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(La)TeX — usage, tips and resources

CONVERSION

texi2pdf -c
  --max-iterations=MAX_ITERATIONS FILENAME

Use postscript fonts and convert from dvi:

Enables the use of Times, Helvetica and Courier from Postscript.

pslatex FILENAME
dvipdf FILENAME

BASIC DOCUMENT

documentclass[PARAMETERS]{CLASS}
%comments
%common classes: book, article
%paramters: font size, sides:
%\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{article}
\title{TITLE}
\author{AUTHOR}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{SECTION_NAME}
\subsection{SUBSECTION_NAME}
\begin{itemize}
  \item First item
  \item Second item
  \item Third item
\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}
  \item First item
  \item Second item
    \begin{itemize}
      \item First sub-item
      \item Second sub-item
        \begin{itemize}
          \item First sub-sub-item
          \item Second sub-sub-item
        \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}
  \item Third item
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

PACKAGES

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To use extra packages for various formatting options:

\usepackage{PACKAGENAME}

Parameters can be set when using the package:

\usepackage[PARAMETERS]{PACKAGE_NAME}

geometry

This package is needed for margins and paper type and layout. Eg.:

\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{margin=0.5in}
\geometry{letterpaper}

Or in a single line:

\geometry{legalpaper, landscape,
  margin=0.5in}

The options can also be set when using the package:

\usepackage[paperwidth=.5aperwidth,paperheight=.25aperheight]{geometry}

parskip

This is needed for paragraph management, eg.: spacing:

\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}

hyperref

Needed for urls:

display url	: `\url{URL}`
display link	: `\href{URL}{DISPLAY_TEXT}`

Change link colors and remove box:

\hypersetup{
	colorlinks,
	linkcolor={black!50!black},
	citecolor={blue!50!black},
	urlcolor={blue!90!black}
}

Setup PDF data:

\hypersetup{
	pdftitle={TITLE},
	pdfauthor={AUTHOR},
	pdfsubject={SUBJECT}
}

lastpage

If Last page is used, the file needs to be processed twice to insert the last page number.

fancyhdr

Needed to set headers and footers.

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\ - \pageref{LastPage}}

position	: L,C,R
Current page	: \thepage
Last Page	: \pageref{LastPage}

graphicx

Needed to use images:

\includegraphics{FILENAME}

If the file is not in the current path, before including the file:

\graphicspath{ {GRAPHICS_PATH/}
  }

CHARACTERS

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>	: \textgreater
<	: \textless
ñ	: \~n
í	: \'i

COLOURS

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{\color{COLOR}TEXT}

INCLUDES

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\input{FILENAME}

TODO

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- Add sample file.

HISTORY

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2026-07-15	: Translated to Spanish.
2026-05-10	: added pslatex and dvipdf to use postscript fonts.
2026-03-30	: Created.

AUTHORS

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