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 on 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 witouth 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 on Windows