Transcription of Sample PDF Document
1 Sample PDF DocumentRobert MaronGrzegorz Grudzi nskiFebruary 20, 19992 Contents1 to compile to .. to use the tools.. to write a Document .. main Document .. and pdfLATEX capabilities..734 CONTENTSC hapter How to compile to ToolsTo process the files you (may) need: pdflatex(for example fromtetexpackage , which you canget fromRed Hat ); acroread(a PDF viewer, available ); ghostscript (for example fromRed Hat Contrib) andghostvieworgv(from RedHat Linux); efaxpackage could be useful, if you plan to fax How to use the toolsFollow these all in one directory, then chdir to the directory (or putsome of them in the LATEX search path if you know how to do this); pdflatex on the main file of the Document three times(three to prepare valid table of contents); see or print the result useacroread(unfortunately some versions ofacroreadmay produce PostScript which is too complex), or56 CHAPTER 1.
2 : gv to display or: gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pswrite -q -dBATCH -sOutputFile= to produce a PostScript file; fax send phone-number as root to send a fax, or if youknow how to do this modify thefaxscript to be able to directly(you have to insert |%PDF* somewhere.. ). How to write a The main documentChoose the name of the Document , saydocument. , then edit it, change the title, the authors and set proper in-clude(s) for all the ChaptersEach chapter should be included in the main Document as a separate file. You canchoose any name for the file, but we suggest adding a suffix to the name of themain file. For our example we use the file , add the line\include{document_chapter1}in , then , change thechapter title and edit the body of the chapter Spell-checkingDouse a spell-checker, please!You may also want to check grammar, style and so on. Actually you shoulddo it (if you have enough spare time).
3 But youmustcheck spelling!You can use theispellpackage for this, from withinemacs, or from thecommand line:ispell -t LATEX AND PDFLATEX LATEX and pdfLATEX OverviewFirst you edit your In LATEX you compile it using thelatexcommand to (which stands for device-independent). be converted to any device-dependent format you like using an appropriatedriver, for you should usepdflatex, which produces out Note that in you may needto use some PDF specific use your favourite text editor, for X Window System usexdvicommand,.psfiles can be viewed withgv(orghostview) withacroread, LATEXA lot of examples can be found in this should also print doc/latex/ doc/latex/ yourtetexdistribution (usually in /usr/share/texmfor /usr/lib/texmf/texmf). pdfLATEXC onsultdoc/ yourtetexdistribution for moredetails. Very useful informations can be found in thehyperrefandgraphicspackage manuals: doc/latex/ doc/latex/ ExamplesReferencesMIMUW8 CHAPTER 1.
4 TEMPLATEH yperlinksThis is a this is a , are three kinds of horizontal dash: - (use inside words; for example home-page , X-rated ) (use this one between numbers; for example pages 2 22 ) (use this one as a sentence separator like here)National characters , , , .. , , , .. , , .. , , .. , , .. z a, e , , There are other ways to do this, see the documentation charactersSome characters have some special meaning, thus cannot be entered in the usualway. $ & % # _ { } \ LATEX AND PDFLATEX CAPABILITIES9 Math 12,12n, .. i1,i2n, .. 12,2n2 3, .. , , , , .. , , ,6=, ,?, .. 2, .. 2 + 2, ..For more examples and symbols see chapter 3 Roman Emphasis Medium weight the default Boldface Upright Slanted Sans serif SMALL CAPS Typewriter and sizes: tiny scriptsize footnotesize small normalsize10 CHAPTER 1. TEMPLATE large Large LARGE huge Hug
