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+++ b/Latex/Latex2/latex_intro.tex
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-% Introduction to LaTeX
-%
-% Author: FOSSEE
-% Copyright (c) 2009, FOSSEE, IIT Bombay
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
\documentclass[17pt,compress]{beamer}
\usepackage{beamerthemesplit}
\mode<presentation>
@@ -63,11 +56,12 @@
\sffamily \bfseries
\title
-[Introduction to \LaTeX]
-{Introduction to \LaTeX}
+[\LaTeX: \:Installation]
+{\LaTeX: \:Installation}
\author
[FOSSEE]
-{\small Talk to a Teacher\\{\color{blue}\url{http://spoken-tutorial.org}}\\\vspace{0.25cm}National Mission on Education
+{\small Talk to a Teacher\\{\color{blue}\url{http://spoken-tutorial.org}}
+\\\vspace{0.25cm}National Mission on Education
through ICT\\{\color{blue}\url{ http://sakshat.ac.in}} \\ [1.65cm]
Contributed by FOSSEE Team \\IIT Bombay \\[0.3cm]
}
@@ -83,9 +77,9 @@
At the end of this tutorial, you will,
\begin{itemize}
-\item Get acquainted to LaTeX.
-\item Know why we prefer LaTeX.
-\item Know the advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents in LaTeX.
+\item Get acquainted to LaTeX
+\item Know why we prefer LaTeX
+\item Know the advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents in LaTeX
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -95,10 +89,10 @@ At the end of this tutorial, you will,
\begin{itemize}
\item Get a brief idea on typical work flow that uses LaTeX to typeset
-documents.
+documents
\item Know about LaTeX commands, comments,
- special characters, spacing, actual content.
-\item Be able to create and compile a simple LaTeX document.
+ special characters, spacing, actual content
+\item Be able to create and compile a simple LaTeX document
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -106,31 +100,31 @@ documents.
\frametitle{Pre-requisite}
\label{sec-3}
- Spoken tutorial on -
+ Spoken tutorial on,
\begin{itemize}
-\item {\LaTeX} Installation.
+\item {\LaTeX} Installation
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Introduction}
\begin{itemize}
- \item Donald E. Knuth.
- \item Typesetting program.
- \item Excellently Typeset Documents - specially Math.
- \item Anything from one page articles to huge books.
- \item Pronounced \emph{Lah-tech} or \emph{Lay-tech}.
+ \item Donald E. Knuth
+ \item Typesetting program
+ \item Excellently Typeset Documents - specially Math
+ \item Anything from one page articles to huge books
+ \item Pronounced \emph{Lah-tech} or \emph{Lay-tech}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Why {\LaTeX}?}
\begin{itemize}
- \item Excellent visual quality.
- \item Handles typesetting; lets you focus on content.
- \item Makes writing Math extremely simple.
- \item It is a standard -- widely used in Scientific community.
+ \item Excellent visual quality
+ \item Handles typesetting; lets you focus on content
+ \item Makes writing Math extremely simple
+ \item It is a standard -- widely used in Scientific community
\end{itemize}
\[\tilde{N}_{\mathbf{x}}\times \mathbf{r}(\mathbf{x}) f_{1k} \]
\end{frame}
@@ -138,31 +132,31 @@ documents.
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Why \LaTeX?..}
\begin{itemize}
- \item It is a document based mark-up.
+ \item It is a document based mark-up
\item Mark-up: annotating text, adding
- information to specify structure and presentation of text.
+ information to specify structure and presentation of text
\item Document based markup: don't have to worry
- about individual elements.
- \item Allows you to focus on content.
+ about individual elements
+ \item Allows you to focus on content
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Advantages of using \LaTeX }
\begin{itemize}
- \item Availability of professional templates.
- \item Typesetting complex formulae in a convenient environment.
- \item Typesetting with very little effort.
- \item Lot of add-on packages available.
- \item Easy creation of well structured texts.
+ \item Availability of professional templates
+ \item Typesetting complex formulae in a convenient environment
+ \item Typesetting with very little effort
+ \item Lot of add-on packages available
+ \item Easy creation of well structured texts
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Disadvantages of using \LaTeX }
\begin{itemize}
- \item Designing whole new layout is difficult.
- \item LaTeX is not a word processor.
+ \item Designing whole new layout is difficult
+ \item LaTeX is not a word processor
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -170,7 +164,7 @@ documents.
\frametitle{\LaTeX \ input file format}
\begin{itemize}
\item \LaTeX \: takes ASCII text file as input.
- \item We can compile \LaTeX \: files into DVI, Postscript or PDF files.
+ \item We can compile \LaTeX \: files into DVI, Postscript or PDF files
\item \alert{Note:} \typ{latex} vs. \typ{pdflatex}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -178,10 +172,10 @@ documents.
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Commands,Comments\&Special Characters }
\begin{itemize}
- \item {\LaTeX} is case sensetive.
+ \item {\LaTeX} is case sensetive
\item Commands begin with a \typ{\\}
\item Environments have a \typ{\\begin} and \typ{\\end}
- \item Any content after the \typ{\\end\{document\}} is ignored.
+ \item Any content after the \typ{\\end\{document\}} is ignored
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -189,11 +183,11 @@ documents.
\frametitle{Commands,Comments\&Special Characters..}
\begin{itemize}
\item Anything after \typ{\%} symbol till end of the line
- is a comment.
+ is a comment
\item Special characters (\typ{\~ \# \$ \^ \& \_ \{ \}}) are escaped by a
\typ{\\}
\item \typ{\\} is inserted using \typ{\\textbackslash},
- \typ{\\newline} or \typ{\\\\} to insert newlines.
+ \typ{\\newline} or \typ{\\\\} to insert newlines
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -218,7 +212,7 @@ documents.
\alert{latex temp.tex} \\
\alert{pdflatex temp.tex} \\
\em Note: Throughout this course, we shall use pdflatex to compile our
- documents.
+ documents
\end{center}
\end{frame}
@@ -226,12 +220,12 @@ documents.
\frametitle{Summary}
\label{sec-8}
- In this tutorial, we have learnt,
+ In this tutorial we have learnt,
\begin{itemize}
- \item About LaTeX.
- \item why we prefer LaTeX.
- \item advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents using
- LaTeX approach.
+ \item About LaTeX
+ \item Why we prefer LaTeX
+ \item Advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents using
+ LaTeX approach
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -241,10 +235,10 @@ documents.
\begin{itemize}
\item About a typical work flow; which uses LaTeX to typeset
- documents.
+ documents
\item About LaTeX commands, comments, special characters, spacing,
- actual document content.
- \item How to create and compile a simple LaTeX document.
+ actual document content
+ \item How to create and compile a simple LaTeX document
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -283,16 +277,19 @@ documents.
\begin{center}
\begin{itemize}
\item \small{SDES}\\
-\small{\color{LimeGreen}Software Development techniques for Engineers and Scientists} \\
+\small{\color{LimeGreen}Software Development techniques for
+Engineers and Scientists} \\
\scriptsize An initiative by FOSSEE. \\
\vspace{3pt}
-\scriptsize For more information on SDES, please visit {\color{blue}\url{http://fossee.in/sdes}}\\
+\scriptsize For more information on SDES, please visit
+{\color{blue}\url{http://fossee.in/sdes}}\\
\vspace{12pt}
\item \small{FOSSEE}\\
-\small {\color{LimeGreen}Free and Open-source Software for \\Science and Engineering Education} \\
+\small {\color{LimeGreen}Free and Open-source Software for \\
+Science and Engineering Education} \\
\scriptsize Based at IIT Bombay, Funded by MHRD.\\
\vspace{3pt}
-\scriptsize Part of National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT). \\
+\scriptsize Part of National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT) \\
\end{itemize}
\end{center}
\end{frame}
@@ -300,7 +297,8 @@ documents.
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{About the Spoken Tutorial Project}
\begin{itemize}
-\item Watch the video available at {\color{blue}\url{http://spoken-tutorial.org /What\_is\_a\_Spoken\_Tutorial}}
+\item Watch the video available at {\color{blue}\url{http://spoken-tutorial.org
+ /What\_is\_a\_Spoken\_Tutorial}}
\item It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project
\item If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
\end{itemize}
@@ -311,7 +309,8 @@ documents.
\begin{itemize}
\item Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials
\item Gives certificates to those who pass an online test
-\item For more details, please write to \\ \hspace {0.5cm}{\color{blue}contact@spoken-tutorial.org}
+\item For more details, please write to \\ \hspace {0.5cm}
+{\color{blue}contact@spoken-tutorial.org}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -319,8 +318,10 @@ documents.
\frametitle{Acknowledgements}
\begin{itemize}
\item Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project
-\item It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India
-\item More information on this Mission is available at: \\{\color{blue}\url{http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro}}
+\item It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD,
+Government of India
+\item More information on this Mission is available at: \\
+{\color{blue}\url{http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro}}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}