Information on the Typesetting System LaTeX

Quick introduction to the typesetting system LaTeX. Handout for the training for download:

• Handout as PDF
• Handout as zip (contains the source files)

Online tutorial for beginners (TU Graz): http://latex.tugraz.at/latex/tutorial

LaTeX-project page: http://www.latex-project.org/

Start page to the software download (open source): http://www.latex-project.org/get/

• Platform-independent: TeXstudio, TeXworks, TeXmaker
• Windows: MiKTeX (TeX Live installation is not needed)
• Mac OS: TeXShop
• Linux: Kile

Please make sure that you also install TeX Live, preferably a full distribution (exept MiKTeX). With MiKTeX, missing packages are installed on-the-fly if necessary.

• KOMA-Script: Documentation: Collection of classes and packages; adaptations to European typographic conventions and DIN paper formats
• CTAN: Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (important for the package documentations)
• Dante e. V.: German-language user association with brief introduction, literature references, mailing lists, etc.
• Examples in Herbert Voss: Einführung in LaTeX, 3. ed: http://mirror.ctan.org/info/Einfuehrung/
  • Files with extension .xltx must be compiled with XeLaTeX
  • Files with extension .lualtx must be compiled with LuLaTeX
  • for more see page 2 of the book
• LaTeX templates, for example:
  • https://www.latextemplates.com/
  • https://studi-lektor.de/lektorat/latex-vorlagen.html
  • https://github.com/DSczyrba/Vorlage-Latex

sorted by relevance for the start:

• Dilip Datta: LaTeX in 24 Hours. A Practical Guide for Scientific Writing, Cham 2017, ebook, ISBN 978-3-319-47831-9 – Download via the University Library license
• George Grätzer: More Math Into LaTeX, 5. ed., Cham 2016, ebook, ISBN 978-3-319-23796-1 – Download via the University Library license
• Stefan Kottwitz: LaTeX Cookbook. Over 90 Hands-on Recipes for Quickly Preparing LaTeX Documents to Solve Various Challenging Tasks, Birmingham 2015, ISBN 978-1-78439-514-8, Shelfmark: Ft 800 L351 K87 – Vaihingen location

Literature in German Language:

• Herbert Voß: Einführung in LaTeX, 3. corr. ed., Berlin 2017, Shelfmark: Ft 800 L351 V969/2(3) – Vaihingen location
• Matthias Kalle Dalheimer/Karsten Günther: LaTeX kurz & gut, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89721-542-9  (8,90 Euro)
• Markus Kohm: KOMA-Script. Eine Sammlung von Klassen und Paketen für LaTeX 2ε, 7., rev. ed. for KOMA-Script 3, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-96543-103-4
• Herbert Voß: Bibliografien mit LaTeX, 3., corr. ed., Berlin 2017, ISBN: 978-3-86541-813-5, Shelfmark: Ft 800 L351 V969/4(3) – Vaihingen location
• Marco Öchsner/Andreas Öchsner: Das Textverarbeitungssystem LaTeX. Eine praktische Einführung in die Erstellung wissenschaftlicher Dokumente, 1. ed., Wiesbaden 2015, ebook, ISBN 978-3-658-09503-1 – Download via the University Library license
• Joachim Schlosser: Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten schreiben mit LaTeX. Leitfaden für Einsteiger, 6. ed., Frechen 2016, Shelfmark: Ft 800 L351 S345(6) – Vaihingen location

In the training the basic principles of LaTeX are explained using examples. The participants will get an overview of installation and setup of the system, document types, possibilities of structuring the text, and literature online and in the University Library.

The training is particularly suitable for those who

• work with formulas (mathematics, chemistry),
• want to create more complex documents (bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral theses),
• get LaTeX templates from the publisher,
• want to create typographically appealing documents,
• wish to explore alternative ways of writing.

For participants who want to install LaTeX on their laptop before the training, it is recommended to use a full LaTeX installation. It is not required for the training, however, to use your own laptop and LaTeX installation.

Duration: approx. 90 minutes

Please note that this training can only be offered in German.