Latex/C2/Report-Writing/English: Author: Prof Kannan Moudgalya Date
Latex/C2/Report-Writing/English: Author: Prof Kannan Moudgalya Date
Latex/C2/Report-Writing/English: Author: Prof Kannan Moudgalya Date
LaTeX/C2/Report-Writing/English
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In particular,
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How to use ‘report’ and ‘article’ class,
Learning Objectives How to create sections,
Automate the numbering of sections,
Create Table of contents and
How to create the title page.
Show Slide 3 You can also use TeXworks on Windows or Mac - the method
is identical.
System Requirements
Point to 12pt, a4, article I am using 12pt as the font size, ‘a4 paper’ and ‘article’ class.
I am using the geometry package to set margins, through
Point to usepackage geometry
the usepackage command.
A reverse slash should come at the beginning of every
Point to reverse slash
command.
Although I will not say it explicitly, you should not forget to put
Point to reverse slash
the reverse slash.
Similarly, I will not explicitly mention braces, but you may have
Point to braces
to use them.
Please reproduce exactly what is done in the video.
The usepackage command has optional parameters inside
square brackets.
Point to usepackage
The name of the package is within braces.
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Compile.
Click on the green arrow Let me compile the text as we did before.
Let me magnify it by pressing control +, so that you can see the
Press Ctrl +
output clearly.
Bring it to the centre. Let me bring it to the centre.
Point to a5 For the rest of this tutorial, we will use the a5 paper only.
You are welcome to change it to a4.
Note that I did not save the file.
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Point to 'tableofcontents'
What an amazing capability in LaTeX!
‘Author’ information.
Order in which these come or the place where they come does
Point to the three commands
not matter.
Point to begin document But they should come before the begin document command.
Point to reverse slash Don’t forget the reverse slash in all the commands.
Point to double slash Double slash here means the next line.
Compile We compile it.
Point to the pdf file. There are no changes in the ‘pdf’ file.
The reason is that I have not told LaTeX what to do with this
information.
So, I add the ‘make title’ command, one word, just after
Add \maketitle after \begin document
the begin document.
Compile Let me compile it.
The title appears in the output, at the place where I put this
command.
Point to the pdf file.
Namely, at the beginning of the document.
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\chapter{New Chapter}
Let us add a chapter, called ‘New Chapter’.
before \end{document}
Creating Appendix
Please pause the video, read the slide and do the assignment.
Give certificates.
Workshop slide
Please contact us.
Spoken Tutorial Forum slide Choose the minute and second where you have the question.
this tutorial.
material.
Goodbye.
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