| CODE | DOC6046 | ||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to LaTeX: Typesetting your Thesis or Research Paper | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | D - Doctoral Workshops/Symposium | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | Not Applicable | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Doctoral School | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | LaTeX (pronounced Lay-tek) is the most prevalent document preparation system for academic writing in the mathematical and scientific fields. Advantages of using LaTeX over more common systems, such as Word or LibreOffice, include the high typographical quality of the documents, the longevity of the document format, the clear separation of concerns of the content of the document and the formatting, the lightweight nature of the software, requiring only a plain-text editor, and the fact that LaTeX is free software (libre). Learning even the basics of LaTeX will allow researchers to produce high-quality, academic documents faster and more efficiently. In some areas where equations play an important role, such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, and physics, LaTeX is the de facto default document typesetting system for scientific publications. However, it may also be used in many other areas, as highlighted by the many academic texts (books, posters, slides, theses, etc.) typeset with LaTeX. Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, doctoral researchers should have learnt about the LaTeX commands to: - write up a basic LaTeX document; - compile a LaTeX document into a PDF; - format text in LaTeX; - create ordered (numbered) and unordered (bullets) lists; - use Tables and Figures environments; - typeset beautiful mathematical formulas; - create automatic bibliographies and indices; - use popular LaTeX packages; - use the University of Malta Dissertation/Thesis LaTeX template (github.com/jp-um/university_of_malta_LaTeX_dissertation_template) Note: The slides and content of this workshop are prepared by Mr Luke Collins. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This workshop is split into two parts – Part 1 and Part 2. Attendance is required in both parts. Timetable Details - Please click here for further details. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Workshop | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Gordon J. Pace |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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