480-2000/01 – Document Preparation in LaTeX (STL)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 2 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2018/2019 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT, FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course is oriented on basic skills in document preparation in LaTeX typographic system.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Summary
The course is oriented on basic skills in document preparation in LaTeX typographic system allowing to obtain scientific documents on profesional level, especially for the documents with mathemati formulas. The role of practical exercising on students' own laptops is stressed. The exercises include a work on student tasks as laboratory reports, semestral projects, etc.
Compulsory literature:
Kokpa, H., Daly P. W.: Guide to LaTeX, 4th Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003, ISBN-13 978-0321173850
Graetzner, G.: More Math Into LaTeX, 5th ed., Springer, 2016, ISBN-13 978-3319237954
Recommended literature:
Lamport, L.: LaTeX - A document preparation system, Addison-Wesley Pub., 1994, ISBN-13 978-0201529838
Mittelbach, F.: The LaTeX Companion, 2nd ed., 2004, ISBN-13 978-0201362992
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Discussion with students during the lessons
E-learning
No e-learinig available
Other requirements
Systematic individual out-of-classroom study is assumed. One's own personal laptop usage is required.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to LaTeX and TeX, Linux and Windows freeware implementations and instalation
2. Basic text formating operations
3. Design of page layout, codument classes
4. Mathematic typography in LaTeX,
5. Additional packages for mathematical typography support
6. Perparation and design of lists, theorems, itemization
7. Tables and arrays, multiple columns
8. Organizing the document, cross-referencing, large documents
9. BibTeX and its using
10. Graphics and its including into LaTeX documents
11. Freeware graphics editors and their cooperation with LaTeX
12. Other possibilities how to use LaTeX: typeseting of presentations and posters
13. Useful tips and tricks
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction