Time for action - installing TeX Live using the net installer wizard
Time for action - installing TeX Live offline
Time for action - writing our first document with TeXworks
Formatting Words, Lines, and Paragraphs
Understanding logical formatting
Time for action - titling your document
Time for action - trying out the effect of spaces, line breaks, and empty lines
Time for action - writing special characters in our text
Formatting text fonts, shapes, and styles
Time for action - tuning the font shape
Time for action - switching to sans-serif and to typewriter fonts
Time for action - switching the font family
Time for action - exploring grouping by braces
Time for action - exploring font sizes
Time for action - using an environment to adjust the font size
Saving time and effort creating your own commands
Time for action - creating our first command using it as an abbreviation
Time for action - adding intelligent spacing to command output
Time for action - creating a macro for formatting keywords
Time for action - marking keywords with optional formatting
Using boxes to limit the width of paragraphs
Time for action - creating a narrow text column
Time for action - using the minipage environment
Time for action - stating division points for words
Time for action - using microtype
Time for action - using line breaks
Time for action - exploring ligatures
Time for action - using differently spaced dots
Time for action - comparing dots to ellipsis
Time for action - experimenting with accents
Time for action - using accents directly
Turning off full justification
Time for action - justifying a paragraph to the left
Time for action - centering a title
Time for action - centering verses
Time for action - quoting a scientist
Time for action - quoting TeX's benefits
Time for action - spacing between paragraphs instead of indentation
Time for action - writing a book with chapters
Time for action - specifying margins
Time for action - finding the geometry package manual
Time for action - increasing line spacing
Using class options to configure the document style
Time for action - creating a two-column landscape document
Time for action - adding a table of contents
Time for action - shortening the table of content entries
Time for action - customizing headers with the fancyhdr package
Time for action - inserting page breaks
Time for action - sparing an almost empty page
Time for action - using footnotes in text and in headings
Time for action - redefining the footnote line
Time for action - listing LaTeX packages
Time for action - listing packages by topic
Time for action - writing a step-by-step tutorial
Time for action - shrinking our tutorial
Time for action - modifying lists using enumitem
Time for action - explaining capabilities of packages
Creating Tables and Inserting Pictures
Time for action - lining up information using the tabbing environment
Time for action - lining up font commands
Time for action - building a table of font family commands
Time for action - adding nicer horizontal lines with the booktabs package
Time for action - merging cells
Time for action - using the array package
Time for action - merging cells using the multirow package
Time for action - adding a caption to our font table
Time for action - including a picture
Managing floating environments
Time for action - letting a figure float
Time for action - embedding a picture within text
Setting labels and referencing
Time for action - referencing items of a top list
Producing intelligent page references
Time for action - introducing variable references
Time for action - referring cleverly
Listing Content and References
Customizing the table of contents
Time for action - refining an extensive table of contents
Creating and customizing lists of figures
Time for action - creating a list of diagrams
Using packages for customization
Time for action - marking words and building the index
Time for action - citing texts and listing the references
Time for action - creating and using a BibTeX database
Time for action - discussing quadratic equations and roots
Customizing displayed formulas
Time for action - typesetting multi-line formulas
Writing theorems and definitions
Time for action - directly using special characters
Time for action - comparing Computer Modern to Latin Modern
Exploring the world of LaTeX fonts
Time for action - swapping out preamble and chapter contents
Creating front and back matter
Time for action - adding a dedication and an appendix
Time for action - creating a title page
Time for action - starting with a template
Enhancing Your Documents Further
Using hyperlinks and bookmarks
Time for action - adding hyperlinks
Time for action - customizing the hyperlink appearance
Time for action - editing PDF metadata
Benefitting from other packages
Time for action - visiting the TeX Catalogue Online
Time for action - installing a LaTeX package
Time for action - designing chapter and section headings
Understanding and fixing errors
Time for action - interpreting and fixing an error
Time for action - emphasizing on a sans-serif font
Avoiding obsolete classes and packages
Web forums, discussion boards, and Q&A; sites
Time for action - asking a question online