LaTeX A Document Preparation System

by Lamport, Leslie

• ISBN13: 9780201529838
• ISBN10: 0201529831
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-30
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

This authoritative user's guide and reference manual for the LATEX computer typesetting system has been revised to document features now available in the new standard software release-LATEX2E. These features include additional styles and functions, improved font handling, and enhanced graphics capabilities. Reflecting several years of user comments and suggestions, selected sections have been rewritten to explain difficult concepts or functions, and the descriptions of both MakeIndex and BibTEX have been updated. Both new and current users will benefit from this authoritative manual on the most recent version of the LATEX.

Author Biography

Leslie Lamport, a computer scientist, is well known for his contributions to concurrent computing and distributed systems. His "Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System" paper has been honored for its enduring influence on the field. Lamport is also known for creating the LaTeX typesetting system and the best-selling book, LaTeX, Second Edition, which documents it (Addison-Wesley, 1994). Now at Microsoft Research in Mountain View, California, he began his work on TLA+ at the Digital (later Compaq) Systems Research Center in Palo Alto. Lamport, who earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from Brandeis University, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

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Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Getting Acquainted	1	(10)
How to Avoid Reading This Book	2	(1)
How to Read This Book	3	(2)
The Game of the Name	5	(1)
Turning Typing into Typography	5	(2)
Why LATEX?	7	(1)
Turning Ideas into Input	8	(1)
Trying It Out	8	(3)
Getting Started	11	(24)
Preparing an Input File	12	(1)
The Input	13	(15)
Sentences and Paragraphs	13	(1)
Quotation Marks	13	(1)
Dashes	14	(1)
Space After a Period	14	(1)
Special Symbols	15	(1)
Simple Text-Generating Commands	15	(1)
Emphasizing Text	16	(1)
Preventing Line Breaks	17	(1)
Footnotes	17	(1)
Formulas	18	(1)
Ignorable Input	19	(1)
The Document	19	(1)
The Document Class	19	(1)
The Title ``Page''	20	(1)
Sectioning	21	(2)
Displayed Material	23	(1)
Quotations	24	(1)
Lists	24	(1)
Poetry	25	(1)
Displayed Formulas	26	(1)
Declarations	27	(1)
Running Latex	28	(3)
Helpful Hints	31	(1)
Summary	32	(3)
Carrying On	35	(30)
Changing the Type Style	36	(2)
Symbols from Other Languages	38	(1)
Accents	38	(1)
Symbols	38	(1)
Mathematical Formulas	39	(14)
Some Common Structures	40	(1)
Subscripts and Superscripts	40	(1)
Fractions	40	(1)
Roots	40	(1)
Ellipsis	40	(1)
Mathematical Symbols	41	(1)
Greek Letters	41	(1)
Calligraphic Letters	42	(1)
A Menagerie of Mathematical Symbols	42	(2)
Log-like Functions	44	(1)
Arrays	45	(1)
The array Environment	45	(1)
Vertical Alignment	46	(1)
More Complex Arrays	46	(1)
Delimiters	46	(1)
Multiline Formulas	47	(2)
Putting One Thing Above Another	49	(1)
Over-and Underlining	49	(1)
Accents	49	(1)
Stacking Symbols	50	(1)
Spacing in Math Mode	50	(1)
Changing Style in Math Mode	51	(1)
Type Style	51	(1)
Math Style	52	(1)
When All Else Fails	52	(1)
Defining Commands and Environments	53	(5)
Defining Commands	53	(2)
Defining Environments	55	(1)
Theorems and Such	56	(2)
Figures and Other Floating Bodies	58	(2)
Figures and Tables	58	(1)
Marginal Notes	59	(1)
Lining It Up in Columns	60	(3)
The tabbing Environment	60	(2)
The tabular Environment	62	(1)
Simulating Typed Text	63	(2)
Moving Information Around	65	(14)
The Table of Contents	66	(1)
Cross-References	67	(2)
Bibliography and Citation	69	(3)
Using BIBTEX	70	(1)
Doing It Yourself	71	(1)
Splitting Your Input	72	(2)
Making an Index or Glossary	74	(2)
Compiling the Entries	74	(1)
Producing an Index or Glossary by Yourself	75	(1)
Keyboard Input and Screen Output	76	(1)
Sending Your Document	77	(2)
Other Document Classes	79	(8)
Books	80	(1)
Slides	80	(4)
Slides and Overlays	81	(2)
Notes	83	(1)
Printing Only Some Slides and Notes	83	(1)
Other Text	84	(1)
Letters	84	(3)
Designing It Yourself	87	(30)
Document and Page Styles	88	(5)
Document-Class Options	88	(1)
Page Styles	89	(1)
The Title Page and Abstract	90	(1)
Customizing the Style	91	(2)
Line and Page Breaking	93	(4)
Line Breaking	93	(3)
Page Breaking	96	(1)
Numbering	97	(2)
Length, Spaces, and Boxes	99	(12)
Length	99	(2)
Spaces	101	(2)
Boxes	103	(1)
LR Boxes	104	(1)
Parboxes	104	(2)
Rule Boxes	106	(1)
Raising and Lowering Boxes	107	(1)
Saving Boxes	107	(1)
Formatting with Boxes	108	(3)
Centering and ``Flushing''	111	(1)
List-Making Environments	112	(3)
The list Environment	112	(3)
The trivlist Environment	115	(1)
Fonts	115	(2)
Changing Type Size	115	(1)
Special Symbols	116	(1)
Pictures and Colors	117	(16)
Pictures	118	(11)
The picture Environment	119	(1)
Picture Objects	120	(1)
Text	120	(1)
Boxes	120	(2)
Straight Lines	122	(1)
Arrows	123	(1)
Stacks	123	(1)
Circles	124	(1)
Ovals and Rounded Corners	124	(1)
Framing	125	(1)
Curves	125	(1)
Grids	126	(1)
Reusing Objects	127	(1)
Repeated Patterns	127	(1)
Some Hints on Drawing Pictures	128	(1)
The graphics Package	129	(2)
Color	131	(2)
Errors	133	(16)
Finding the Error	134	(2)
LATEX's Error Messages	136	(4)
TEX's Error Messages	140	(5)
LATEX Warnings	145	(2)
TEX Warnings	147	(2)
A Using MakeIndex	149	(6)
A.1 How to Use MakeIndex	150	(1)
A.2 How to Generate Index Entries	150	(4)
A.2.1 When, Why, What, and How to Index	150	(1)
A.2.2 The Basics	151	(2)
A.2.3 The Fine Print	153	(1)
A.3 Error Messages	154	(1)
B The Bibliography Database	155	(10)
B.1 The Format of the bib File	156	(4)
B.1.1 The Entry Format	156	(1)
B.1.2 The Text of a Field	157	(1)
Names	157	(1)
Titles	158	(1)
B.1.3 Abbreviations	158	(1)
B.1.4 Cross-References	159	(1)
B.2 The Entries	160	(5)
B.2.1 Entry Types	160	(2)
B.2.2 Fields	162	(3)
C Reference Manual	165	(62)
C.1 Commands and Environments	166	(4)
C.1.1 Command Names and Arguments	166	(1)
C.1.2 Environments	167	(1)
C.1.3 Fragile Commands	167	(1)
C.1.4 Declarations	168	(1)
C.1.5 Invisible Commands and Environments	169	(1)
C.1.6 The \\ Command	169	(1)
C.2 The Structure of the Document	170	(1)
C.3 Sentences and Paragraphs	170	(4)
C.3.1 Making Sentences	170	(1)
C.3.2 Making Paragraphs	171	(1)
C.3.3 Footnotes	172	(1)
C.3.4 Accents and Special Symbols	173	(1)
C.4 Sectioning and Table of Contents	174	(2)
C.4.1 Sectioning Commands	174	(1)
C.4.2 The Appendix	175	(1)
C.4.3 Table of Contents	175	(1)
C.4.4 Style Parameters	176	(1)
C.5 Classes, Packages, and Page Styles	176	(7)
C.5.1 Document Class	176	(2)
C.5.2 Packages	178	(1)
C.5.3 Page Styles	179	(2)
C.5.4 The Title Page and Abstract	181	(2)
C.6 Displayed Paragraphs	183	(4)
C.6.1 Quotations and Verse	184	(1)
C.6.2 List-Making Environments	184	(1)
C.6.3 The list and trivlist Environments	185	(1)
C.6.4 Verbatim	186	(1)
C.7 Mathematical Formulas	187	(5)
C.7.1 Math Mode Environments	187	(2)
C.7.2 Common Structures	189	(1)
C.7.3 Mathematical Symbols	189	(1)
C.7.4 Arrays	190	(1)
C.7.5 Delimiters	190	(1)
C.7.6 Putting One Thing Above Another	190	(1)
C.7.7 Spacing	191	(1)
C.7.8 Changing Style	191	(1)
C.8 Definitions, Numbering, and Programming	192	(5)
C.8.1 Defining Commands	192	(1)
C.8.2 Defining Environments	192	(1)
C.8.3 Theorem-like Environments	193	(1)
C.8.4 Numbering	194	(1)
C.8.5 The ifthen Package	195	(2)
C.9 Figures and Other Floating Bodies	197	(4)
C.9.1 Figures and Tables	197	(3)
C.9.2 Marginal Notes	200	(1)
C.10 Lining It Up in Columns	201	(6)
C.10.1 The tabbing Environment	201	(3)
C.10.2 The array and tabular Environments	204	(3)
C.11 Moving Information Around	207	(6)
C.11.1 Files	207	(2)
C.11.2 Cross-References	209	(1)
C.11.3 Bibliography and Citation	209	(1)
C.11.4 Splitting the Input	210	(1)
C.11.5 Index and Glossary	211	(1)
Producing an Index	211	(1)
Compiling the Entries	212	(1)
C.11.6 Terminal Input and Output	212	(1)
C.12 Line and Page Breaking	213	(2)
C.12.1 Line Breaking	213	(1)
C.12.2 Page Breaking	214	(1)
C.13 Lengths, Spaces, and Boxes	215	(4)
C.13.1 Length	215	(1)
C.13.2 Space	216	(1)
C.13.3 Boxes	217	(2)
C.14 Pictures and Color	219	(6)
C.14.1 The picture Environment	219	(1)
Picture-Mode Commands	220	(1)
Picture Objects	221	(2)
Picture Declarations	223	(1)
C.14.2 The graphics Package	223	(1)
C.14.3 The color Package	224	(1)
C.15 Font Selection	225	(2)
C.15.1 Changing the Type Style	225	(1)
C.15.2 Changing the Type Size	226	(1)
C.15.3 Special Symbols	226	(1)
D What's New	227	(4)
E Using Plain Tex Commands	231	(4)
Bibliography	235	(2)
Index	237