LaTeX Cookbook, Second Edition

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook; 2nd edition (February 29, 2024)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1835080324
• ISBN-13: 978-1835080320

eBook Description:

LaTeX Cookbook, 2nd Edition: Over 100 practical, ready-to-use LaTeX recipes for instant solutions. Explore practical LaTeX examples across various fields like mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science, and learn to quickly create tables, diagrams, and plots for your thesis, presentations, and articles.

The LaTeX Cookbook, Second Edition offers improved and additional examples especially for users in science and academia, with a focus on new packages for creating graphics with LaTeX. This edition also features an additional chapter on ChatGPT use to improve content, streamline code, and automate tasks, thereby saving time. This book is a practical guide to utilizing the capabilities of modern document classes and exploring the functionalities of the newest LaTeX packages.

Starting with familiar document types like articles, books, letters, posters, leaflets, and presentations, it contains detailed tutorials for refining text design, adjusting fonts, managing images, creating tables, and optimizing PDFs. LaTeX Cookbook, 2nd Edition also covers elements such as the bibliography, glossary, and index. You’ll learn to create graphics directly within LaTeX, including diagrams and plots, and explore LaTeX’s application across various fields like mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science. The book’s website offers online compilable code, an example gallery, and supplementary information related to the book, including the author’s LaTeX forum, where you can get personal support.

• Utilize various document classes and incorporate bibliography, glossary, and index sections
• Handle arranging and annotating images with ease
• Create visually appealing tables and learn how to manage fonts efficiently
• Generate diverse and colorful graphics, including diagrams, flow charts, bar charts, trees, and both 2D and 3D plots
• Solve writing and drawing tasks across various scientific disciplines
• Optimize PDF output, enhancing it with metadata, annotations, popups, animations, and fill-in fields
• Leverage ChatGPT to improve content and code

By the end of this LaTeX Cookbook, Second Edition book, you’ll have the skills to optimize productivity through practical demonstrations of effective LaTeX usage in diverse scenarios.