LaTeX workshop for Graduate Students

    Outline of the Workshop:

  • What is LaTeX and what can it do for you
  • How produce and process a LaTeX document
  • Examples and exercises:
    • Writing an APS abstract
    • Writing Equations
    • Including Graphics
    • Writing a Thesis
  • How to get LaTeX on your own PC

LaTeX

Description

LaTeX is a document preparation system. It has become a de facto standard for preparing and exchanging documents in the academic world. It has superior support for mathematical equations, bibligraphic references, and handling of references. To create documents using LaTeX, authors create text files containing mark-up codes that the LaTeX processing software uses to format document. Output files from the formatting software can be used to create postscript files (using dvips) for printing or viewing on a graphics workstation.
An additional tool called xdvi can be used to view the output of the LaTeX formatting program.
  

Resources

CSM LaTex Style File for Writing a Thesis
Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview
The TEX catalogue online
CTAN, the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
TeX Frequently Asked Questions
Miktex, freeware TeX for Windows
TeX and LaTeX links
Advanced LaTeX
LaTeX2e documentation
LaTeX Tutorial
  

APS Materials

Meeting abstract form
abstract .sty file
Abstract Tester

Documentation

Anyone who is going to be using LaTex seriously is strongly encouraged to obtain one of the excellent books on the subject. One of the most notable is:
LaTeX: a Document Preparation System (2nd edition) by Leslie Lamport. 
ISBN  0-201-52983-1.

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