• The LaTeX guide to the galaxy

    This a short tutorial explaining how to write a report using LaTeX and preferably TeXMaker that will include images and tabulars.

    I’m a little late, yesterday ir was my birthday :)

    <code>

    \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}

    \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

    \usepackage{ucs}

    \usepackage{amsmath}

    \usepackage{amsfonts}

    \usepackage{amssymb}

    \usepackage{makeidx}

    \usepackage{url}

    \usepackage{hyperref}

    \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}

    \author{Francisco-Fran\c{c}ois VARAS}

    \title{How to write a (simple) \LaTeX{} document}

    \begin{document}

    \maketitle

    This document summarizes the procedure of creating a basic \LaTeX{} document. It is manly intended to be read by people who is not happy with their WYSIAYG editors . Prior to this procedure, some conditions must be met, I recommend having \emph{TexMaker} installed on your system. The details for installing TexMaker or other software are not detailed in this document, if you have any question, Google it.

    \pagebreak

    \textbf{Generic Case}\\

    Steps to create a basic document.

    \begin{itemize}

    \item Download \& install \textbf{Texmaker}:

    \url{http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/download.html}

    \item Configure \textbf{Texmaker}:

    \url{http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/download.html}

    \texttt{this is sample <code> text with\textunderscore{}underscore}

    \end{itemize}

    \pagebreak

    \textbf{Images \& Tabulars}\\

    How to create a tabular.\\

    How to insert an image.

    \begin{itemize}

    \item This is just an image.\\

    \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{LaTeX_logo.png}

    \item This a very simple tabular.\\

    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}

    \hline English & French & Spanish & – \\

    \hline English & Fran\c cais & Espa\~{n}ol & \\

    \hline cat & chat & gato & \\

    \hline

    \end{tabular}

    \end{itemize}

    \end{document}

     January 18th, 2010  admin   No comments

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