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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 anabbreviation
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