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Level 1 · 47 lessons

LaTeX for Academic Writing

How to typeset assignments, articles, theses and presentations for the sciences and the humanities with LaTeX: text, structure, formulas, figures, tables and bibliography.

Course content

Unit 0Course overview

  1. 01Syllabus of LaTeX for Academic Writing

Unit 1First steps

  1. 02First steps: introduction
  2. 03What LaTeX is
  3. 04The working environmentWith account
  4. 05Anatomy of a documentWith account
  5. 06Compiling and fixing errorsWith account
  6. 07First steps: synthesis and challengesWith account

Unit 2The text

  1. 08The text: introductionSubscriptionWith account
  2. 09Paragraphs, spaces and punctuationSubscriptionWith account
  3. 10Languages and fontsSubscriptionWith account
  4. 11Formatting with meaningSubscriptionWith account
  5. 12Notes, quotations and verseSubscriptionWith account
  6. 13The text: synthesis and challengesSubscriptionWith account

Unit 3Document structure

  1. 14Document structure: introductionSubscriptionWith account
  2. 15Document classes and page layoutSubscriptionWith account
  3. 16Sections, table of contents and appendicesSubscriptionWith account
  4. 17Cross-referencesSubscriptionWith account
  5. 18Long documentsSubscriptionWith account
  6. 19Macros and a preamble of one’s ownSubscriptionWith account
  7. 20Document structure: synthesis and challengesSubscriptionWith account

Unit 4Mathematics and logic

  1. 21Mathematics and logic: introductionSubscriptionWith account
  2. 22Inline and displayed formulasSubscriptionWith account
  3. 23Symbols and notationSubscriptionWith account
  4. 24Multi-line equationsSubscriptionWith account
  5. 25Theorems and proofsSubscriptionWith account
  6. 26Logic and deductionsSubscriptionWith account
  7. 27Mathematics and logic: synthesis and challengesSubscriptionWith account

Unit 5Tables and figures

  1. 28Tables and figures: introductionSubscriptionWith account
  2. 29Readable tablesSubscriptionWith account
  3. 30Complex and long tablesSubscriptionWith account
  4. 31Images in the documentSubscriptionWith account
  5. 32Figures and floating tablesSubscriptionWith account
  6. 33Drawings with TikZSubscriptionWith account
  7. 34Tables and figures: synthesis and challengesSubscriptionWith account

Unit 6Bibliography and indexes

  1. 35Bibliography and indexes: introductionSubscriptionWith account
  2. 36The bibliographic databaseSubscriptionWith account
  3. 37Citing with BibLaTeXSubscriptionWith account
  4. 38Citing in the humanitiesSubscriptionWith account
  5. 39Indexes and glossariesSubscriptionWith account
  6. 40Bibliography and indexes: synthesis and challengesSubscriptionWith account

Unit 7Other documents and teamwork

  1. 41Other documents and teamwork: introductionSubscriptionWith account
  2. 42Presentations with BeamerSubscriptionWith account
  3. 43Posters, letters and curriculum vitaeSubscriptionWith account
  4. 44Writing as a teamSubscriptionWith account
  5. 45Templates and publicationSubscriptionWith account
  6. 46Other documents and teamwork: synthesis and challengesSubscriptionWith account

Unit 8Course closing

  1. 47Final review of LaTeX for Academic WritingSubscriptionWith account