Advanced LaTeX Short Course (November 6,8,13,15 2006)

8:30am - 10:00am in B107 Van Vleck

Syllabus

Free, cross platform editor for TeX

References:

Lesson 1:

Sample Thesis - a large latex example

uwthesis.sty UW Thesis style file
main.tex Main file for thesis example
abs.tex abstract to include in thesis
ack.tex acknowledgements for thesis example
chap1.tex Chapter 1 for thesis example
chap2.tex Chapter 2 for thesis example
appendix.tex Appendix for thesis example
thesis.bib Bib file for thesis example
abstract.tex separate abstract for grad school
abstract.sty style file for abstract.tex
mythesis.sty Personal Thesis style file
tgrind.sty style file required for sample thesis.
Sample Resume(s)
- cv.tex (standalone latex file)
- resume.sty
- resamp.tex (uses resume.sty)
UW Math Letterhead Use either Wsamp.tex with Wmath.sty or else WXsamp.tex with WXmath.sty. Both style files require W.eps.
- W.eps postscript W used in letterhead
- Wmath.sty W letterhead style file
- Wsamp.tex sample letter
- YNmath.sty variant YN letterhead style file
- YNsamp.tex variant sample letter
- WXmath.sty variant W letterhead style file
- WXsamp.tex variant sample letter
Form Letter Package
- Instructions for using this plain TeX package.
- W.eps postscript W used in letterhead
- autoletter.tex - for form letters
- letform.tex - used by autoletter
- letheads.tex - used by autoletter
- neiletheads.tex variant letheads.tex (Neil Lyall)
- autolabel.tex - use on 3x10 label paper
- labform.tex - used by autolabel
- address.tex - sample address file
- alldepts.tex - All Math Depts (out of date) use with caution, it generates 10 pages of output
- body.tex - sample letter body file

Lesson 2:

Graphics and Latex Useful Reference: The LaTeX Graphics Companion by Goossens, Rahtz and Mittelbach.

print.tex Printing utility for latex pictures
gxtest.tex uses graphics to include ps or pdf files
Gnuplot
Gnuplot Tutorial
PicTeX README file
Xfig
Packages: graphicx and pstricks packages
PSFRAG is a package which allows you to replace markers in an eps file with e.g. symbols or mathematical expressions. Here is an example and it's associated graphics files: hat3.eps and venn.eps.
Sigurd Angenent's Lecturer Notes provide a masterful example of what you can do when you combine LaTeX with Octave (a matlab clone), XFig and psfrag.
PSFRAGX is a package which allows you to overlay latex symbols or text on an eps file. Here is an example and it's associated HOWTO file
PSTRICKS is a package which allows you to use simplified postscript commands to "draw" complex pictures while using LaTeX's math fonts.
- Here is a pstricks example which shows some of the capabilities of this package.
- Another trig.tex PStricks example showing trig functions.
- Here is a sample file which shows how to use the hyperref package to make links in pdf files and the color package to add color: artex.tex. It requires 3dpdf.pdf and contpdf.pdf

Lesson 3:

Making Slides and PDF presentations The examples below are given in historical order. If you are starting from scratch, you should try the beamer package. Remember that in order to view these properly, you need to create a pdf file from the latex sources and view it with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Macintosh Preview program will not work. Beamer and PowerDot files should be processed with pdflatex. You will need latex and ghostscript to process the Prosper files. Another alternative to beamer is the powerdot package.

Using the Seminar package to make transparencies. Here are some examples:
- semsamp2.tex - standard example
- buug.tex - example with fancy boxes
prosper Make Power-Point-like presentations with this package
- simple.tex Basic example
- math.tex Series Expansion and Math linking.
- graph.tex PStricks example
- pyth.pdf Pythagoras' theorem courtesy of prosper.
Beamer is the preferred method for creating a PDF (powerpoint like) slide show. You will need a laptop and projector beamer to use it effectively. Here are some examples
- Simple example: BeamerTour.tex and BeamerTour.pdf
- Sharon Garthwaite's example: SaltLakeCity.tex and SaltLakeCity.pdf
- Eric Malm's (Harvey Mudd): beamer-demo.tex and beamer-demo.pdf
Powerdot is another powerful presentation package. Here are some excellent examples by Kyle Novak.
- GPStalk.pdf". You'll need GPStalk.tex" and my_macros.sty"
- Kyle's Thesis defense.pdf". Here are the sources for it: defense.zip".
Posters: Use the a0poster or sciposter latex packages to create large posters. Here is another example myposter.tex. Confused about paper sizes. Look at papersizes.txt. The cheapest place to print a color poster in town is The College Library (Helen C. White) which charges $2.50 / ft^2 instead of the usual $8/ft^2. See http://college.library.wisc.edu/cmc/pages_computer/hardware.html

Lesson 4:

TBA

Guide to using movie15.sty to put movies into latex files.