# LaTeX Typesetting

### Tikz absolute positioning

November 20, 2011 |

When working with a tikz drawing within LaTeX document we might want to locate an object using an absoute position on the page rather than leaving LaTeX to make the decision for us. The use of nodes and the current.page label in conjunction with some other parameters attached to ... [Read more...]

### Tikz Introduction

September 27, 2011 |

The pgf drawing package for LaTeX provides facilities for drawing simple of complicated pictures within a LaTeX document. There are many options available within the package and in this post we consider some of the basics to get up and running. Fast Tube by Casper As with all LaTeX documents ... [Read more...]

### Scatter plots with images

September 4, 2011 |

Edward Tufte has written extensively on the presentation of data covering good and bad practice. He has made a number of suggestions for adaptations of regularly used graph types to assist with the interpretation and understanding of data. One idea for enhancing scatter plots covered in Tufte’s book Beautiful ... [Read more...]

### LaTeX Typesetting –Basic Mathematics

August 1, 2011 |

LaTeX is very strong for typesetting mathematical equations. Fast Tube by Casper Other useful resources are provided on the Supplementary Material page. [Read more...]

### LaTeX Typesetting – Tables

January 2, 2011 |

One area of LaTeX that is not always straightforward is producing tabular material. In this post we will look at some of the basics of creating tables in a LaTeX document. Fast Tube by Casper When creating tables there is a tabular environment that can be used and we need ...

### LaTeX Typesetting – Document Structure

December 10, 2010 |

Following on from the initial post about creating a document using LaTeX we need to consider the structure of the document, i.e. headings and page layout. Fast Tube by Casper Document Class The document class is a template that specifies the appearance of different components of a document, e.... [Read more...]

### LaTeX Typesetting – Basics

November 28, 2010 |

The LaTeX typesetting is used to create professional looking documents on a home computer. It may have a steeper learning curve than using a Word Processor, but this initial effort will often pay off reasonably quickly. The system is almost a necessity for anyone writing documents with a large amount ... [Read more...]

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Frame Transitions

September 4, 2010 |

Transitions are often used in presentations to break up the presentation and to keep the audience awake, but often the outcome is irritation/distraction with text or other objects flying on or off the screen from different directions. As such they should be used sparingly if at all in a ... [Read more...]

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Using Overlays

August 25, 2010 |

Overlays can be used in a LaTeX beamer presentation to reveal parts of a slide sequentially, which can be a useful way of imparting information to your audience. There are a number of different ways that overlays can be created depending on the sophistication required in the presentation. Fast Tube ... [Read more...]

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Including Images from Graphics Files

August 7, 2010 |

It will often be more efficient to generate graphics in an external software package and then include these files in a LaTeX beamer presentation. The standard LaTeX approach to including graphics can be utilised to perform this task. Fast Tube by Casper The graphicx is useful for including graphics files ...

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Equations and tikz

July 23, 2010 |

Many presentations created using LaTeX beamer included mathematical equations and these can be easily included in a presentation and in this post we will consider using the tikz package to add various interesting elements to equations, such as lines between text on a slide and part of an equation. Fast ...

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Boxes

July 19, 2010 |

We can add coloured boxes with text or mathematics into a LaTeX beamer presentation which is particularly useful if we have definitions, theorem or computer code to highlight this information that may not be so accessible within a paragraph of text. Fast Tube by Casper The easiest way to create ...

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Tables

July 14, 2010 |

Tables of information can be included in a LaTeX beamer presentation in the same way that they would be incorporated into any other LaTeX document. The tabular environment is used and, if necessary, the tables could be numbered but this probably doesn’t make as much sense as labelling and ...

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Bullet Lists

July 10, 2010 |

When writing a presentation we might want to use a bullet list to highlight some key points that might be lost if they are part of a large body of text. We can use the standard LaTeX environments for creating lists within a beamer presentation in a straightforward way. Fast ...

### Creating a Presentation with LaTeX Beamer – Basic Slides

July 5, 2010 |

In a previous post we looked at using the LaTeX beamer package to create presentations. Given a title page and outline of a presentation the next stage will be to create the content that appears in various slides of the presentation. Fast Tube by Casper To create a slide we ...