Reference Sheet for a Thesis C. Layout D.6. Lists E.5. Colors with xcolor symbol with LAT X2e and KOMA-Script C.1. Changing Page Layout with geometry \begin{itemize} with bullets \item or \item[ ] E \usepackage{xcolor} ª Let KOMA-Script know of geometry by option usegeometry=true. \begin{enumerate} with numbers \item ª \definecolor{DarkBlue}{RGB}{0, 115, 207} All examples were tested with pdflatex. \begin{description} \item[word] § with bold words \colorlet{col_section}{DarkBlue} ª The package mentioned in the headings has to be included (see B.2). \usepackage[left=2cm, right=2, top=3cm, bottom=4cm, \begin{labeling}[separator ]{labelinglabel} \item[word] \textcolor{red}{text in red} or {\color{red}text} ª Compile three times after last change (esp. docs with references). bindingoffset=1cm, inlcudeheadfoot]{geometry} § \colorbox{gray!25}{color gray faded by 25\%} \begin{enumerate} ª Auto-completion determines unspecified dimensions (under or over A. LATEX Basics § \item First item Predefined colors: specified¦ as well), here width and height of text (see I.9). ¥ \item Second item\label{it:second}% see References ª ¦white gray black red green blue cyan magenta yellow ¥ A.1. Units Other options: paper=a4paper, landscape|portrait, includehead, \end{enumerate} Fade a color with color !value between 0 and 100 ª Available units for length and dimensions: includefoot, includeheadfoot, twocolumn ª \newgeometry{ opt, opt, ... } Headings in color: \setkomafont{disposition}{\color{color }} bp point (typographic) mm millimeter in inch em width of M Changing page layout mid document: px pixel (1/72in) cm centimeter pc pica ex height of x D.7.¦ Enhanced Lists with enumitem ¥ E.6. Footnotes ª Document dependent units z\textwidth, z\linewidth, C.2. Header and Footer of Page (aka running heading) Load: \usepackage{enumitem}
z\columnwidth z\textheight z lehead cehead rehead lohead cohead rohead Example (for enumerate): \footnote{text} Print footnote marker in text and footnote at , with a percentage value, e.g. \ \ \ \ \ \ 0.55\textwidth \setlist[enumerate,1]{label=\Alph )} A) one means 55% of the actual width of the text. 6 6 6 6 6 6 * bottom of page ihead ª \baselineskip \ \setlist[enumerate,2]{label=\alph )} a) one minimum vertical space between the bottom of two chead * \footnotemark Print footnote marker in text (e.g. within tabu- \ ohead successive lines in a paragraph. \ \setlist[enumerate,3]{label=\roman*)} b) two lar or caption) ª Amounts like \smallskipamount, \medskipamount, \bigskipamount. \setlist[enumerate,4]{label=\arabic*)} B) two \footnotetext{text} Print footnote at bottom of page % delete default settings and define your own Example (for legal list): \usepackage[automark]{scrlayer-scrpage} 1. one A.2. Reserved Characters (see also E.2, cf.H) § \newlist{legal}{enumerate}{10} \clearpairofpagestyles 1.1. two E.7. References with hyperref (loads url implicitly) \ohead[]{\headmark} \ofoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark} \setlist[legal]{label*=\arabic*.,noitemsep} \ introduces a command \textbackslash 1.1.1. three Use: \begin{legal} \item ...\end{legal} \autocite{citekey } Cite a bibliographic reference (package biblatex) {} embraces arguments, creates logical parts \{ \} 1.1.2. strawberry \label{marker } Set a marker for cross reference, often if the form [] embraces optional arguments [] % Variant fora thesis with horizontal rules at head and foot \label{sec:item} or \label{fig:diag1} % comments: code after % will be ignored. \% ¦\usepackage[headsepline=0.005pt:,footsepline=0.005pt:, ¥ D.8. Separate Files § \autoref{marker } Give type name and number of marker & separates columns in tabular-like environments \& plainfootsepline,automark]{scrlayer-scrpage} ª After preamble within the text place:\include{file} Text starts and \autopageref{marker } Give abbreviation of “page” and page # parameter for own command declarations \# \clearpairofpagestyles ends on a new page. file has to be in the same directory as the \ohead[]{\headmark} \ofoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark} number of marker $ text style math mode (abbr. for \(... \)) \$ master file. Otherwise specify a path: \include{path/file} \ModifyLayer[addvoffset=-.6ex]{scrheadings.foot.above.line} \url{url} _ 2 ª In preamble place: \includeonly{file1,file2 } to run only these files. Print clickable web page ^ index/exponent only valid in math mode, e.g. a1 see E.2 \ModifyLayer[addvoffset=-.6ex]{plain.scrheadings.foot.above.line} ª Use \input{file} includes a file without starting/ending on a new \href[options]{url}{text} Print clickable link \setkomafont{pageheadfoot}{\small} page (\includeonly not valid). \hyperref[marker ]{text} Print clickable reference B. Preamble (before \begin{document}) Style: \urlstyle{xx} with xx a style like “tt”, “rm”, “sf” or “same”. Names for autoref (package babel): setspace E. Text B.1. Documentclass (necessary) C.3.¦ Linespread with ¥ \renewcaptionname{language}{\typenameautorefname}{text}, \usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace} Use: \documentclass[opt,opt,. . . ]{class} Load: for 1.5 line spacing. E.1. Paragraphs (≈ “new idea in content”) e.g. \renewcaptionname{english}{\subsectionautorefname}{section} Recommended classes: scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook, scrlttr2 Paragraphs are separated by an empty line in the code or by \par. Non-KOMA-Script classes: beamer, koma-moderncvclassic D. Document Structure (see alsoL) A \\ produces a new line – use sparingly, seldom needed outside tabulars. E.8. Acronyms with acro Correct Overfull Box Warnings with more than 4pt (look into log file). Common options with default Values available (subtotal) D.1. Start Document \usepackage{acro,hyperref,longtable,tabu}%next5 to praeambel Complete document contents. \acsetup{list-style=longtabu,list-heading=addchap} fontsize=11pt 10pt | 12pt (e.g. 12.5pt also valid) \begin{document} \end{document} E.2. Text Symbols/Characters (see also A.2) § \DeclareAcroListStyle{longtabu}{table}{table=longtabu, paper=a4, paper=portrait a3 | a5 | b4 | letter, landscape A lot of diacritic symbols can be typed directly, e.g. è é ê ñ ç table-spec=@{}>{\bfseries}lX@{}} parskip=no half full D.2. Title | § \S _ \textunderscore{} ~ \textasciitilde{} \DeclareAcronym{ecm}{short=EM,long=Electro Machining} headings=big small | normal simple title: \author{text} \title{text} \date{\today} \maketitle ... text ^ \textasciicircum{} ... \ldots | \textbar chapterprefix=false true title page self designed: \begin{titlepage} \end{titlepage} \ac{EM} or \Ac{EM} for capitalized first letter Other symbols need packages, e.g. € \texteuro (textcomp) open=right (scrbook) any (scrartcl, scrreprt) | left \printacronyms captions=oneline nooneline D.3. Table of Contents, List of Figures (for other List of see E.8&G) E.3. Fonts captions=tablebelow,figurebelow tableabove, figureabove \tableofcontents \listoftables \listoffigures KOMAoption toc=listof (see B.1) generates entries for TOC. toc=nolistof listof | listofnumbered Command Declaration Effect ¦F. Figures & Tables (floating environments) ¥ bibliography=totoc | totocnumbered nottotoc \textrm{text} {\rmfamily text} Roman family F.1. Figures with graphicx twoside=true (scrbook) false (scrartcl, scrreprt) D.4. Headings \textsf{text} {\sffamily text} Sans serif family Load: \usepackage{graphicx} twocolumn=false true \part{title} \chapter{title} \texttt{text} {\ttfamily text} Typewriter family Use: \includegraphics[opt]{file} (png, jpg, pdf) draft=false true (show overfull boxes) \section{title} \subsection{title} \subsubsection{title} \textmd{text} {\mdseries text} Medium series With ‘figure’ the environment to place a graphic is meant. The figure ª \paragraph{title} \subparagraph{title} Options of document class are passed to every loaded package. \textbf{text} {\bfseries text} Bold series caption is printed where the caption command is placed in the input. ª Set or change options later in file, e.g. \KOMAoptions{twoside=true} ª \chapter only valid in documentclass scrbook and scrreprt \textup{text} {\upshape text} Upright shape Extra vertical space is controlled by the KOMAoption captions (see B.1). ª Use * variants for headings without numbering, no change in counter \textit{text} {\itshape text} Italic shape Use: \begin{figure}[pos] ..\caption{..}\label{fig:x} \end{figure} and no entry in table of contents. B.2. Loading Packages \textsl{text} {\slshape text} Slanted shape Parameter: pos is a suggestion for placing, it can be ignored by TEX. options package ª Use the optional parameter for short titles in headings and table of t h b ! \usepackage[ ]{ } \textsc{text} {\scshape text} Small Caps shape Possible values are combinations of (top), (here), (bottom), (try \PassOptionsToPackage[options]{package} contents, e.g. \section[short title]{title} harder), p (separate page). More general commands: ª Use \addpart, \addchap or \addsec for unnumbered headings, but Hint: Define a path to the graphic files (no blanks in folder names; no text text Emphasized with running heading and entry in table of contents. \emph{ } {\em } folder folder B.3. Encoding Settings special characters in file names) \graphicspath{ { /}{ /}... } The * variants delete the running heading. \textnormal{text} {\normalfont text} Document font ª \graphicspath{ {img/} }%subfolder for images; set in preambel \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}% most IDEs use UTF8 Layout of paragraph and subpargraph similar to other headings: Example: \setkomafont{section}{\scshape} \begin{figure}\centering \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}% most fonts needsT1 \RedeclareSectionCommands[afterskip=1sp]{paragraph,subparagraph} § § \setcounter{secnumdepth}{\subparagraphnumdepth} \includegraphics[width=.8\columnwidth]{pic.jpg} E.4. Font Size \setcounter{tocdepth}{\subparagraphtocdepth} \caption[Short title]{Long title}\label{fig:ff} Font size is relative to the base font size, specified in the document class. \end{figure} B.4.¦ Language Settings with babel ¥ \tiny tiny \Large Large D.5. Justification \scriptsize scriptsize ª Load: \usepackage[ngerman, main=english]{babel} \LARGE LARGE Numbering throughout the whole document (scrbook) with package Use: \selectlanguage{language} \foreignlanguage{language}{text} Environment Declaration Other \footnotesize footnotesize ¦chngcntr: \counterwithout{figure}{chapter} (same for table) ¥ \small small \huge huge ª Figure name: \renewcaptionname{language}{\figurename}{text} text text \normalsize \documentclass[italian]{scrbook}% global option \begin{center} \centering \par\vfill normalsize \renewcaptionname{language}{\figureautorefname}{text} \large \Huge Huge §\usepackage[british,main=italian]{babel}% package option \begin{flushleft} \raggedright text \hfill text large \usepackage{csquotes}% package csquotes knows italian {\small text} {\huge text\par} \begin{flushright} \raggedleft \raggedbottom, \flushbottom Use: or to limit the size change. typesetted with cmbright, August 18, 2017 Example: \setkomafont{pageheadfoot}{\small} ¦ ¥ G. Bibliography with biblatex & External Processor biber F.2. Subfigures with subcaption H.4. More Math Functions H.7.2. AMSMath alignat \usepackage{subcaption} Load: G.1. Entry types P \sum Q \prod ` \coprod \begin{alignat}{3} % 2x3-1 ’&’ are neccessary Use: \begin{subfigure}[pos]{width} ... \end{subfigure} R RR RRR H _ _ _ _ _ @article @book @inbook \int \iint \iiint \oint i {11} &=0.25 & i {12} &=i {21} & i {13} &=i {23}\\ i_{21} &=\frac{1}{3}i_{11} & i_{22} &=0.5i_{12} & i_{23} &=i_{31}\\ @collection @incollection @manual ~a \vec{a} a˙ \dot{a} a¨ \ddot{a} aˆ \hat{a} \begin{figure}[ht] \centering i_{31} &=0.33i_{22} \quad & i_{32} &=0.15i_{32} \quad @misc @online @patent § \begin{subfigure}[t]{0.5\textwidth} & i_{33} &=i_{11} \centering\includegraphics[height=1.2in]{figure-a} @phdthesis @proceedings @periodical \end{alignat} \caption{Subcaption 1}\label{fig:SubFig1}\end{subfigure} H.5. Fonts and Sizes in Math Mode (some from AMSMath) @report @techreport @thesis i = 0.25 i = i i = i \begin{subfigure}[t]{0.5\textwidth} \mathrm{}, \mathit{}, \mathbf{}, \mathsf{}, \mathtt{}, \boldmath{} 11 12 21 13 23 (1) \centering\includegraphics[height=1.2in]{figure-b} \mathbb{} e.g. AZ, \mathcal{} e.g. AZ, \mathfrak{} e.g. AZ 1 i = i i = 0.5i i = i \caption{Subcaption 2}\label{fig:SubFig2}\end{subfigure} G.2. Entry Fields (example seeL) \displaystyle, \scriptstyle, \scriptscriptstyle, \textstyle 21 11 22 12 23 31 (2) \caption{Caption of complete figure}\label{fig:Fig1} 3 author title journal year volume \boldsymbol{} \end{figure} i31 = 0.33i22 i32 = 0.15i32 i33 = i11 (3) editor publisher institution school series pages organization number note key H.6. Often used Math Expressions A S flalign n+1 H.7.3. M Math ¦ ¥ x x^{n+1} Ekin E_{\mathrm{kin}} F.3. Tables width aligned material \begin{flalign*} G.3. Styles a + b pn With ‘table’ the environment to place aligned material is meant. The \frac{a+b}{2} a2 + b2 \sqrt[n]{a^2+b^2} i_{11} & =0.25 & i_{12} & =i_{21} & i_{13} & =i_{23}\\ table caption is printed where the caption command is placed in the alphabetic authoryear authortitle numeric mla verbose 2 i_{21} & =\frac{1}{3}i_{11} & i_{22} & =0.5i_{12} input. For positioning options see F.1. chem-acs phys nature science ieee apa x1, . . . , xn x_1, \ldots, x_n x1 + ··· + xn x_1 + \cdots + x_n & i_{23} & =i_{31}\cdot\sqrt{5}\\ See https://de.sharelatex.com/learn/Biblatex_bibliography_styles i_{31} & =0.33i_{22} & i_{32} & =0.15i_{32} & i_{33} & =i_{11} \KOMAoptions{captions=tableabove}% move to praeambel 1 2 \end{flalign*} \begin{table}[htbp] \centering \left( a + \frac{1}{2} \right)^2 § a + i = 0.25 i = i i = i \caption{Table caption}\label{tab:exp} G.4. Example 2 11 12 21 13 23 (1) \begin{tabular}{@{}ll@{}} N N 1 √ % in preambel X Y i = i i = 0.5i i = i · 5 (2) \emph{Name} & \emph{Desc.}\\ \hline \sum_{i=1}^{N} \prod_{i=1}^{N} 21 3 11 22 12 23 31 tikz2pdf & Python script\\ §\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes}% Load i=1 i=1 LaTable & visual table editor \usepackage[backend=biber,style=nature,language=british] i31 = 0.33i22 i32 = 0.15i32 i33 = i11 (3) lim \lim_{a \rightarrow \infty} \end{tabular} {biblatex}% Load a→∞ \addbibresource{mybibliographyfile.bib}% Define b \end{table} Z A S gather % anywhere within the document 2 H.7.4. M Math x dx \int_a^b x^2\; \mathrm{d}x Use: \begin{tabular}[c b t]{@{} l r c | p{unit}} \autocite{citekey}% Use \begin{gather} \printbibliography% Print a D(a,r) \equiv \{z \in \mathbf{C} \colon |z-a| < r \} \notag\\ Column separation: @{\hspace{unit}} or \setlength{\tabcolsep}{unit} df ¦ ¥ \operatorname{seg} (a,r) \equiv \{ z \in \mathbf{C} Row separation: \\[unit] or \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{unit} \left. \frac{\mathrm{d}f}{\mathrm{d}x} \right|_{x_0} bibliography dx x \colon \Im z < \Im a, \ |z-a| < r \}\\ \cline{2-3} \hline KOMAoption (see B.1) generates entry for TOC. 0 Partial lines: instead of C (E, \theta, r) \equiv \bigcup_{e\in E} c (e, \theta, r) F F \myvec{F}_{\perp}1 \myvec{F}_{\parallel}1 Additional packages: array, longtable, booktabs, tabu, ¦ ¥ ⊥ k \end{gather} xcolor with option table, tabularx, tabulary G.5. External Processor > † ∗ 1 a A A \myvec{a}^{\top} A^{\dagger} \boldmath{A}^{*} D(a, r) ≡ {z ∈ C: |z − a| < r} IDEs like TEXstudio include the external processor, select biber as ! def F.4. Colored Table bibliography tool for ‘build’ in preferences, otherwise run biber explicitly. < = \stackrel{!}{<} \stackrel{\mathrm{def}}{=} seg(a, r) ≡ {z ∈ C: =z < =a, |z − a| < r} (1) above [ C(E, θ, r) ≡ c(e, θ, r) (2) \usepackage[table]{xcolor}% move to praeambel H. Math mid mid \overset{above}{mid} \underset{below}{mid} \rowcolors{1}{}{lightblue}%{start row}{odd-row}{even-row} below e∈E § 1 \begin{tabular}{clr} ... \end{tabular} \newcommand{\myvec}[1]{\ensuremath{\underline{\boldsymbol{#1}}}} H.1. Math mode (Standard LATEX) 2 Textstyle: \(x^2 + 4\) x + 4 as part of the text. H.7.5. AMSMath matrix \[ x^2 + 4 \] amsmath Displaystyle: separat line, centered H.7. Math with (replacing standard Environments) \begin{matrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{matrix} float Equation: \begin{equation} ... \end{equation}\label{name} F.5.¦ Suppress Floating with ¥ equation equation* One line, one equation \begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix} For a thesis most students want to control the placing of figures and \begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{bmatrix} x1 multline multline* One unaligned multiple-line equation, one number tables themselves. One way is more control with placeins. Another way Z f t ! \begin{Bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{Bmatrix} 2 gather gather* Several equations without alignment \captionof λ := lim dt ≤ 1 (1) \begin{vmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{vmatrix} is to avoid the environments figure and table using . Quick x →∞ qn 1 t2 + sin2(t) align align* Several equations with multiple alignments \begin{Vmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{Vmatrix} and dirty is an additional positioning parameter using float: x0 alignat alignat* Multiple alignments, choose spacing between cols !" #( ) Load: \usepackage{float,scrhack} a b a b a b a b a b a b Use: \begin{figure}[H], \begin{table}[H] ª Use variant for unnumbered equation (without label). flalign flalign* Several equations: horizontally spread form of align * c d c d c d c d c d c d ª Package option for equation position: fleqn fixed indent from the left cases Alignment for cases \dots \ldots \cdots \vdots F.6. Source Code Listings with listings margin instead of centered. split A simple alignment within a multiple-line equation Dots: or lower dots, vertically centered dots, ª leqno reqno vertical dots, \ddots diagonal dots, \hdotsfor[cols]{dotspace} Load: \usepackage{listings} Options for positions of equation number: or . aligned A “mini-page” with multiple alignments multicolumn dots. Options: \lstset{ basicstyle=\ttfamily\small, language=Python, gathered A “mini-page” with unaligned equations numbers=left, keywordstyle=\color{blue}\bfseries } H.2. Important Symbols in Math ª The content is automatically placed in math mode. literate literate={ä}{{\"a}}1) H.8. AMSMath cases See option for Umlauts ( + + − - ± \pm ∓ \mp ª Use \intertext{text} to set text within an amsmath environment Languages: C, C++, Java, Matlab, Python, HTML, XML, . . . \[ f(n) = \begin{cases} n/2 & \quad \text{if $n$ is even}\\ < < ≤ \le \ll · \cdot ª Length parameter to influence vertical spacing within any amsmath Use: Environment: \begin{lstlisting} code \end{lstlisting} -(n+1)/2 & \quad \text{if $n$ is odd}\\ \end{cases} \] > > ≥ \ge \gg × \times environment: \jot (e.g. \addtolength{\jot}{1ex}) In line: \lstinline+code+ (same start- and end char) ª Add singular vertical space for a line via \\[
List of Figures iii A.1. Example of a caption centeredbeside ...... 4 1.1. Table caption ...... 1 1.1. Technical introduction List of Tables iv Heading without number My Title 1. Intro 1 1.1. Technical introduction ...... 1 Some text in bold, some more text. Some text in emph, more text. And now some text 1.1.1. Heading lower level ...... 1 My Subtitle in German language Hier kommt eine Formel: 2 + 2 = 5 2. Method 2 A new paragraph, viz. a new idea, a new thought. N. N. A. Appendix 4 1.1.1. Heading lower level Bibliography 5 More text emphasized text.1
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1 Wikipedia. TEX—Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX, last referenced 24-June-2017.
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2. Method A. Appendix Bibliography
Some text, see Table 1.1 for aligned material. Wikipedia. TEX—Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/TeX, last referenced 24-June-2017. L’Hôpital’s rule:
x 0 x Figure A.1.: Example of a caption beside e 1 [ 0 ] e 1 A BOX (2.1) lim − = lim = the figure x 0 H x 0 → 2x → 2 2
License
Reference Sheet, Version 1.2, August 2017
This Cheat Sheet is free under the terms and conditions of the LATEX Project Public License Version 1.3c. Authors: Marion Lammarsch, University of Heidelberg, and Elke Schubert, Stutensee Credit for the layout and content ideas goes to
(a) Emanuel Regnath, “LATEX Cheat Sheet” LATEX4EI, 2013 http://www.latex4ei.de/downloads/LaTeX_CheatSheet.pdf (b) Tammo Schwindt, DHBW Mosbach, “LaTeX Sheet German”, Ed. 2014 http://mirror.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/latexcheat/latexcheat-de/ The logo with the TEX lion is sketched by Duane Bibby, https://mirror.ctan.org/ lion/files; the graphic of a header of a page is from the KOMA-Script documentation, file scrlayer-scrpage.tex; the page layout image is done by using the package layout and the command \layout and the red lines and red text added with a graphics program.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Markus Kohm, Ulrike Fischer, Martin Sievers, and Herbert Voß for their useful hints and suggestions. Not naming all the female and male students which with their intrigued questions helped to improve this reference sheet.
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