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stnemele cisaB The fundamentals

Title and packages. Sections and subsections. Tables


and images. Formulas.
First access

Click and hit "Example project". Then name it


and select "Create"

From second access on


TITLE AND PACKAGES
DISTRIBUT
IONS
\document class[10pt, a4paper]{article}

between [ ] : font size and sheet format


between { } : the general layout of the document

article - for scientific journals, short reports


and documentation
report - for longer report, thesis, small books
book - for real books
beamer - for presentations and slides
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

The encoding of the document. To allow special


characters in the text (like à, ç etc)

No need to change it, it is good to go


\title{ }

Title name. \title{ } is one of the information


required for the title page.
\author{ }

Names of the authors. \author{ } is the second


information required for the title page.
\date{ }

Date of the publication. you can even use


\today{ } to get the current date on compiling.

\date{ } is the last information required for the


title page.
\usepackage{ }

with this command you can import external packages.


For a comprehensive list, land to
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Package_Reference
\begin{document}
...
\end{document}

Put between \begin and \end the actual content


to be rendered in your document
\maketitle

After \begin{document}, put this command to


display the title page
SECTIONS AND
SUBSECTIONS
DISTRIBUT
IONS
\begin{abstract}
...
\end{abstract}
After \begin{document}, put these commands to
create the abstract section. Write between the
\begin{abstract} and \end{abstract} its text.
\section{name_of_the_section}

After \begin{document}, put this command to


create a new section.
Everything you write after it and before other
section commands will belong to this section

Use \\ to move to a new line


Use \\ to move to a newline

Use \\ to move to a new line


Use \vspace{xcm} to insert a vertical
space of x cm

Use \\ to move to a new line


Use \hspace{xcm} to insert an
horizontal space of x cm

Use \\ to move to a new line


Use % to insert a comment on the file.
This will not be processed by the
compiler

Use \\ to move to a new line


\subsection{name_of_the_subsection}

After \section{}, put this command to create a


subsection.
Everything you write after it and before other
section commands will belong to this subsection

Use \\ to move to a new line


FIGURES AND TABLES
DISTRIBUT
IONS
\begin{figure}[h!]
...
\end{figure}
this command specifies a figure environment.
Between [] you can specify a placement option:
h! - here. Right after the last element
rendered
t! - top. On top of the page
b! - bottom. On bottom of the page

Use \\ to move to a new line


use the package graphicx for the figures

Use \\ to move to a new line


\centering
Centers the figure

\includegraphics[scale=1.7]{image.jpg}

Displays the figure specified in { }.


Between [ ] you can set optional parameters
such as the scaling ratio

Use \\ to move to a new line


\caption{ }

Create the caption of the figure with the text


between { }

Use \\ to move to a new line


\label{fig: }

Create the label of the figure with the text after


fig:

Use this label to insert a reference in the text, with

\ref{fig: }
\begin{table}[h!]
...
\end{table}

Create a table environment.


Place your table content between \begin and
\end.
You can specify placement option between [ ] in
the same way we did for the figure
\begin{tabular}{ |c|c|c| }
...
\end{tabular}

Create a table with three columns.


Place the table data between \begin and \end
Separate data of adjacent columns with &
Separate data of edjacent rows with \\
You can use caption and labels in the same way
we did for the figure.
Use \ref{tab: } to refer to the table
FORMULAS
DISTRIBUT
IONS
To include a formula inside your document,
use \begin{equation}
...
\end{equation}

Write your math stuff between \begin and


\end
If you insert also a label, you can refer to the
equation anywhere in the text

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