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Joslenne Pena
Brief Intro
Expectations
Exploration and basic introduction
Not a Word Processor - Allows authors to focus on content rather than appearance.
Frequently used in the preparation of scientific or technical documents, but can be used
to create letters, dissertations, music scores, calendars, presentations, etc., etc., etc.
Open source (lots of community support, free BUT there is a learning curve!
You can load packages for specific things similar to R - but for formatting or margins,
bibliography structure, other inputs
Multi-platform (Win/Mac/Linux)
Local or online
Online can crash easily; may take long to compile especially if lots of media
CV / Resume
ACM: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template
IEEE: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
2.Underline Text: \underline{add text you want underlined} produces add text you want
underlined
4.Bold Text: \textbf{type your bold text here}type your bold text here
5.Italics: \textit{type your italic text here}type your italic text here
6. Quotes: ``add sentence you would like to produce quotes around’’ - pay attention to the
notations it recognizes
Joslenne Pena 2020; give credit when using
Lists and Images
Itemize - produces a bulleted list \begin{figure}[h] [h] positions without moving
\begin{itemize} \includegraphics[scale=1.5]{lion-logo}
\item{apple}
\end{figure} Size Name of image file
\item{orange}
\item{banana}
\end{itemize}
Enumerate - produces a numbered list
\begin{enumerate}
\item{apple}
\item{orange}
\item{banana}
\end{enumerate}
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Special Characters and Formulas (Math Mode)
Examples:
\[
\binom{n}{k} = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}
\]
https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/List_of_Greek_letters_and_math_symbols
This is all part of 1 project which can contain many folders and files
Google Scholar produces the BibTex code for Latex to use in your document
\printbibliography{name.bib} OR \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}
\bibliography{acmart}
Tip: adding a reference in the bib file does not automatically appear on document; you
must call specifically an inline citation \cite{name of reference}
https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Bibtex_bibliography_styles
Joslenne Pena 2020; give credit when using
Tables
https://www.tablesgenerator.com/