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@title What is L^AT_EX?

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@title Origin

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• Donald Knuth, 1977–1986: typesetting system TeXτεχ → /tɛç, tɛx, tɛk/ for The Art of Computer Programming
• Leslie Lamport, from 1980s: software package LaTeX made TeX easier to use

Donald Knuth

Leslie Lamport

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@title Reasons for using LaTeX: macrotypography

@example-text This paragraph shows the effect of varied line heights in combination with varied line lengths. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph. For this purpose, a little more text is needed to make it look like an actual paragraph.

@narrow-tight short & tight

@normal-tight normal length and tight leading

@wide-tight long lines and tight leading

@narrow-medium short & medium

@normal-medium normal length and leading

@wide-medium long lines and medium leading

@narrow-loose short & loose

@normal-loose normal length and loose leading

@wide-loose long lines and loose leading

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@title Reasons for using LaTeX: microtypography

@example1a slanted (distorted)

@example1b straight

@example1c italic (separate font)

@example2a small font scaled up

@example2b separate appropriate fonts

@example2c big font scaled down

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@title Reasons for using LaTeX: plaintext

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• reliable undo
• easy versioning
• independence of proprietary software
• source code readable in the long term
• easy cooperation with other software
• no distraction by formatting or embedded media

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@title Procedure of this workshop

@content Goal: you are going to build your own little
LaTeX manual based on our LaTeX script.

• learning by doing
• understanding how LaTeX works
• details can be looked up later

**Outline:**

1. What is LaTeX?
2. How does LaTeX work?
3. Basic structure of a LaTeX document
4. Project structure
5. Lots of features
6. Reference management
7. Outlook

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