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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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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

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

Coloring your document


We could enhance our texts further by colors. We didn't deal with it yet, because most people use LaTeX for writing serious books and articles, or letters where too much color may harm the appearance. But why not try something fancy? For instance, diagrams and tables in presentations are often colorful.

We just need to load the color package:

\usepackage{color}

From now on, we have to use a command to set the text color:

  • \color{name} is a declaration that switches to the color name. Just try \color{blue}.

  • \textcolor{name}{text} is the corresponding command form, coloring just text. That's like {\color{name}}, not new for you.

The package offers the command \definecolor . Use this to mix your own colors. You may read it in the documentation of the color package or of the graphicx package, if needed.

But much better is to use the xcolor package, which extends the color facilities. It offers a lot of readily mixed colors; you just need to call it by its name and it has powerful...

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