LATEX Crash Course

Two sessions: Wednesday, October 22nd

and Wednesday October 29th @ 5:30PM

Physical Sciences Building 401
Brought to you by the Engineering, Math, and Physical Science Libraries.

Pizza and refreshments will be served!

Do you . . .

–          need to put mathematical formulas into your document?

–          need to do more than your word processing software will allow?

–          have to submit an assignment in TEX and have no idea where to start?

If any of this sounds familiar, then this workshop series is for you.

LATEX is a document preparation system that uses the TEX typesetting program.

With it, you can create professional and beautiful articles, presentations, posters

and even poetry.

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Session I: Drop-in Installation and Configuration Help

Wednesday, October 22nd

Do you need to install TEX and don’t know where to start? Have you installed it already but

need help configuring it on your machine? Drop in at any time during this session to get help.

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Session II: Creating Documents with LATEX

Wednesday, October 29th

In this session, you will learn how to make a professional-looking document. Do you need to

write an article? Or create your CV? Bring an example to work with right on the spot.

Extra: BibTEX 101. If you’re still eager to learn more, stick around at the end of Session II to

learn how to create a basic bibliography using BibTEX.