LATEX 2ε Cheat Sheet Lists Justification

\begin{enumerate} Numbered list. Environment Declaration

\begin{itemize} Bulleted list. \begin{center} \centering
Document classes \begin{description}Description list. \begin{flushleft} \raggedright
book Default is two-sided. \item text Add an item. \begin{flushright} \raggedleft
report No \part divisions. \item[x ] text Use x instead of normal bullet or number.
article No \part or \chapter divisions. Required for descriptions. Miscellaneous
letter Letter (?).
References \linespread{x} changes the line spacing by the multiplier x.
slides Large sans-serif font.
Used at the very beginning of a document: \label{marker } Set a marker for cross-reference, often of the
\documentclass{class}. Use \begin{document} to start form \label{sec:item}. Text-mode symbols
contents and \end{document} to end the document. \ref{marker } Give section/body number of marker. Symbols
\pageref{marker } Give page number of marker.
Common documentclass options \footnote{text} Print footnote at bottom of page. & \& \_ ... \ldots • \textbullet
$ \$ ˆ \^{} | \textbar \ \textbackslash
10pt/11pt/12pt Font size.
letterpaper/a4paper Paper size.
Floating bodies % \% ˜ \~{} # \# § \S
twocolumn Use two columns. \begin{table}[place] Add numbered table.
\begin{figure}[place] Add numbered figure.
Accents
twoside Set margins for two-sided.
\begin{equation}[place] Add numbered equation. ò \‘o ó \’o ô \^o õ \~o ō \=o
landscape Landscape orientation. Must use dvips
\caption{text} Caption for the body. ȯ \.o ö \"o o̧ \c o ǒ \v o ő \H o
-t landscape.
The place is a list valid placements for the body. t=top, ç \c c o. \d o o \b o o
o \t oo œ \oe
draft Double-space lines. ¯
h=here, b=bottom, p=separate page, !=place even if ugly. Œ \OE æ \ae Æ \AE å \aa Å \AA
Usage: \documentclass[opt,opt]{class}.
Captions and label markers should be within the environment. ø \o Ø \O l \l L \L ı \i
Packages  \j ¡ ~‘ ¿ ?‘
fullpage Use 1 inch margins. Text properties Delimiters
anysize Set margins: \marginsize{l}{r }{t}{b}. Font face ‘‘ “ ‘‘ { \{ [[ (( < \textless
multicol Use n columns: \begin{multicols}{n}. Command Declaration Effect ’’ ” ’’ } \} ]] )) > \textgreater
latexsym Use LATEX symbol font. \textrm{text} {\rmfamily text} Roman family
graphicx Show image: \includegraphics[width=x ]{file}. \textsf{text} {\sffamily text} Sans serif family Dashes
url Insert URL: \url{http://. . . }. \texttt{text} {\ttfamily text} Typewriter family Name Source Example Usage
Use before \begin{document}. Usage: \usepackage{package} \textmd{text} {\mdseries text} Medium series hyphen - X-ray In words.
\textbf{text} {\bfseries text} Bold series en-dash -- 1–5 Between numbers.
Title \textup{text} {\upshape text} Upright shape em-dash --- Yes—or no? Punctuation.
\author{text} Author of document. \textit{text} {\itshape text} Italic shape
\title{text} Title of document. \textsl{text} {\slshape text} Slanted shape Line and page breaks
\date{text} Date. \textsc{text} {\scshape text} Small Caps shape \\ Begin new line without new paragraph.
These commands go before \begin{document}. The \emph{text} {\em text} Emphasized \\* Prohibit pagebreak after linebreak.
declaration \maketitle goes at the top of the document. \textnormal{text}{\normalfont text}Document font \kill Don’t print current line.
Miscellaneous \underline{text} Underline \pagebreak Start new page.
\pagestyle{empty} Empty header, footer and no page num- The command (tttt) form handles spacing better than the \noindent Do not indent current line.
bers. declaration (tttt) form.
Miscellaneous
Document structure Font size \today January 11, 2010.
\part{title} \subsubsection{title}
\tiny tiny Large
\Large $\sim$ Prints ∼ instead of \~{}, which makes ˜.
\chapter{title} \paragraph{title}
\scriptsize scriptsize
\footnotesize footnotesize
LARGE
\LARGE
~
\@.
Space, disallow linebreak (W.J.~Clinton).
Indicate that the . ends a sentence when following
\section{title}
\subsection{title}
\subparagraph{title}
\small small
\normalsize normalsize
huge
\huge an uppercase letter.
\hspace{l} Horizontal space of length l (Ex: l = 20pt).
Section commands can be followed with an *, like
\section*{title}, to supress heading numbers.
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{x} supresses heading numbers of
\large large Huge
\Huge
These are declarations and should be used in the form {\small
\vspace{l} Vertical space of length l.
\rule{w}{h} Line of width w and height h.
depth > x, where chapter has depth 0. . . . }, or without braces to affect the entire document.
Tabular environments
Text environments Verbatim text tabbing environment
\begin{comment} Comment block (not printed). \begin{verbatim} Verbatim environment.
\begin{quote} Indented quotation block. \begin{verbatim*} Spaces are shown as . \= Set tab stop. \> Go to tab stop.
\begin{quotation}Like quote with indented paragraphs. \verb!text! Text between the delimiting characters (in Tab stops can be set on “invisible” lines with \kill at the end
\begin{verse} Quotation block for verse. this case ‘!’) is verbatim. of the line. Normally \\ is used to separate lines.
tabular environment Citation types The LATEX document should have the following two lines just
\cite{key} Full author list and year. (Watson and Crick before \end{document}, where bibfile.bib is the name of the
\begin{array}[pos]{cols} BibTEX file.
1953)
\begin{tabular}[pos]{cols}
\citeA{key} Full author list. (Watson and Crick)
\begin{tabular*}{width}[pos]{cols} \bibliographystyle{plain}
\citeN{key} Full author list and year. Watson and Crick
(1953) \bibliography{bibfile}
tabular column specification \shortcite{key} Abbreviated author list and year. ?
l Left-justified column. \shortciteA{key} Abbreviated author list. ? BibTEX example
c Centered column. \shortciteN{key} Abbreviated author list and year. ? The BibTEX database goes in a file called file.bib, which is
r Right-justified column. \citeyear{key} Cite year only. (1953) processed with bibtex file.
p{width} Same as \parbox[t]{width}. All the above have an NP variant without parentheses; Ex.
@{decl} Insert decl instead of inter-column space. \citeNP. @String{N = {Na\-ture}}
Inserts a vertical line between columns. @Article{WC:1953,
| BibTEX entry types author = {James Watson and Francis Crick},
@article Journal or magazine article. title = {A structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid},
tabular elements @book Book with publisher. journal = N,
\hline Horizontal line between rows. @booklet Book without publisher. volume = {171},
\cline{x-y} Horizontal line across columns x through y. @conference Article in conference proceedings. pages = {737},
\multicolumn{n}{cols}{text} @inbook A part of a book and/or range of pages. year = 1953
A cell that spans n columns, with cols column @incollection A part of book with its own title. }
specification. @misc If nothing else fits.
@phdthesis PhD. thesis.
@proceedings Proceedings of a conference.
Sample LATEX document
Math mode @techreport Tech report, usually numbered in series. \documentclass[11pt]{article}
To use math mode, surround text with $ or use @unpublished Unpublished. \usepackage{fullpage}
\begin{equation}. \title{Template}
BibTEX fields \author{Name}
Superscriptx ^{x} Subscript
Pn x _{x} address Address of publisher. Not necessary for major \begin{document}
x
y
\frac{x}{y} \sum_{k=1}^n publishers. \maketitle
√
n
Qnk=1
x \sqrt[n]{x} k=1
\prod_{k=1}^n author Names of authors, of format ....
booktitle Title of book when part of it is cited. \section{section}
Math-mode symbols chapter Chapter or section number. \subsection*{subsection without number}
edition Edition of a book. text \textbf{bold text} text. Some math: $2+2=5$
≤ \leq ≥ \geq 6= \neq ≈ \approx editor Names of editors. \subsection{subsection}
× \times ÷ \div ± \pm · \cdot institution Sponsoring institution of tech. report. text \emph{emphasized text} text. \cite{WC:1953}
◦ ^{\circ} ◦ \circ 0 \prime ··· \cdots journal Journal name. discovered the structure of DNA.
∞ \infty ¬ \neg ∧ \wedge ∨ \vee key Used for cross ref. when no author.
⊃ \supset ∀ \forall ∈ \in → \rightarrow month Month published. Use 3-letter abbreviation. A table:
⊂ \subset ∃ \exists ∈
/ \notin ⇒ \Rightarrow note Any additional information. \begin{table}[!th]
∪ \cup ∩ \cap | \mid ⇔ \Leftrightarrow number Number of journal or magazine. \begin{tabular}{|l|c|r|}
ȧ \dot a â \hat a ā \bar a ã \tilde a organization Organization that sponsors a conference. \hline
α \alpha β \beta γ \gamma δ \delta pages Page range (2,6,9--12). first & row & data \\
 \epsilon ζ \zeta η \eta ε \varepsilon publisher Publisher’s name. second & row & data \\
θ \theta ι \iota κ \kappa ϑ \vartheta school Name of school (for thesis). \hline
λ \lambda µ \mu ν \nu ξ \xi series Name of series of books. \end{tabular}
π \pi ρ \rho σ \sigma τ \tau title Title of work. \caption{This is the caption}
υ \upsilon φ \phi χ \chi ψ \psi type Type of tech. report, ex. “Research Note”. \label{ex:table}
ω \omega Γ \Gamma ∆ \Delta Θ \Theta volume Volume of a journal or book. \end{table}
Λ \Lambda Ξ \Xi Π \Pi Σ \Sigma year Year of publication.
Υ \Upsilon Φ \Phi Ψ \Psi Ω \Omega Not all fields need to be filled. See example below. The table is numbered \ref{ex:table}.
\end{document}
Bibliography and citations Common BibTEX style files
abbrv Standard abstract alpha with abstract
When using BibTEX, you need to run latex, bibtex, and alpha Standard apa APA Copyright
c 2010 Winston Chang
latex twice more to resolve dependencies. plain Standard unsrt Unsorted http://www.stdout.org/∼winston/latex/