Introduction to LaTeX Typesetting: Glossary

Typesetting is used in many domains to convey information in a more readable format.

Creating a new, minimal document requires a document declaration, a preamble, and a document body.

LaTeX documents consist of commands, environments, and regular text. Commands may take arguments and/or options.

Sections are delineated by \section and automatically numbered. Subsections can be added with the \subsection command.

The commands \textbf{} and \textit{} can be used to bold and italicize text by taking in text as an argument.

Lists can be created using the {itemize} environment, and numbered lists can be created using the {enumerate} environment.

Document types are specified by the \documentclass{}, and can be customized using options added as arguments in [].

Math typesetting can be used in-line with the text by surrounding formulas with dollar signs, or separately using the {equation} environment.

Tables can be created in the {tabular} environment and there are many options for customization.

Documents can be arranged into two columns using the twocolumn parameter option in our document class, and the multicol package can provide further customization.

Many publishers and other entities create LaTeX templates that allow for easy formatting to meet journal, conference, and other requirements.

You can manually add footnotes inline with the text using the \footnote{} command.

BibTeX is a file format that allows you to keep track of citation data separately from your main LaTeX document.

You can reference citations in a BibTeX file using the biblatex package.

You can change the citation style used in biblatex by passing the [style=...] option.