Fall 2006 Document preparationLATEX font styles☞ Text shape: you can choose a text “shape” withvarious “text” commands:\textit{italics text}\textsl{slanted text}\textsc{small caps text}italics textslanted textSMALL CAPS TEXTCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationLATEX font styles☞ Text weight: you can also choose text “weight” with“text” commands:\textmd{medium weight}\\\textbf{boldface weight}\\medium weight boldface weightCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationLATEX font styles☞ Text families: you can also choose text families with“text” commands:\textrm{Roman family}\textsf{Sans serif family}\texttt{Typewriter/teletype family}Roman familySans serif familyTypewriter/teletype familyCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationLATEX font styles☞ Also, you can use \usepackage{family} tospecify a font family:\usepackage{avant}\usepackage{bookman}\usepackage{chancery}\usepackage{charter}\usepackage{courier}\usepackage{newcent}\usepackage{palatino}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFont sizesYou can use the following commands to modify thecurrent font size:\tiny\scriptsize\footnotesize\normalsize\large\Large\LARGE\huge\HugeCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationLATEX tablesLATEX has two table-related environments: “table”and “tabular”.The floating “table” enviroment is used to specifylocation and captioning.The “tabular” environment is used to format theactual table.COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationLATEX tables\begin{table}[t] %% top placement\begin{tabular}{c|c|c} %% center everythingcenter & center & center \\\hline %% doesn’t need a \\center & center & center \\center & center & center \\\end{tabular}\end{table}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationTable placementYou can suggest locations for tables, which are“float”. You can use the following location suggestions,and you may list them in order of your preference:☞ h – “here”. Try to place the table where at this pointin the text.☞ t – “top”. Try to place the table at the top of thecurrent page; if it doesn’t fit, try to place it at the topof the next page.COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparation☞ b – “bottom”. Try to place the table at the bottom ofthe current page; if it doesn’t fit, try to place it at thebottom of the next page.☞ p – “page”. Place the table on a separate page fortables and figures.COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFormatting columnsThe \begin{tabular}{FORMAT} command allowsyou to specify column formatting.l %% column is left-justifiedc %% column is centeredr %% column is right-justified| %% draws a vertical|| %% draws two vertical lines togetherCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationSpecifying data in the tableHorizontal “data” lines end in “\\”.Column entries are divided by ampersands (“&”).Horizontal rules can be drawn with “\hline”.For example:\begin{tabular}{l|l||l}Command & Arguments & Explanation\\\hline{\tt break} & \verb+[file:]function+ & Sets a breakpoint at function\\\end{tabular}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFiguresLATEX supports a “figure” environment, where youcan place a graphic of some sort (though I think thatgenerally it is best to stick with either encapsulatedPostScriptR; however, the “png” format generally worksfine also.)COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFigures\begin{figure}[PLACEMENT]\includegraphics[OPTIONS]{FILENAME}\caption{CAPTION}\label{LABEL}\end{figure}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFiguresNote that the PLACEMENT is an option specifiedwith [ ], not a requirement as with the tableenvironment.COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationOptionswidth= %% you can specify a width, such as [width=5in]height= %% you can specify a height, such as [height=5in]scale= %% you can specify a scaling factor, such as [scale=0.75]angle= %% you can specify an angle in degrees, such as [angle=45]COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFigure exampleFigure 1: FSU 1851 logo\begin{figure}[h]\centering\includegraphics[width=2.2in]{fsu-1851-trans.png}\caption{FSU 1851 logo}\end{figure}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationAnother figure exampleFigure 2: FSU 1851 logo\begin{figure}[h]\centering\includegraphics[width=1.6in,angle=30]{fsu-1851-trans.png}\caption{FSU 1851 logo}\end{figure}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationLists in LATEXThere are many types of lists possible in LATEX.For instance, you can use:☞ itemize – bulleted lists☞ enumerate – numbered lists☞ description – customized lists☞ dinglist – a type of customized used on this listCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationLists in LATEXThe general form is\begin{LISTTYPE}\item\item...\item\end{LISTTYPE}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationExample of a list\begin{dinglist}{\DingListSymbolA}\item {\tt itemize} -- bulleted lists\item {\tt enumerate} -- numbered lists\item {\tt description} -- customized lists\item {\tt dinglist} -- a type of customized used on this list (via\verb+\usepackage{pifont}+, which gives you access to ding characters)\end{dinglist}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationArbitrary text rotationYou can use the package “rotating” to do arbitrarilyrotated text:Rotate this text\usepackage{rotating}...\begin{rotate}{30}Rotate this text\end{rotate}COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationThe verbatim and Verbatim environments;inline verbWith the wide allocation of special characters todefault use in LATEX, it is often convenient go intoa mode that explicitly treats special characters asordinary ones. Since this very useful for displayingprogram code, these environments generally also aremonospaced and, by default, in a teletype font.☞ \verb – you can use the inline \verb to specifyCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationverbatim while in normal paragraph mode, such as%@*!)!%$%*!@ with \verb+%@*!)!%$%*!@+.☞ \begin{verbatim} – you can use the standardverbatim environment for multiline material☞ \begin{Verbatim} – if you do a \usepackage{fancyvrb}you can include verbatim material in footnotes,modify the font size and font family, and many othereffects.COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFancy VerbatimThe output of the following\begin{Verbatim}[fontshape=it,frame=leftline,fontsize=\scriptsize]Easy to see what is thereWhen the left line is whereWe might care\ end{Verbatim}is on the next slide...COP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationFancy VerbatimEasy to see what is thereWhen the left line is whereWe might careCOP 4342Fall 2006 Document preparationMultiple