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(La)TeXusage, tips and resources.

texi2pdf -c --max-iterations=MAX_ITERATIONS FILENAME

Use postscript fonts and convert from dvi: Enables the use of Times, Helvetica and Courier from Postscript.

pslatex FILENAME
dvipdf FILENAME

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\documentclass[PARAMETERS]{CLASS}
%comments
%common classes: book, article
%paramters: font size, sides:
%\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{article}
\title{TITLE}
\author{AUTHOR}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{SECTION_NAME}
\subsection{SUBSECTION_NAME}
\begin{itemize}
  \item First item
  \item Second item
  \item Third item
\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}
  \item First item
  \item Second item
    \begin{itemize}
      \item First sub-item
      \item Second sub-item
        \begin{itemize}
          \item First sub-sub-item
          \item Second sub-sub-item
        \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}
  \item Third item
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

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To use extra packages for various formatting options: \usepackage{PACKAGENAME} Parameters can be set when using the package: \usepackage[PARAMETERS]{PACKAGE_NAME}

This package is needed for margins and paper type and layout. Eg.:

\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{margin=0.5in}
\geometry{letterpaper}
Or in a single line:
\geometry{legalpaper, landscape, margin=0.5in}
The options can also be set when using the package:
\usepackage[paperwidth=.5aperwidth,paperheight=.25aperheight]{geometry}

This is needed for paragraph management, eg.: spacing: \usepackage[parfill]{parskip}

Needed for urls:

display url : \url{URL}
display link : \href{URL}{DISPLAY_TEXT}
Change link colors and remove box:
\hypersetup{
	colorlinks,
	linkcolor={black!50!black},
	citecolor={blue!50!black},
	urlcolor={blue!90!black}
}
Setup PDF data:
\hypersetup{
	pdftitle={TITLE},
	pdfauthor={AUTHOR},
	pdfsubject={SUBJECT}
}

If Last page is used, the file needs to be processed twice to insert the last page number.

Needed to set headers and footers.

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\ - \pageref{LastPage}}
position : L,C,R
Current page : \thepage
Last Page : \pageref{LastPage}

Needed to use images:

\includegraphics{FILENAME}
If the file is not in the current path, before including the file:
\graphicspath{ {GRAPHICS_PATH/} }

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> : \textgreater
< : \textless
ñ : \~n
í : \'i

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{\color{COLOR}TEXT}

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\input{FILENAME}

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postscript , pdf , documentation , apa_latex

- Archlinux manpages: texi2pdf(1) , pslatex(1) , dvipdf(1)

- TeX Users Group
- CTAN - Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
- TUG - Resources and packages
- LaTeX Project - Documentation
- Overleaf - LaTeX documentation
- MiKTeX - Windows TeX implementation

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