lshort2.pdf

Tutorial 1

\\documentclass[11pt]{article}

• There are multiple documentclass
  • article
  • beamer - like slide
  • book
  • letter
  • report
• [] brackets are for optional arguments.
  • 11pt was passed to optional arguments

\\documentclass[11pt]{article}

# soft return
\\begin{document}
Hello! This is my first \\LaTeX\\ document.\\\\
A rectangle has side lengths of {x+1} and {x+3}.
\\end{document}

# hard return
\\begin{document}
Hello! This is my first \\LaTeX\\ document.

A rectangle has side lengths of {x+1} and {x+3}.
\\end{document}

• soft return and hard return will show two different results
  • soft return = no indent
  • hard return = indent

Formulas

The equation ${A(x) = x^2 + 4x + 3}$ gives the area of the rectangle.

• Curly brace keeps that inline part to be placed entirely in one line instead of being wrapped at the end.

  

Math mode

# inline
$ ... $

# displayed
$$ ... $$

• There are two types of math modes
  • displayed vs. inline

Tutorial 2

superscripts $$2x^34$$

In order to fix:

superscripts $$2x^{34}$$