LaTeX Beginner's Guide: Create visually appealing texts, articles, and books for business and science using LaTeX , Second Edition

Stefan Kottwitz

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4.7 (23 Ratings)

eBook Oct 2021 354 pages 2nd Edition

Stefan Kottwitz

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eBook Oct 2021 354 pages 2nd Edition

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Get a hands-on introduction to LaTeX using fully explained examples to advance from beginner to LaTeX professional quickly
Write impressive mathematical, scientific, and business papers or theses using LaTeX
Explore LaTeX online

Description

LaTeX is high-quality open source typesetting software that produces professional prints and PDF files. It's a powerful and complex tool with a multitude of features, so getting started can be intimidating. However, once you become comfortable with LaTeX, its capabilities far outweigh any initial challenges, and this book will help you with just that! The LaTeX Beginner's Guide will make getting started with LaTeX easy. If you are writing mathematical, scientific, or business papers, or have a thesis to write, this is the perfect book for you. With the help of fully explained examples, this book offers a practical introduction to LaTeX with plenty of step-by-step examples that will help you achieve professional-level results in no time. You'll learn to typeset documents containing tables, figures, formulas, and common book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes, and go on to manage complex documents and use modern PDF features. You'll also get to grips with using macros and styles to maintain a consistent document structure while saving typing work. By the end of this LaTeX book, you'll have learned how to fine-tune text and page layout, create professional-looking tables, include figures, present complex mathematical formulas, manage complex documents, and benefit from modern PDF features.

Who is this book for?

If you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction to LaTeX. School and university students will find this easy-to-follow LaTeX guide helpful, as will mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and humanists. Anybody with high expectations from their software will discover how easy it is to leverage LaTeX's high performance for creating documents.

What you will learn

Make the most of LaTeX s powerful features to produce professionally designed texts
Download, install, and set up LaTeX and use additional styles, templates, and tools
Typeset math formulas and scientific expressions to the highest standards
Understand how to include graphics and work with figures and tables
Discover professional fonts and modern PDF features
Work with book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes
Typeset documents containing tables, figures, and formulas

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Hiroshi Yasuda Nov 19, 2021

The book was recommended to me by a friend with more LaTeX expertise than I have. It is an introductory book covering the essential topics that are most likely relevant for every beginner, independent of his/her LaTeX-related background. The book offers a lot of (free) online references for further reading, including help forums. I recommend the book to LaTeX beginners and more advanced users that did not have a systematic introduction so far.

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Cheryl Ponchin Oct 08, 2021

This book is excellent for learning/using LaTeX. The information was very informative and the examples were easy to follow. This book was an easy read, very user friendly. There are links to all of the information you would need to accomplish your task. I have been using LaTeX for over 30 years, and I learned a few things that would make my projects better.

Andrew S. Breza Jan 23, 2022

I was writing a big technical proposal for my job and decided to use LaTeX. Only problem was I didn't know LaTeX. After reading this book and struggling with my document for a while, I now feel confident coding LaTeX at an intermediate level. The author makes complicated parts of this ancient language seem downright obvious. Looking at my final report, I realize how useful it is for writing technical papers, even in the corporate world.

Oliver Z. Nov 20, 2021

Gibt einen guten Überblick für jeden der mit Latex beginnen möchte oder sein Wissen auffrischen möchte.

Nicholas Bennett Dec 09, 2021

Stefan approached me on the LaTex Community about writing a review for this book. I have been on the LaTeX Community for over 10 years, where Stefan is one of the moderators. To say he knows LaTeX would be an understatement (to say the least). I have never met anyone with as much knowledge as he does when it comes to all things LaTeX. I was really excited to take a look at the book and see how I could improve my Tex Skills. What I love about the book is how easily it is organized and using the most up to date editors like Overleaf. From the most seasoned veteran to the absolute beginner, anyone, can learn TeX with this book. I especially thought the work with graphics was a big help. That is one area I have struggled with when trying to set up documents. With the help of this guide, I have noticed a big improvement with how I can insert graphics in to my document. As a high school math teacher, my worksheets and guided notes and tests are more professional and polished thats to this book. I reference this book weekly (and I have been using TeX for nearly 20 years). This book is a must have reference for anyone who wants to get better with LaTeX.

LaTeX Beginner's Guide: Create visually appealing texts, articles, and books for business and science using LaTeX , Second Edition

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