a simple LaTeX file

\documentclass{article} \begin{document} This is a LaTeX document. \end{document}

Note that when creating an index or bibliography, it may be necessary to run latex or pdflatex twice; the first time xxxxxxxxxx counts.

create a .dvi file from the file somefile.tex (assumes that the extension is lowercase)

latex somefile

view the file somefile.tex

xdvi somefile &

create a PDF

pdflatex somefile

create an index

in the header of the .tex file, include

\usepackage{makeidx} \makeindex

and at the place in the file where the index should appear place

\printindex

then run using

makeindex somefile

create a bibliography

at the end of the file where the bibliography should appear, include (style alpha is used here)

\bibliography{somefile} \bibliographystyle{alpha}

then run using

bibtex somefile

check spelling -- words not in the dictionary but that are spelled correctly can be saved from within ispell (they will be in the file ~/.aspell.english.pws)

ispell -t somefile.tex

remove the LaTeX statements and check spelling

detex somefile | spell > errors.txt

extract the images from somefile.pdf

pdfimages somefile.pdf root

to skip a number in the eqnarray environment
something &=& somethingelse \nonumber\\


change section numbers to capital Roman numerals:
\renewcommand \thesection{\Roman{section}}


to insert an Arabic section number after the section title:
\section {Section Title \arabic{section}}


to skip a line:
\vspace{\baselineskip}		


to get first level enumerations to use lowercase letters:
\renewcommand{\labelenumi}{(\alph{enumi})}

to get second level enumerations to use lowercase Roman numerals:
\renewcommand{\labelenumii}{(\roman{enumii})}


to create side-by-side tables:
\begin{minipage}{2in}
	\begin{tabular}{c}
		Table1
	\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{2in}
	\begin{tabular}{c}
		Table2
	\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}



options for package hyperref

	  
\usepackage[
	]
	{hyperref}
		 
colorlinks=true            % change links from a box to be colored
linkcolor=blue
pdfpagemode=FullScreen     % begin in fullscreen (ctrl-L) mode
pdfpagelayout=SinglePage   % put each section on a separate page
pdfstartview=FitH          % fit to window

box around equation

\usepackage{amsmath}

\boxed{\theta = \frac{\mu + 3}{5}}


http://www.manicai.net/comp/latex/latex_tricks.html
dynamically include program
\verbatiminput{/hame/perfect/wonderful.cc}

Problem: Tables are ending up at the end of the document.
Solution: Try moving the location of the code for the table to an earlier location in the file. 

Problem: A table that should be on the first page of a chapter is ending up on the second.
Solution: Because the first page of a chapter has less space for text than the other pages, there may not be enough room for the table.  Try the longtable package.

After installing a new package, run texhash

Can install packages in home directory by installing into the directory ~/texmf/tex/<package name>

wrapping tables
\begin{tabular}{lp{4in}}
    05/11/2004 --& this is a really, really, really long entry that is too long to fit into this column on a single line
    01/17/1999 --& Submitted exam
\end{tabular}

# create hanging.sty
latex hanging.ins
cp hanging.sty ~/texmf/tex
# create hanging.dvi
latex hanging.dtx
cp hanging.dvi ~/texmf/docs
# rebuild the package database
texhash 

\documentclass[hyperref={pdfpagemode=FullScreen}]{beamer}

\thispagestyle{empty}

\begin{figure}
    \begin{minipage}[t]{3in}
    \begin{center}
        \includegraphics[width = 2.5in] {sliders-normal}
        \caption{Frame from Sliders.} \label{sliders-normal}
    \end{center}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[t]{3in}
    \begin{center}
        \includegraphics[width = 2.5in] {sliders-dc}
        \caption{Frame from Sliders in which all values in a block use the DC term.} \label{sliders-dc}
    \end{center}
    \end{minipage}
\end{figure}

	\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n} x_{i}

References

1. LaTeX for Word Processor Users
2. The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e
3. Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX2e
4. A BibTeX Guide Through Examples
5. BibTeX and bibliography styles good examples of style files
6. A Guide to LaTeX, 4^th Ed., Addison Wesley
7. More Math Into LaTeX, 4^th Ed.
8. LaTeX Tips and Tricks — great collection of tips
9. LaTeX isn't for everyone but it could be for you — the benefits of using LaTeX
10. Sébastien's Latex Tricks — good examples of working with figures
11. http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/tex/ — good tutorials for representing math in LaTeX
12. AMS-LaTeX — how and why you should use the AMS-LaTeX packages