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LaTeX Documentation

Everything you need to master LaTeX. Step-by-step tutorials with code examples you can copy and use.

Getting Started

LaTeX vs Word Best editor for beginners First document in 5 min Compile to PDF Preamble & doc structure .tex, .bib, .cls, .sty files pdfLaTeX explained Convert Word to LaTeX Convert LaTeX to Word

Setup & Workflow

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Overleaf vs local install Best editor for PhD 2026 Sync with GitHub Offline collaboration Collaborator uses Word Setup on Mac / Windows

Basic Formatting

Bold & italic Change font size New paragraph Add page numbers Remove page numbers Colors in LaTeX Advanced lists

Math & Equations

Fractions Greek letters Align equations Number equations Matrices Subscripts & superscripts Symbols cheatsheet

Math Advanced

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Piecewise / cases Vectors & matrices nicely Derivatives & integrals argmin & argmax Break equations across lines Label only some equations Bold math symbols Equation vs page number Custom math operators Tensor / index notation \mathbb, \mathcal, \mathfrak Long equations across pages Matrix with labels

Document Structure

Title page Table of contents Sections & subsections Chapters Abstract

Thesis & Long Docs

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Speed up compilation Split into chapter files Acronyms & nomenclature Appendix numbering Roman / Arabic page numbers Dedication & acknowledgments Fix broken template Track changes like Word Page numbers by chapter

Tables & Figures

LaTeX tables Create a table Insert images Resize images Position figures Wrong position fix Side by side figures Add captions Reference figures & tables TikZ diagrams

Tables & Figures Advanced

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Multi-page table Merged cells Table off the page fix Beautiful booktabs table Rotate 90 degrees Subfigures (a), (b), (c)Vector vs raster PDF as figure Crop / trim image

Citations & Bibliography

Add citations Create bibliography BibTeX vs BibLaTeX Change citation style Zotero with LaTeX Citations show [?]

Citations Advanced

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Cite website / YouTube / dataset Same source multiple times \cite vs \citep vs \citet Preprint vs published Sort bibliography URL / DOI in BibTeX Mendeley → BibTeX Google Scholar → BibTeX natbib vs biblatex Switch natbib → biblatex .bst vs .bbx files Difference between .bst and .bbx Cite multiple at once Numeric / author-year styles Sort by year descending Entry without citing Cite within footnote

AI & LaTeX

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ChatGPT for LaTeX Equation from image Handwritten → LaTeX AI for paper writing AI literature review AI follow notation style Compare AI editors 2026

Errors & Debugging

Undefined control sequence Missing $ inserted Escape special characters Overfull hbox

Errors Advanced

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Bibliography empty Equations show ???TOC not updating Emergency stop Runaway argument Broken hyperlinks in PDF TeX Live vs MikTeX

Document Formatting

Line spacing Margins & layout Headers & footers Section numbering Hyperlinks arXiv submission format

Spacing & Layout

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Change margins (geometry)Extra space after periods Prevent page break Force page break Stop paragraph indent Spacing for one paragraph Space after \section

Compilers & Engines

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LaTeX vs pdfLaTeX vs XeLaTeX vs LuaLaTeX When use XeLaTeX Switch engines safely Install missing package Update one package

Fonts

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Times / Arial / Helvetica Install custom font Fuzzy font in PDF mathptmx vs newtxtext Google Fonts in LaTeX Handwriting fonts

TikZ Advanced

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Arrow between nodes Align nodes in flowchart Fit diagram on page Trees / graphs / state machines Labels on arrows Venn diagram Export to SVG / PNG Import from GeoGebra / Inkscape Commutative diagrams

Packages

Which package to use Fix package conflicts Custom commands

Specialized Notation

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Chemistry notation Physics: braket & Feynman Linguistics notation Pseudocode & code listings

Accessibility & Modern

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Tagged PDFs for accessibility LaTeX 2026 \DocumentMetadata LuaLaTeX MathML tagging

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