LaTeX

• Contents

  1. LaTeX
  2. TeX/LaTeX Documentation
  3. Frequently used questions and programs
     1. Count words in a latex documents
     2. kdvi
  4. Tips and tricks
     1. Converting .eps-files (automatically) to .pdf-files
     2. Include a movie in a PDF Document
        1. Example
  5. UZH Style Templates
     1. Letter
     2. Presentation
     3. Installation of Corporate Design Templates
        1. Windows

TeX/LaTeX Documentation

• A short introduction to LaTeX (in German): http://developer.kde.org/~kdvi/DVI/l2kurz.dvi

Frequently used questions and programs

Count words in a latex documents

Kile: File > Statistics

kdvi

• KDVI

Tips and tricks

Converting .eps-files (automatically) to .pdf-files

• epstopdf

Include a movie in a PDF Document

• movie15

Example: omega.tex omega.mpg omega.pdf

[user@host] pdflatex omega.tex

View the PDF File in Acrobat Reader. It probably won't work on the Sun Ray Terminals.

Example

• movie.tex

\documentclass[12pt,landscape]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,letterpaper}
\usepackage{movie15}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
Whispering-gallery mode in a quarter circle:
\begin{figure}[ht]

\includemovie[
  poster,
  text={\small(2-twist-spun.mp4)}
]{6cm}{4.8cm}{2-twist-spun.mp4}

\end{figure}
\end{document}

• To include a Youtube Flash movie, convert it to mp4:

  • Video example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIM9p6XOKo

  • Convert it online: http://keepvid.com

    • Download the MP4 version: http://keepvid.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6lIM9p6XOKo

• compile:

pdflatex movie.tex

• View in acrobat reader: movie.pdf

UZH Style Templates

Letter

The official LaTeX templates for correspondence are located at /scratch/templates/latex/Korrespondenz/.

Copy the desired template to your home directory (see below for a preview of each template), or any other suitable location (Do not edit the files in /scratch/templates/latex/Korrespondenz/) and edit it with your favorite LaTeX editor.

Preview of templates:

• UZH Brief deutsch mit Absender (pdf) (ps) (tex)

• UZH Brief deutsch ohne Absender (pdf) (ps)

• UZH Letter English with Sender (pdf) (ps)

• UZH Letter English without Sender (pdf) (ps)

Please replace the text enclosed by angle brackets (<>) with the appropriate information.

Presentation

The official LaTeX templates for correspondence are located at /scratch/templates/latex/Praesentation/.

Copy the desired template to your home directory (see below for a preview of each template), or any other suitable location (Do not edit the files in /scratch/templates/latex/Praesentation/) and edit it with your favorite LaTeX editor.

• UZH Praesentation deutsch (informell) (pdf) (ps)

• UZH Praesentation deutsch (pdf) (ps)

• UZH Presentation English (informal) (pdf) (ps)

• UZH Presentation Englsich (pdf) (ps)

Installation of Corporate Design Templates

Windows

This instruction assumes that the latest MikTeX is installed including KOMA. In order to ensure you're running the latest version, start the MikTeX Package Administrator found under Start|All Programs|MikTeX X.Y|Maintenance (Admin)|Package Manager (Admin) and run the Update Wizard found under Task|Update Wizard.

Download the LaTeX templates from https://www.uzh.ch/cdssl/cd/vorlagenboerse/downloads.html