- 1. Introduction to LaTeXLaTeX is a document markup language and
document preparationsystem for the TEX typesetting program. Within
the typesetting system,its name is styled as LaTeX. LaTeX refers
only to the language inwhich documents are written, not to the
editor used to write thosedocuments. In order to create a document
in LaTeX, a .tex file must becreated using some form of text
editor.
2. How To Install LaTeXType the following command to install
LaTeX:$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full 3. Certificate Creation
Using LaTeXRequirements:Install LaTeX using command: sudo apt-get
install texlive-fullNeed datatool.sty file or install this package
for importing csv file.Need data.csv file which contain information
retrieved fromdatabase .Here is the example of csv database
fileName,Dep,photoRajdeep,Information
Technology,img/index1.jpegMandeep,Information
Technology,img/index1.jpegIn the above, img is the folder which
contain photos of people 4. LaTeX Input File StructureThe first
command in any LaTeX file normally determines theglobal processing
format for the entire document.documentclass[options]{class}The
possible values of class are: article,book, report or letter.The
options available allow various modifications to be made tothe
formatting, like selecting font size 10pt, 11pt, 12pt,specifying
paper size letterpaper, legalpaper,executivepaper,page formats
onecolumn, twocolumn etc.The following command starts the
document:begin{document}Now you enter the text mixed with some
useful LaTeX commands.At the end of document add the following
commandend{document} 5. PreamblePreambleis
theportionbetweendocumentclass andbegin{document}. This can contain
package loading commandlike usepackage{ packagename }. Any number
of usepackagecommand can be issued or alternatively you can give
thepackagenames as a comma separated list in a single
usepackagecommand.A typical preamble of a LaTeX document will look
like:documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
//classusepackage{setspace} //for spacing between
linesusepackage{graphicx}//for including imagesusepackage{color} //
for including colorsbegin{document} 6. Adding
Imageincludegraphics[options]{filename}Following are the options
available in includegraphics command:width - The width of the
graphics (in any of the accepted TEXunits).height -The height of
the graphics (in any of the accepted TEXunits).totalheight -The
totalheight of the graphics (in any of the accepted TEX
units).scale -Scale factor for the graphic. Specifying scale=2
makes thegraphic twice as large as its natural size.For
e.g--includegraphics[width=.92linewidth]{logo.png} 7. Retrieve Data
From CSV FileThe following package is required to include database
file as .csvusepackage{datatool}data.csv includes information from
databaseDTLloaddb{name}{data.csv}Variables are used to fetch the
data from csv fileDTLforeach{name}{name=Name, dep=Dep,
photo=photo}Here we called the variablesThis is to certify
that{large{name}} 8. Compilation of LaTeX Input FileThe following
command will produce certificate.pdf which havemultiple
certificates.$pdflatex certificate1.texIf you want to convert pdf
to jpg images, Here is the method:1. First install imagemagic tool
using command: sudo apt-get install imagemagick2. Create the folder
named jpg3. Run the following command to convert pdf file to jpg
images:$convert -density 300 certificate1.pdf jpg/certificates.jpg
9. Thank You
