LaTeX Cookbook
豆瓣
Stefan Kottwitz
简介
About This Book
• Work with modern document classes, such as KOMA-Script classes
• Explore the latest LaTeX packages, including TikZ, pgfplots, and biblatex
• An example-driven approach to creating stunning graphics directly within LaTeX
Who This Book Is For
If you already know the basics of LaTeX and you like to get fast, efficient solutions, this is the perfect book for you. If you are an advanced reader, you can use this book's example-driven format to take your skillset to the next level. Some familiarity with the basic syntax of LaTeX and how to use the editor of your choice for compiling is required.
What You Will Learn
• Choose the right document class for your project to customize its features
• Utilize fonts globally and locally
• Frame, shape, arrange, and annotate images
• Add a bibliography, a glossary, and an index
• Create colorful graphics including diagrams, flow charts, bar charts, trees, plots in 2d and 3d, time lines, and mindmaps
• Solve typical tasks for various sciences including math, physics, chemistry, electrotechnics, and computer science
• Optimize PDF output and enrich it with meta data, annotations, popups, animations, and fill-in fields
• Explore the outstanding capabilities of the newest engines and formats such as XeLaTeX, LuaLaTeX, and LaTeX3
In Detail
LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting software and is very popular, especially among scientists. Its programming language gives you full control over every aspect of your documents, no matter how complex they are. LaTeX's huge amount of customizable templates and supporting packages cover most aspects of writing with embedded typographic expertise.
With this book you will learn to leverage the capabilities of the latest document classes and explore the functionalities of the newest packages.
The book starts with examples of common document types. It provides you with samples for tuning text design, using fonts, embedding images, and creating legible tables. Common document parts such as the bibliography, glossary, and index are covered, with LaTeX's modern approach.
You will learn how to create excellent graphics directly within LaTeX, including diagrams and plots quickly and easily.
Finally, you will discover how to use the new engines XeTeX and LuaTeX for advanced programming and calculating with LaTeX.
The example-driven approach of this book is sure to increase your productivity.
Style and approach
This book guides you through the world of LaTeX based on over a hundred hands-on examples. These are explained in detail and are designed to take minimal time and to be self-compliant.
contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Variety of Document Types
Introduction
Writing a short text
Writing a thesis
Designing a book
Creating a presentation
Designing a curriculum vitae
Writing a letter
Producing a leaflet
Creating a large poster
Chapter 2: Tuning the Text
Introduction
Inputting accented characters
Improving justification and hyphenation
Converting numbers to words
Putting text into a colorful box
Visualizing the layout
Visualizing boxes of letters and symbols
Typesetting in a grid
Absolute positioning of text
Starting a paragraph with an over-sized letter
Fitting text to a shape
Creating a pull quote
Chapter 3: Adjusting Fonts
Introduction
Choosing a font for a document
Locally switching to a different font
Importing just a single symbol from a font family
Writing bold mathematical symbols
Getting the sans serif mathematics font
Writing double stroke letters as if on a blackboard
Enabling the searching and copying of ligatures
Suppressing ligatures
Adding a contour
Chapter 4: Working with Images
Introduction
Including images with optimal quality
Automating image positioning
Manipulating images
Adding a frame to an image
Cutting an image to get rounded corners
Shaping an image like a circle
Drawing over an image
Aligning images
Arranging images in a grid
Stacking images
Chapter 5: Beautiful Designs
Introduction
Adding a background image
Creating beautiful ornaments
Preparing pretty headings
Producing a calendar
Mimicking keys and menu items
Chapter 6: Designing Tables
Introduction
Creating a legible table
Adding footnotes to a table
Aligning numeric data
Coloring a table
Merging cells
Splitting a cell diagonally
Adding shape, shading, and transparency
Importing data from files
Chapter 7: Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies
Introduction
Tuning a table of contents, lists of figures, and tables
Creating a bibliography
Adding a glossary
Creating a list of acronyms
Producing an index
Chapter 8: Getting the Most out of the PDF
Introduction
Adding hyperlinks
Adding metadata
Adding copyright information
Inserting comments
Producing fillable forms
Optimizing the output for e-book readers
Removing white margins
Combining PDF files
Creating an animation
Chapter 9: Creating Graphics
Introduction
Building smart diagrams
Constructing a flowchart
Building a tree
Building a bar chart
Drawing a pie chart
Drawing a Venn diagram
Putting thoughts in a mind map
Generating a timeline
Chapter 10: Advanced Mathematics
Introduction
Quick-start for beginners
Fine-tuning math formulas
Automatic line-breaking in equations
Highlighting in a formula
Stating definitions and theorems
Drawing commutative diagrams
Plotting functions in two dimensions
Plotting in three dimensions
Drawing geometry pictures
Doing calculations
Chapter 11: Science and Technology
Introduction
Typesetting an algorithm
Printing a code listing
Application in graph theory
Writing physical quantities with units
Writing chemical formulae
Drawing molecules
Representing atoms
Drawing electrical circuits
Chapter 12: Getting Support on the Internet
Introduction
Exploring online LaTeX resources
Using web forums
Framing a really good question
Creating a minimal example
Index