LaTeX

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Session 1

Create a basic document in LaTeX (latex_introduction1.pdf)

• First steps in LaTeX
• Document structure (sections, table of content)
• List structures (itemize, enumerate, description)
• Tables (tabular, table)
• Graphics (includegraphics, figure)
• Document-internal references (label, ref)
• Error messages

Session 2

Create more advanced documents and presentations in LaTeX (latex_introduction2.pdf)

• Mathematical formulas
• Citing literature with BibTeX
• Presentations with LaTeX beamer
• Font sizes, colors, styles, verbatim
• Distribute a document over several files

Session 3

Interesting packages and useful extensions (latex_introduction3.pdf)

• subcaption – Combine floating objects
• multirow – Join rows in a table
• colortbl – Color cells in a table
• booktabs – Nicer lines in a table
• listings – Include source code
• TikZ – Draw graphics
• linguex – Linguistic examples
• qtree – Linguistic trees
• tipa – IPA characters
• Letters with scrlttr2 (exampleletter.pdf, exampleletter.tex)
• CV with moderncv (examplecv.pdf, examplecv.tex)