Working with LaTeX: Glossary

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Create a simple document with documentclass

Distinguish preamble from begin{document} … end{document}

Use a maketitle section.

Use various document classes such as article, report, and beamer

Import a custom .cls file

Use the non-standard library `import{textcase}’

Use a command from an imported library ‘MakeTextUppercase’

Export a compiled document as a PDF

Separate a single paragraph into two with a double return

Break lines manually using \

Change the typeface to courier

Change text size with Large

Format with textbf, textit, underline, emph

Create Sections in a document with section

Align some text to the right with raggedright

Create hyphenation for new words with hyphenation

Use ` and ‘ to create proper quotes

Use % to display percentages

Create a diacritic character such as ^o

Properly use an em and an en dash

Force a nonbreaking space with ~

Create an image within a float with figure and includegraphics

Use graphicx to include a non-eps vector image in a float

Add a caption to the floated image with caption

Change the position of a float on the page with h, t, b, p, and !

Change how the text is wrapped around the float with wrapfigure

Alter the size of an image within a float using height and width options

Add multiple graphics to a single float using subfigure

Caption each subfigure with the subcaption library

Convert text to a bulleted list with itemize

Convert sequential to a numbered list with enumerate

Define terms with a description list

Create a basic table with tabular

Justify cells with l, c, and r

Position text within cells vertically with t, c, and b

Use p to wrap lines of text within a cell

Create vertical barriers between columns with |

Create horizontal barriers between rows with hline

Use multicolumn and multirow to make joined cells

Adjust the size scale of a table using resizebox

Influence page position with float positioning arguments h, t, b, and p

Activate the math environment with equation

Activate the in-line math mode with $

Use the math environment without creating a numbered equation using equation* and []

Enter Greek symbols such as phi with escape sequencies in math mode

Distinguish super- and sub- levels of script with ^ and _

Create an integral with int which is bound by text using ^ and _

Recognize that mathematical symbols such as cos and sin must be escaped sequences

Use left(, right(, and similar brace sequences to dynamically bound math

Create fractions with the frac command instead of /

Align a multistep sequence using the align and split environments using & helpers

Include plaintext portions of aligned math using the array environment with &{} helpers

Break a long equation up with multline

Create a Table of Contents with tableofcontents

Create a List of Figures with lisfoffigures

Create a List of Tables with listoftables

Prevent a section from being counted using *

Change how deep sections are counted using setcounter{tocdepth}

Declare a region of sections to be numbered as Appendices with appendix

Reference a figure number in text by labeling it with label and calling it with ref

Create a BibTeX entry manually with bibitem within thebibliography environment

Create a bibliography in the text with bibliography and bibliographystyle

Import a premade .bib file with bibliography

Create an inline citation number with cite

Place a citation in a footnote using footnote{cite{}}

Change they way the citation appears with natbib