LaTeX is an amazing tool to create documents, cvs, book chapters, and other professional-looking materials. LaTeX is based on 'WYSIWYM' (what you see is what you mean) idea, meaning you only have to focus on the contents of you document and the computer will take care of the formatting. This GitHub repository will go over some basic prinicples:
- How do we create a LaTeX document in Overleaf?
- The basic structure of a LaTeX document:
- Some commonly used commands you'll use in LaTeX
At the end of this workshop, the goal is for you to have a reference document that you can use as a template for your own work, as well as become familiar with the LaTeX documentation which covers everthing you need to know to produce your own LaTeX document. These demonstrations are not intended to be an exhausitve overview of all the functionalities of LaTeX. This workshop is designed to give you some introductory experience with LaTeX. After this, you will not be able to make your own LaTeX document perfectly. You will learn how to recognize when you're in trouble and how to ask for help. You should not feel frustrated, these kinds of troubles are iterative and are to be expected.
To complete these activites, we will be using Overleaf, which is a free, cloud-based, collaborative, writing and publishing tool based around LaTeX. To use Overleaf, you will need to create an account using you ND credentials.