LaTeX in 24 Hours: A Practical Guide for Scientific Writing

Preface
About the Author
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Introduction
	1.1 What Is LaTeX?
	1.2 Why LaTeX Over Other Word Processors?
	1.3 How to Prepare a LaTeX Input File?
	1.4 How to Compile a LaTeX Input File?
	1.5 LaTeX Syntax
		1.5.1 Commands
		1.5.2 Environments
		1.5.3 Packages
	1.6 Keyboard Characters in LaTeX
	1.7 How to Read this Book?
2 Fonts Selection
	2.1 Text-Mode Fonts
	2.2 Math-Mode Fonts
	2.3 Emphasized Fonts
	2.4 Colored Fonts
3 Formatting Texts I
	3.1 Sectional Units
	3.2 Labeling and Referring Numbered Items
	3.3 Texts Alignment
	3.4 Quoted Texts
	3.5 New Lines and Paragraphs
		3.5.1 Creating New Lines
		3.5.2 Creating New Paragraphs
	3.6 Creating and Filling Blank Space
	3.7 Producing Dashes Within Texts
	3.8 Preventing Line Break*
	3.9 Adjusting Blank Space After a Period Mark*
	3.10 Hyphenating a Word*
4 Formatting Texts II
	4.1 Increasing Depth of Sectional Units*
	4.2 Changing Titles and Counters of Sectional Units*
	4.3 Multiple Columns
		4.3.1 Multiple Columns Related Parameters
		4.3.2 A Flexible Approach to Generate Multiple Columns
	4.4 Mini Pages
	4.5 Foot Notes
		4.5.1 Foot Notes in Mini Pages*
		4.5.2 Altering the Pattern of Foot Notes*
	4.6 Marginal Notes*
5 Page Layout and Style
	5.1 Page Layout
		5.1.1 Standard Page Layout
		5.1.2 Formatting Page Layout*
		5.1.3 Increasing the Height of a Page*
	5.2 Page Style
	5.3 Running Header and Footer
		5.3.1 Header with the headings Style
		5.3.2 Header with the myheadings Style
		5.3.3 Header and Footer with the fancy Style Under the fancyheadings Package*
		5.3.4 Header and Footer with the fancy Style Under the fancyhdr Package*
	5.4 Page Breaking and Adjustment
	5.5 Page Numbering
6 Listing and Tabbing Texts
	6.1 Listing Texts
		6.1.1 Numbered Listing Through the enumerate Environment
		6.1.2 Unnumbered Listing Through the itemize Environment
		6.1.3 Listing with User-Defined Labels Through  the description Environment
		6.1.4 Nesting Different Listing Environments
		6.1.5 Indentation of Listed Items*
	6.2 Tabbing Texts Through the tabbing Environment
		6.2.1 Adjusting Column Width in the tabbing Environment
		6.2.2 Adjusting Alignment of Columns in the tabbing Environment*
7 Table Preparation I
	7.1 Table Through the tabular Environment
	7.2 Table Through the tabularx Environment
	7.3 Vertical Positioning of Tables
	7.4 Sideways (Rotated) Texts in Tables*
	7.5 Adjusting Column Width in Tables*
	7.6 Additional Provisions for Customizing  Columns of Tables*
	7.7 Merging Rows and Columns of Tables
	7.8 Table Wrapped by Texts*
	7.9 Table with Colored Background*
8 Table Preparation II
	8.1 Nested Tables*
	8.2 Column Alignment About Decimal Point*
	8.3 Side-by-Side Tables*
	8.4 Sideways (Rotated) Table*
	8.5 Long Table on Multiple Pages*
	8.6 Tables in Multi-column Documents
	8.7 Foot Notes in Tables*
	8.8 Changing Printing Format of Tables*
	8.9 Tables at the End of a Document
9 Figure Insertion
	9.1 Commands and Environment for Inserting Figures
	9.2 Inserting a Simple Figure
	9.3 Side-by-Side Figures*
	9.4 Sub-numbering a Group of Figures
	9.5 Figure Wrapped by Texts*
	9.6 Rotated Figure
	9.7 Mathematical Notations in Figures*
	9.8 Figures in Tables*
	9.9 Figures in Multi-column Documents
	9.10 Changing Printing Format of Figures*
	9.11 Figures at the End of a Document
	9.12 Editing LaTeX Input File Involving Many Figures*
10 Figure Drawing
	10.1 Circles and Circular Arcs
	10.2 Straight Lines and Vectors*
	10.3 Curves*
	10.4 Oval Boxes*
	10.5 Texts in Figures*
	10.6 Compound Figures*
11 Equation Writing I
	11.1 Basic Mathematical Notations and Delimiters
	11.2 Mathematical Operators
	11.3 Mathematical Expressions in Text-Mode
	11.4 Simple Equations
		11.4.1 Eliminating Equation Numbering
		11.4.2 Overwriting Equation Numbering
		11.4.3 Changing Printing Format of Equations*
	11.5 Array of Equations
	11.6 Left Aligning an Equation*
	11.7 Sub-numbering a Set of Equations*
12 Equation Writing II
	12.1 Texts and Blank Space in Math-Mode
	12.2 Conditional Expression
	12.3 Evaluation of Functional Values
	12.4 Splitting an Equation into Multiple Lines*
	12.5 Vector and Matrix
	12.6 Overlining and Underlining
	12.7 Stacking Terms*
	12.8 Side-by-Side Equations*
13 User-Defined Macros
	13.1 Defining New Commands
		13.1.1 New Commands Without Argument
		13.1.2 New Commands with Mandatory Arguments
		13.1.3 New Commands with Optional Arguments
	13.2 Redefining Existing Commands*
	13.3 Defining New Environments
		13.3.1 New Environments Without Argument
		13.3.2 New Environments with Arguments
		13.3.3 Theorem-Like Environments
		13.3.4 Floating Environments for Textual Materials*
	13.4 Redefining Existing Environments*
14 Bibliography with LaTeX
	14.1 Preparation of Bibliographic Reference Database
	14.2 Citing Bibliographic References
	14.3 Compiling thebibliography Based LaTeX Input File
15 Bibliography with the BIBTeX Program
	15.1 Preparation of BIBTeX Compatible Reference Database
	15.2 Standard Bibliographic Styles of LATEX
	15.3 Use of the natbib Package
	15.4 Compiling BIBTeX based LaTeX Input File
	15.5 Editing the .bbl File*
	15.6 Multiple Bibliographies*
16 Lists of Contents and Index
	16.1 Lists of Contents
		16.1.1 Information to the Lists of Contents
		16.1.2 Formatting Lists of Contents*
		16.1.3 Multiple Lists of Contents*
		16.1.4 Compiling LaTeX Input File Having Lists of Contents
	16.2 Making Index
		16.2.1 Indexing Terms
		16.2.2 Some Guidelines on Indexing
		16.2.3 Compiling a LaTeX Input File Having Index
17 Miscellaneous I
	17.1 Boxed Items
		17.1.1 Texts in Plain Boxes
		17.1.2 Texts in Color Boxes
		17.1.3 Mathematical Expressions in Boxes
		17.1.4 Paragraphs in Boxes*
		17.1.5 Set of Items in a Box
	17.2 Rotated Items*
	17.3 Items at Different Levels and Forms*
	17.4 Geometric Transformation of Items*
18 Miscellaneous II
	18.1 Horizontal Rules and Dots
	18.2 Hyperlinking Referred and Cited Items
	18.3 Current Date and Time*
	18.4 Highlighted Texts*
	18.5 Verbatim Texts
		18.5.1 Boxed and Listed Verbatim Texts
		18.5.2 Verbatim Texts with LaTeX Commands*
	18.6 Fragile Commands
	18.7 Watermarking on Pages*
	18.8 Logo in Header and Footer*
	18.9 Paragraphs in Different Forms*
19 Letter and Article
	19.1 Letter Writing
	19.2 Article Preparation
		19.2.1 List of Authors
		19.2.2 Title and Abstract on Separate Pages
		19.2.3 Left Aligned Title and List of Authors*
		19.2.4 Articles in Multiple Columns
		19.2.5 Section-Wise Numbering of Items*
		19.2.6 Dividing an Article into Parts*
20 Book and Report
	20.1 Template of a Book
	20.2 Book Preparation Using a Root File
	20.3 Dividing a Book into Parts*
	20.4 Compilation of a Book
		20.4.1 Executable File for Compiling a Book*
		20.4.2 Partial Compilation of a Book*
21 Slide Preparation I
	21.1 Frames in Presentation
	21.2 Sectional Units in Presentation
	21.3 Presentation Structure
		21.3.1 Title Page
		21.3.2 Presentation Contents
		21.3.3 Bibliographic Reference Page
	21.4 Appearance of a Presentation (BEAMER Themes)
		21.4.1 Presentation Theme
		21.4.2 Color Theme*
		21.4.3 Font Theme*
		21.4.4 Inner Theme*
		21.4.5 Outer Theme*
	21.5 Frame Customization*
		21.5.1 Logo in Frames
		21.5.2 Font Type
		21.5.3 Frame Size
		21.5.4 Frame Shrinking
		21.5.5 Removal of Headline/Footline and Sidebar
		21.5.6 Frame Breaking
22 Slide Preparation II
	22.1 Piece-Wise Presentation (BEAMER Overlays)
		22.1.1 Table of Contents
		22.1.2 Uncovering Sequentially Using the \\pause Command
		22.1.3 Uncovering Sequentially Using the Incremental Specification <+->
		22.1.4 Other Piece-Wise Presentation Specifications*
	22.2 Environments in BEAMER Class*
	22.3 Table and Figure in Presentation*
	22.4 Dividing a Frame Column-Wise*
	22.5 Repeating Slides in Presentation*
	22.6 Jumping (Hyperlink) to Other Slides*
23 Error and Warning Messages
	23.1 Error Message
	23.2 Warning Message
	23.3 Error Without Any Message
	23.4 Tips for Debugging
24 Exercise
A Symbols and Notations
	A.1   Text-Mode Accents and Symbols
	A.2   Math-Mode Symbols
Bibliography
Index