Session 1 -- Windows & LaTeX

• Type "The area of a circle is " and click on Maple-Evaluate. Preview. (Print.)

• Open c:\sw35\swsamples\checkout.tex from SW. Scroll through. Explore the previewer -- 5 commands for zooming in/out

• SaveAs c:\sw35\training\name.tex . Edit, preview, save.

• How to produce a document using LaTeX , with checkout screen shot, pink sheet (checkout.tex), yellow sheet (checkout.dvi) and green sheet (checkout printed page/preview).

Windows short-cuts

Windows short-cuts: Alt--Tab, Alt--F4, Ctrl--C (or Ctrl--Ins), Ctrl--X, Ctrl--V (or Shift--Ins)

Basic text entry

• Using the mouse to select by highlighting

• , , , ,

• Tab, space, Ctrl-, Ctrl-

• Fractions, and

• Drag 'n' Drop

• Displayed maths

LaTeX

• Logical design versus WYSIWYG (cf. Getting Started pp4&5 about the Philosophy -- preparation for course)

• Content -- Appearance sheet

• Bridget Jones' Diary

Helps and Warnings

• LaTeX generates lots of information messages -- not all are error messages, and those that are are mostly not serious. Generally, ignore them!

• SW Help -- Search feature

• Within SW, keyboard and mouse are often alternatives. Mouse is easier, but aim for keyboard short-cuts as they are quicker.

EXERCISE: Creating a Simple Document

• Direct vs. Typeset printing

• Numbered list/Bullet list

Use Creating a Simple Document (printout).

Session 2 -- Scientific Word: Content

• How easy mathematics entry is. Use examples

• Add/Remove and move toolbars around

• Spell Check

• Explore the Tag Toolbar Pop ups:

  1. Item tags depend on style

  2. Section/Body

  3. Text Tag

  4. Fragments.

• Use of Function keys for short-cuts (F2, F3, F4 especially - Getting Started p31)

• Find and Replace --- Maths or Text

• Brackets, Tables and Matrices

• Notes, Cross--References (of equations and markers in sections)

EXERCISE: Printing and Typesetting

Use Printing and Typesetting (printout)

Session 3 -- Scientific Word: Appearance

• Content -- Appearance sheet

• 5 Steps sheet

• Tweaks in Preamble sheet

  1. Double-spacing (or 1.5 or 3.0 etc.)

  2. Resetting the page number

  3. Choosing the style of page numbers

  4. Raggedright

  5. Renumber Corollaries separately

• TeX fields

  eg. \def\baselinestretch{2.0}\normalsize(or 1.5 or 3.0 etc.) for 'double'-spacing

• Creating shell files

EXERCISE: Tweaking appearance

• Tweaks in Preamble sheet: File-Open Location to retrieve from web site
  

Session 4 -- Special Features/File import--export

EXERCISE: Creating Mathematics

• Recreate document checkout.tex starting from General - Blank with Theorem Tags

• Use Creating Mathematics (no printout)

• Graphics, including captions

• Tables: table4_3.frg for floating tables with captions

• Importing from Word; ASCII files

• Import Contents of SW files

• Import from Excel

• Export as picture to PowerPoint

  Change colour in Scientific Word using Tag -- Appearance -- Body Text -- Math (or in PowerPoint: Format -- Colors & Lines -- Picture -- Recolor)

• Creating PDF files. Show PDF files on our web site http://www.sciword.demon.co.uk/checkout.pdf & http://www.sciword.demon.co.uk/sample.pdf

Session 5 -- Email, Front matter, Manual Bibliographies

• Backup files *.bak

• Wrap/Unwrap for Email (Getting Started pp27) using Portable LaTeX. Email SW documents to each other.

• OHP transparencies

• Inserting vertical and horizontal spacing

• Allowbreak for in-line mathematics

• Maths names; Automatic substitution

• Front Matter

  1. Title

  2. Author

  3. Date

  4. Abstract

  5. Table of Contents

  6. List of Figures/List of Tables

• Equation numbering in Appendices:

  Do an exercise to put in Appendix B and get equation (B.1)

• Manual Bibliographies (Creating Documents pp230)

  The characters `, ``, ', '', -, -- and ---

Session 6 -- The Challenge: A Serious Example

EXERCISE: Creating an Advanced Document

• Use Creating an Advanced Document (printout)

BibTeX Bibliographies (Creating Documents pp233)

• See what BibTeX styles work with which databases eg. Wigle/AER/Harvard.
  

• Adding a second database: Sample

• Using a different style for Bibliography: Econometrica

• Using Natbib package instead of Harvard for Citations.

• Using BibDB to add own entries to a database

• Bibliographix to port from Econlit

Last Updated: 24th. November 2004