Improving Postgraduate Learning – LaTeX Basics

Dr. WONG Tsz YeungDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, CUHK

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Who am I?• Start writing in LaTeX since September 2000.

• Documents written in LaTeX, including:– Thesis (M.Phil & Ph.D);– All research paper;– A few of my lecture notes;– Countless assignment specifications, etc.

• Use LaTeX mostly in Linux and Mac OS.

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What have you got?• Every PC in the user area has the tools called: PCTeX.– We will stick with it for the coming 3 hours.

• How good is it?– An integrated environment.– On-the-fly command suggestion.

• How bad is it?– Not available for free!

• An open source alternative: TexWorks.15 September 2012

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User Area only: Start PC & PCTeX• Choose ENGLISH Windows.– Do you remember your PC LAN login and password?– Don’t worry! Our colleague will help!

• Now visit the following link:– http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~tywong/IPL/basics/– Download the files labeled [TEX], [JPG], and [EPS]

to D: (the D drive) of your computer.

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Starting PC & PCTeX• Starting PCTeX– Start All Programs Authoring Tools PCTeX32– Don’t worry! We’ll wait.

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Opening your downloads…• Open your downloaded with filename

“latex_basics_start.tex”.

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Opening your downloads…• Open your downloaded with filename

“latex_basics_start.tex”.

• You will learn LaTeX with a template.– You will learn the core stuffs without typing too much.– Of course, starting with an empty project is also a

good choice.

• Let’s Rock!

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