Tips for learning Latex

Useful Latex tutorial:

1. The Not So Short Introduction to Latex2et

2. Getting to grips with Latex

3.Latex中文资料

Tips:



1. When using natbib package to cite reference, if you want to cite the full name and year，quote the author name with parenthesis.

eg: author = "European Committee for Standardization"should be author = "{European Committee for Standardization}". The result will be (European Committee for Standardization, 2005)

2.some tips for citing equations with parenthe

http://bbs.ctex.org/redirect.php?tid=27187&goto=lastpost&styleid=7

像(1-1)这样的公式要用subequations，例如：

\documentclass{article}

\def\sub{\renewcommand{\theequation}{\theparentequation{}-\arabic{equation}}}

\usepackage[leqno]{amsmath}

\begin{document}
\begin{subequations}
\sub
\begin{equation}
\int_a^bf(x)\mathrm{d}x=F(-F(a))\label{a}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\int_a^bf(x)\mathrm{d}x+abcd=F(-F(a))\label{b}
\end{equation}
\end{subequations}
Equation \eqref{a} and \eqref{b}
\end{document}

如果用\def\sub{\renewcommand{\theequation}{\theparentequation{}.\arabic{equation}}}，显示：公式(1.1)

去掉\sub，显示：公式(1a)

3. How to write ordinal number, like 1st(st on the right top of 1), without using amsmath package.

using \usepackage{engord}, then just input \engordnumber{3} in text, the ordinal number will be automatically generated.

4. How to type in Celsius symbol

method 1:
\usepackage{textcomp}
\textcelsius
method 2：
$30\,^{\circ}\mathrm{C}$

5. Text wrapping in tables

Must specify the column width, or latex will not wrap text in cells. Some examples are demonstrated here

6. How to write bold letters

Include \usepackage{bm}

$\bm{a}$

7. Using hyphen between$$

$P\textrm{-}\delta$

8. Add space between text

Some useful tip from here

9. How to insert a backslash or a tilde

\textbackslash
\textasciitilde
$\sim$
\texttildelow

check the link for more details

10. Some explanation about {natbib} package.

check the link

If you want to sort multiple reference by year, don't insert 'sort' into option.