A Guide to LaTeX2e

Preface..........v

Chapter 1: Introduction..........1

1.1 TeX Formatting..........1

1.2 TeX and its offspring..........2

1.3 What's new in LaTeX2e..........5

1.4 How to use this book..........9

1.5 Basics of a LaTeX file..........11

Chapter 2: Commands and Environments..........15

2.1 Command names and arguments..........15

2.2 Environments..........17

2.3 Declarations..........17

2.4 Lengths..........18

2.5 Special characters..........20

2.6 Fragile commands..........22

2.7 Exercises..........23

Chapter 3: Document Layout and Organization..........25

3.1 Document class..........25

3.2 Page style..........31

3.3 Parts of the document..........36

3.4 Table of contents..........42

3.5 Fine-tuning text..........44

3.6 Word division..........53

Chapter 4: Displayed Text..........57

4.1 Changing font..........57

4.2 Centering and indenting..........63

4.3 Lists..........66

4.4 Generalized lists..........73

4.5 Theorem-like declarations..........79

4.6 Tabular stops..........80

4.7 Boxes..........84

4.8 Tables..........93

4.9 Printing source text..........1.6

4.10 Footnotes and marginal notes..........107

4.11 Comments within text..........113

Chapter 5: Mathematical Formulas..........115

5.1 Mathematical environments..........115

5.2 Main elements of math mode..........116

5.3 Mathematical symbols..........120

5.4 Additional elements..........126

5.5 Fine-tuning mathematics..........140

Chapter 6: Pictures..........149

6.1 Picture size and position..........149

6.2 The picture environment..........150

6.3 The positioning commands..........151

6.4 Picture elements commands..........152

6.5 Further picture commands and examples..........162

6.6 Floating tables and figures..........172

Chapter 7: User Customization..........181

7.1 Counters..........181

7.2 Lengths..........184

7.3 User-defined commands..........185

7.4 User-defined environments..........196

7.5 Some comments on user-defined structures..........201

Chapter 8: Advanced Features..........209

8.1 Processing parts of a document..........209

8.2 Including TeX commands in LaTeX..........214

8.3 In-text references..........215

8.4 MakeIndex-a keyword processor..........221

8.5 The New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS)..........224

8.6 Input encoding..........237

8.7 Alternatives for special symbols..........238

8.8 Additional standard files..........239

8.9 The various LaTeX files..........243

8.10 Presentation material (SliTeX)..........247

Chapter 9: Error Messages..........255

9.1 Basic structure of error messages..........255

9.2 Some sample errors..........264

9.3 List of LaTeX error messages..........270

9.4 TeX error messages..........280

9.5 Warnings..........286

9.6 Search for stubborn errors..........292

Appendices

A: Letters..........295

A.1 The LaTeX letter class..........295

A.2 A house letter style..........300

A.3 A model letter customization..........303

B: Bibliographic Databases..........309

B.1 The BibTeX program..........309

B.2 Creating the bibliographic database..........311

B.3 BibTeX extensions..........321

C: LaTeX Programming..........325

C.1 Class and package files..........325

C.2 Programming commands of LaTeX2e..........329

C.3 Sample packages..........341

D: LaTeX Extensions..........357

D.1 International LaTeX..........357

D.2 LaTeX and PostScript..........368

D.3 Further LaTeX accessories..........369

D.4 Installing LaTeX2e..........386

D.5 Sources for LaTeX files..........387

E: Computer Modern Fonts..........391

E.1 Introduction..........391

E.2 Classification of the basic TeX fonts..........392

E.3 Text fonts..........393

E.4 Decorative families..........401

E.5 Mathematical and symbol fonts..........402

E.6 Character assignments within a font..........405

E.7 Cyrillic fonts..........411

E.8 The font files..........412

E.9 Remarks on METAFONT..........417

E.10 Extended character sets for TeX 3.0..........419

F: Command Summary..........425

F.1 Brief description of the LaTeX commands..........425

F.2 Summary tables and figures..........506

F.3 Invalid PlainTeX commands..........514

Bibliography..........517

Index..........519

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