LaTeX Session Plan & Outline

1 Session Plan with Time

Session Details

Time

Introduction

- TeX & LaTeX

5min

- Why LaTeX

5min

First Document

- writing the source, compiling

5min

- what does it mean?, a few edits

10min

Basic Structure

- documentclass, Top matter

10min

- sectioning commands, appendices

10min

- Abstract, table of contents

10min

Typesetting Text

- emphasizing, quote marks, font styles, sub&super-script

5min

- Lists

10min

- Footnotes, quoting text, verbatim

5min

- Listings package

5min

Tables, Figures, Floats, Labels & Referencing

- Tables

10min

- Figures and Floats

10min

- Labels, Cross-referencing, List of Tables & Figures

5min

Mathematics

25min

Bibliography

- thebibliography environment, \cite

10min

- BibTeX, Bibliography in ToC

20min

Presentations

- frames, title & info, text animation, themes, toc

10min

Buffer

10min

2 Outline

2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 What are TeX & LaTeX

2.1.2 Why LaTeX? (WYSIWYG vs. WYSIWYM)

2.2 First Document

2.2.1 writing the source

2.2.2 compiling, to get the document

2.2.3 what does it mean?

2.2.4 A few edits to show the following

2.3 Basic Structure

2.3.1 documentclass

2.3.2 Titles/Top Matter

2.3.3 Sectioning Commands

2.3.4 Appendices

2.3.5 Abstract

2.3.6 Table of contents

2.4 Typesetting Text

2.4.1 Text formatting

2.4.2 Lists

2.4.3 Special paragraphs

2.5 Tables, Figures, Floats, Labels & Referencing

2.5.1 tabular environment

2.5.2 Graphics

2.5.3 Floats

2.5.4 Labels and Cross-referencing

2.5.5 List of Tables, Figures

2.6 Typesetting Math

2.6.1 \usepackage{amsmath}

2.6.2 Modes

2.6.3 Symbols

2.6.4 Powers and indices

2.6.5 Fractions

2.6.6 Roots

2.6.7 Sums and integrals

2.6.8 Brackets

2.6.9 Matrices

2.6.10 spacing

2.6.11 Equation numbering

2.6.12 align, align*

2.7 Bibliography

2.7.1 thebibliography environment

2.7.2 Citations

2.7.3 BibTeX

2.7.4 Bibliography in ToC

2.8 Beamer

2.8.1 frames

2.8.2 title page, information

2.8.3 text animations

2.8.4 themes

2.8.5 table of contents

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