 Further AMS-LATEX packages......Page 292 12.4 The AMS fonts......Page 295 13.1 The picture environment......Page 299 13.2 Extended pictures......Page 314 13.3 Other drawing packages......Page 319 14.1 The BIBTEX program......Page 321 14.2 Creating a bibliographic database......Page 323 14.3 Customizing bibliography styles......Page 333 15 Presentation Material......Page 335 15.1 Slide production with SLITEX......Page 336 15.2 Slide production with seminar......Page 342 15.3 Electronic documents for screen viewing......Page 352 15.4 Special effects with PDF......Page 355 16.1 The LATEX letter class......Page 363 16.2 A house letter style......Page 368 16.3 A model letter customization......Page 371 Appendices......Page 0 A The New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS)......Page 379 A.1 The NFSS encoding schemes......Page 380 A.3 Attributes of the Computer Modern fonts......Page 382 A.3 Installing fonts with NFSS......Page 384 B.1 Installing LATEX......Page 393 B.3 TEX directory structure......Page 399 B.4 The CTAN server......Page 401 B.5 Additional standard files......Page 403 B.6 The various LATEX files......Page 408 C.1 Basic structure of error messages......Page 413 C.2 Some sample errors......Page 421 C.3 List of LATEX error messages......Page 427 C.4 TEX error messages......Page 436 C.5 Warnings......Page 441 C.6 Search for subtle errors......Page 447 D.1 Class and package files......Page 449 D.2 LATEX programming commands......Page 452 D.3 Sample packages......Page 463 D.4 Changing preprogrammed text......Page 471 D.5 Direct typing of special letters......Page 473 D.1 Input coding schemes for inputenc package......Page 474 E LATEX and World Wide Web......Page 487 E.1 Converting to HTML......Page 488 E.2 The Extensible Markup Language: XML......Page 490 E.3 The techexplorer Hypermedia Browser......Page 493 F.1 The 2.09 preamble......Page 495 F.2 Font selection......Page 496 F.3 Obsolete means obsolete......Page 497 G.1 Font metrics and bitmaps......Page 499 G.2 Computer Modern fonts......Page 500 G.3 The METAFONT program......Page 509 G.4 Extended Computer fonts......Page 510 G.5 PostScript fonts......Page 515 G.3 Encoding suffixes......Page 517 H.1 Brief description of the LATEX commands......Page 519 H.4 LATEX 2.09 font declarations......Page 607 Bibliography......Page 617 Index......Page 619 List of Tables......Page 11 10.1 The psnfss packages and their fonts......Page 246 10.2 Acrobat menu actions......Page 260 A.2 The NFSS series attributes......Page 381 D.2 Alternative commands for special symbols......Page 475 G.1 Computer Modern text fonts......Page 503 G.2 Root names of the 35 standard PostScript fonts......Page 516 H.10 Greek letters......Page 608 H.14 Brackets......Page 609 H.18 Function names......Page 610 H.21 AMS binary operation symbols......Page 611 H.24 AMS relational symbols......Page 612 H.26 Miscellaneous AMS symbols......Page 613 List of Figures......Page 12 1.1 Sample display with the WinEdt editor......Page 28 3.1 Page layout parameters......Page 60 3.2 Sample title page......Page 65 4.1 The list parameters......Page 88 6.1 An embellished image file......Page 172 10.1 Output produced by pdfTEX with the hyperref package......Page 252 13.1 Comparison of eepic with eepicemu......Page 318 15.2 Title page of a pdfscreen document......Page 353 B.1 The TEXLive welcome......Page 395 B.2 The TEXLive documentation browser......Page 396 B.3 The TDS directory tree......Page 400 B.4 Partial directory tree of CTAN servers......Page 402 E.1 Example of TEX4ht and techexplorer output......Page 494 H.1 Single column page format......Page 614 H.2 Double column page format......Page 615 H.3 Format of the list environment......Page 616 This Is A Completely Revised Edition Of The Best-selling Guide To Latex Document Preparation. Helmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 561-562) And Index.