LaTeX Resources

  • Disclaimer: These resources including the class files are unofficial (though know to be in conformity to the FGS thesis standards except for page numbering). Please use them at you own risk. The class file is expected to confirm to the University of Western Ontario's thesis regulations.

Why use LaTeX?

LaTeX has great placement algorithms. Cross-referencing is easy and robust and there is natural support for equations. LaTeX is free. All major conferences and journals accept LaTeX generated articles. You can easily get a ps file or a pdf file. You work will look so good when created in LaTeX. You will see the beauty once you start using LaTeX

Getting Started with LaTeX for Windows Users

  • Windows users can use MiKTeX and WinEdt (both are free). MiKTeX is an up-to-date TeX implementation for Windows. WinEdt is a powerful ASCII editor and a shell with a strong predisposition towards the creation of LaTeX documents. Here are the installation steps. 1. Install MiKTeX (version 2.6). It is a good idea to use the wizard and carryout a full installation.

  • Install the latest version (5.5) of WinEdt

  • Start using WinEdt

Getting Started with LaTeX for Unix Users

Class File Conforming to FGS Thesis Guide (First version available)

Steps:

  1. Download and unzip

  2. Open uwo_bare_thesis.tex (using WinEdt is convenient)

  3. Run LaTeX
  4. If you want to have pdf bookmarks etc. run LaTeX, dvips and ps2pdf a few times
  5. To get the bibliography displayed run Latex, run bibtex and run LaTeX again a few times

    All these commands can conveniently be executed using WinEdt

LaTeX Tutorials for Novices

  1. Online Tutorials on LATeX by TUG India- A side-based concise guide from simple documents, lists, boxes,tables, mathematics, theorems, corss referencing and an extremely good set of slide-based tutorials on graphics with PSTricks

  2. LATeX for Complete Novices by Dr. Nicola Talbot- A comprehensive guide from simple documents, chapters, sections, packages, figures, tables, defining commands, mathematical formulae, defining environments, counters and common errors

  3. Getting Started with LaTeX by David R. Wilkins- From simple documents, mathematical formulae to further formatting features

  4. Latex Tricks by Peter Newbury-Page set-up, numbering, captions, figures, list of references using BibTeX and writing these

  5. Online Tutorial on LateX by The Indian TEX Users Group- Comprehensive, from basics to graphics using PSTricks

  6. UFL IMAGE Lab LaTeX Help Home- Background, Making a Basic Document, Advanced Document Options, Saving and Converting Your Document, Templates and Sample LaTeX Document, BIBTeX and LaTeX Macros

  7. LaTeX Symbols LaTeX Symbols- Symbols

  8. LateX Help by Emerson Center- LaTeX Commands

  9. The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX by Tobias Oetiker-A comprehensive guide from basics, typesetting text, mathematics, graphics, bibliography, creting presentations, pdfLaTeX, producing mathematical graphics and customizing LaTeX

Latex Tutorials for Advanced Users

Using LATEX to Write a PhD Thesis by Dr. Nicola Talbot

  1. LaTeX Project Home Page

  2. The TeX Users Group (TUG) Home Page

  3. LaTeX Related Information by Dr. Nicola Talbot

  4. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven - LaTeX Page

Slides Using LaTeX

Several packages are available to create nice looking slides (of course much better than the slides created by the counterparts). This is a must for those who want the equations to appear in slides as they should. The result is a fine pdf file which can be displayed fullscreen using Ctrl+L. The sequrnce of operations is

  1. Run Latex on the file
  2. Run dvi2ps
  3. Run ps2pdf
  4. On Adobe Reader press Ctrl+L to view the slides
  5. Marvel at your beautiful creation

We recommend using powerdot class by Hendri Adriaens. Here is an example bundled with a style file in UWO colors to be used with powedot class.

UWO Style File for PowerDot

This example contains powedot-uwo1.sty style file and uwoslides.tex to get you started in making slides with LaTeX. It also includes a sample bibliography file. If you want to see the slides before trying it out click the figures below to download the pdf. Press Ctrl+L to display the slides, on Adobe Reader. You will notice that the table of contents that appear on the left contain clickable links. See how even formulae can be stepped through.

Download the powerdot-uwo1.sty style file and example (zipped) here.

http://iris.uwo.ca/Slides?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=slide1.gif http://iris.uwo.ca/Slides?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=slide6.gif

Slides

FAQ: I cannot compile uwoslides.tex. LaTeX says that powerdot.cls is not found.

This happens if your TeX system is old. So update your system. e.g. install MiKTeX 2.5. Thank you Guo Chen for your comments.

PSTricks

PSTricks is a LaTeX package which allow to use the major part of PostScript capabilities inside LaTex. PSTricks produces fine graphics including curves, trees, mathematical diagrams, circuit diagrams, flow charts, polygons, three dimensional graphics, tilings, fractals, lens and many many more.

Graphs using PSTricks

http://iris.uwo.ca/PSTricks?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=graphs.gif

Examples Pdf and tex files zipped,Pdf File,Tex file

Frequently Asked Questions