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LaTeX Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   LaTeX Beginner's Guide When there’s a scientific or technical paper to write, the versatility of LaTeX is very attractive. But where can you learn about the software? The answer is this superb beginner’s guide, packed with examples and explanations.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199867
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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LaTeX
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with LaTeX FREE CHAPTER 2. Formatting Words, Lines, and Paragraphs 3. Designing Pages 4. Creating Lists 5. Creating Tables and Inserting Pictures 6. Cross-Referencing 7. Listing Content and References 8. Typing Math Formulas 9. Using Fonts 10. Developing Large Documents 11. Enhancing Your Documents Further 12. Troubleshooting 13. Using Online Resources Pop Quiz Answers Index

Changing the headings


Like in our diagram example, if you don't like the heading Contents, you could easily change it. The text of the heading is stored in the text macro \contentsname. So, just redefine it as follows:

\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Table of Contents}

Here's a list of all those headings:

List

Heading command

Default heading

Table of contents

\contentsname

Contents

List of figures

\listfigurename

List of figures

List of tables

\listtablename

List of tables

Bibliography

\bibname in book and report

\refname in article

Bibliography in book and report

References in article

Index

\indexname

Index

Furthermore, as promised, here's a list of further macros for names used by LaTeX:

Name

Command

Default value

figure

\figurename

Figure

table

\tablename

Table

part

\partname

Part

chapter

\chaptername

Chapter

abstract

\abstractname

Abstract

appendix

\appendixname

Appendix

Not really surprising! Using name macros is especially useful when another language...

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