Introduction to Latex

Paper Code: 
SMAT 411A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Familiarize with software Latex which is a document typesetting system that is used to produce high quality scientific documents, like articles, books, dissertations, technical reports, etc.
  2. Explain the advantages of LaTeX over other more traditional softwares.
  3. Understand features of LaTeX.

Course Outcomes (COs):

 Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

COURSE Code

COURSE Title

 

 

 

 

SMAT 411 A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to Latex

(Theory + Practical)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students will be able to –

 

CO145: Install latex on Windows operating systems.

CO146:  Use the preamble of the LaTeX file to define document class and layout options.

CO147: Format text in a Latex document.

CO148:  Use tabular and array environments within the LaTeX document.

CO149: Use a nested list and enumerate environments within a document.

Approach in teaching:

 

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Power Point Presentations, Informative videos

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations, Giving tasks

 

 

 

Quiz, presentation,

Individual and group projects,

Open Book Test, Semester End Examination

 

Unit I: 
I
9.00

Introduction and Installation of Latex, Installation of Latex, Defining documents class and preparing document, sentence and paragraphs, Formatting text, line and paragraphs. Organize the content into different section.

Unit II: 
II
9.00

Insert a Table of Contents, Use packages, define different paper sizes, and set margins, Increase/decrease font size and use different font styles, Assign a color to any text and page, Align your text (left, right, center), Add single, one and a half, and double line spacing.

Unit III: 
III
9.00

Insert vertical and horizontal spacing, Bold, italics, and underlining the text, Create an ordered list and unordered list, change the bullet style and change the numbering, Producing mathematical symbols and mathematical formulae.

Unit IV: 
IV
9.00

Producing Integration ,Matrices and Equations, Producing sums and limits, Include images and resize them and specify caption for a figure, Create a table using tabular environment.

Unit V: 
V
9.00

Align contents of column and specify column width, Add simple borders  and dashed borders to the table, Crating Title page, Create presentations in Beamer, Various styles in beamer presentation.

Essential Readings: 
  • Leslie Lamport. A Document Preparation System User's Guide and Reference Manual, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2001.
 
References: 
  • Overleaf documentation.
Academic Year: 
2022-2023
  • Printer-friendly version
  • PDF version