Course Type: Certificate Course
| Course | Course Code | Duration (Hours) |
| LaTeX Typesetting | SGC/ADMAT/LAT/2021 | 30 |
Course Objectives and Student Learning Outcomes:
LaTeX, which is pronounced “Lah-tech” or “Lay-tech” is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing.
LaTeX is a document typesetting system that is used to produce high quality scientific documents, like articles, books, dissertations, technical reports, etc. Expertise in drafting technical documents is an indispensable skill for all professionals for it helps them to share their knowledge of technical subjects effectively in all domains of society and thus makes them competent in their professional careers.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to do the following:
· Typeset mathematical formulae using LaTeX.
· Use the preamble of LaTeX file to define document class and layout options.
· Use nested list and enumerate environments within a document.
· Use tabular and array environments within LaTeX document.
· Use various methods to either create or import graphics into a LaTeX document.
· Use the beamer package to create presentations.
· Define and use new commands within LaTeX.
· Use Theorem, Corollary, and other environments.
· Use BibTeX to maintain bibliographic information and to generate a bibliography for a particular document.
Syllabus:
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Topics |
Hours |
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Module 1: Installation of LaTex, Introducing packages, Compilation |
4 |
|
Module 2: Typing Ordinary text, setting of margins, mathematical equations, including a matrix, table, inserting figure, floating bodies, formatting commands, text within equations and spacing, bibliographies and indices. |
15 |
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Module 3: Preparing articles/ report/ seminar paper, question paper |
5 |
|
Module 4: Power point presentation using beamer |
6 |
References:
1) Kopka, Helmut; Daly, Patrick W. (2003). Guide to LaTeX (4th ed.). Addison-Wesley Professional.
2) Mittelbach, Frank; Goossens, Michel (2004). The LaTeX Companion (2nd ed.). Addison-Wesley.
3) Lamport, Leslie (1994). LaTeX: A document preparation system: User's guide and reference. illustrations by Duane Bibby (2nd ed.). Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Professional.
4) Flynn, Peter (2017) [2002]. Formatting Information: A Beginner's Guide to LaTeX .