LaTeX for Graduate Students Set up account Log in to a laptop www.overleaf.com Register an account Download files Google: “TTU lATEX workshop” Example tex document Example bibtex file
Instructors Shelley Barba Digital Scholarship Librarian Thesis/Dissertation Curator Ian Barba Research, Instruction, & Outreach Librarian English and Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures
Today we’re going to cover
Overleaf
Overleaf wysiwyg
Overleaf wysiwyg
Overleaf wysiwyg
Important Concepts
\ usepackage Packages are “add-on” features that have been coded. To do specific styles, you must tell your document to use the code bundles/files
Type every character in a command Uncommon Characters Commonly Used in LaTeX { } Curly Brackets [ ] Square Brackets | Vertical bar \ Backslash
Put each command on its own line. \ usepackage [ utf8 ]{ inputenc } \ usepackage [ english ]{ babel } \ usepackage { amsmath } \ usepackage { amssymb } \author {Ian Barba} \title {A Sample LaTeX Document} \date {November 2023}
Use Hotkeys to save time. Ctrl + F = Find (and replace) Ctrl + Z = Undo Ctrl +Y = Redo Ctrl + Enter = Recompile the PDF display (see handout packet for more)