Editorial Manager and LaTeX PDF

Editorial Manager and L ATEX, Best Friends Brian Papa About Me The Most Basic Basics The TEX
System Workow and Examples The Who? and Why? of L ATEX Editorial Manager and L ATEX Final Thoughts
A Editorial Manager and L TEX, Best Friends Brian Papa
American Meteorological Society

bpapa@ametsoc.org
EMUG 24 June 2011
About Me
Editorial Manager and L ATEX, Best Friends Brian Papa About Me The Most Basic Basics The TEX System Workow and Examples The Who? and Why? of L ATEX Editorial Manager and L ATEX Final Thoughts
A L TEX experts are known as wizards
About Me
Im not a wizard, Im just a nerd
About Me
Im not a wizard, Im just a nerd A Have written scientic articles using L TEX A Developed the American Meteorological Societys L TEX template for authors A Provide support for L TEX authors submitting manuscripts to the AMS via Editorial Manager
Pronounciation
A How to pronounce TEX and L TEX?
Pronounciation
A How to pronounce TEX and L TEX? TEX is a rendering of the Greek letters is the root for words like technology and also means art Because the last letter is meant to represent , it is pronounced like tech I am not discussing a synthetic form of rubber or plastic (latex)
A TEX vs Plain TEX vs L TEX

Computers and Typsetting by Donald Knuth, 1984: TEX is a typesetting system intended for the creation of beautiful booksand especially for books that contain a lot of mathematics
A TEX vs Plain TEX vs L TEX

Computers and Typsetting by Donald Knuth, 1984: TEX is a typesetting system intended for the creation of beautiful booksand especially for books that contain a lot of mathematics TEX is the underlying system and was developed from 19781989 Plain TEX was developed as an interface to the TEX system A L TEX was developed in the mid 1980s and is still in development A L TEX provides a set of higher level commands used to format documents, the underlying system is still TEX
Parts of the System

Distributions
Collections of TEX-related software e.g., TeXLive, MacTex, MikTeXt, ProTeXt, BakomaTeX, etc.
Parts of the System

Distributions
Engine
TEX or pdfTEX
Parts of the System

Distributions
Engine
TEX or pdfTEX
Formats
TEX-based languages in which authors write their documents A e.g., Plain TEX, L TEX, etc.
Parts of the System

Distributions
Engine
TEX or pdfTEX
Formats
TEX-based languages in which authors write their documents A e.g., Plain TEX, L TEX, etc.
Packages
Add ons to the existing TEX system to provide additional functionality, features, fonts, etc. Developed independently e.g., geometry, lineno, amsmath, etc.
Inputs
Classes (.cls)
Provide default layout for certain types of documents e.g., book.cls, article.cls, report.cls, etc.
Inputs
Classes (.cls)
Packages (.sty)
Inputs
Classes (.cls)
Packages (.sty)
Bibliography (.bib)
Contain all reference/bibliography information in a simple format
Inputs
Classes (.cls)
Packages (.sty)
Bibliography (.bib)
Style les (.sty and .bst)

Can be used to modify the default layout and functionality dened in the class le and format references
Inputs
Classes (.cls)
Packages (.sty)
Bibliography (.bib)

Figures (pdf, .eps, .jpg, and .png)

Support is provided for .pdf, .eps, .jpg, and .png gure les
Inputs
Classes (.cls)
Packages (.sty)
Bibliography (.bib)

Figures (pdf, .eps, .jpg, and .png)

Support is provided for .pdf, .eps, .jpg, and .png gure les
Source le(s) (.tex)

Contains the actual text of the manuscript References (or calls) the above les as needed
A Creating a PDF with L TEX

Example of Input .tex File

Example of PDF Output





Example of Bibliography File Input

Example of Bibliography Output

Why Not Just Use Microsoft Word?

versus

versus You can focus on content instead of typesetting and layout (references, citations, gures, equation/gure A numbering, formatting is all handled by L TEX)

versus You can focus on content instead of typesetting and layout (references, citations, gures, equation/gure A numbering, formatting is all handled by L TEX) You can generate professional quality typeset documents Math is formatted as well as the best typsetting system

versus You can focus on content instead of typesetting and layout (references, citations, gures, equation/gure A numbering, formatting is all handled by L TEX) You can generate professional quality typeset documents Math is formatted as well as the best typsetting system It runs on all operating systems (Linux/Unix, Mac, and Windows)

versus You can focus on content instead of typesetting and layout (references, citations, gures, equation/gure A numbering, formatting is all handled by L TEX) You can generate professional quality typeset documents Math is formatted as well as the best typsetting system It runs on all operating systems (Linux/Unix, Mac, and Windows) It is free
Who Uses It?

A Who uses L TEX? Widely used by authors that have mathematics in their manuscripts Used by mathematicians, physical scientists, etc. Widely used for writing books, articles, and theses Can also be used for other types of documents (e.g., presentations, resumes, etc.)
A Editorial Manager for L TEX Authors

EM uses the TeXLive distribution

Excellent, widely used distribution
EM provides full support for all gure le types (.pdf, .eps, .jpg, and .png) When errors (in the authors les) are found the system will display the log le to the author
This is useful for identifying the source of the problem
A Editorial Manager and L TEX Workow

Potential Problems
Authors that .tex le Authors that code Authors that Authors that le name
leave directory paths to gure les in their main ignored errors on their system when compiling the try to use unsupported gure le types (.ti) do not include the gure le extension in the gure
Potential Problems
Authors that leave directory paths to gure les in their main .tex le Authors that ignored errors on their system when compiling the code Authors that try to use unsupported gure le types (.ti) Authors that do not include the gure le extension in the gure le name It can be helpful to have someone knowledgeable with A L TEX to quickly resolve these issues for confused authors
Resources
TeX Users Group (TUG; www.tug.org) Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN; www.ctan.org) TeX FAQ (http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html) Editors/Compilers
TeXnicCenter (http://www.texniccenter.org/): Compiler/editor/previewer for Windows TeXShop (http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/): Compiler/editor/previewer for Mac
Resources
Books
The TeXbook, by Donald E. Knuth (1984). The basis of everything, covering plain TeX. A Guide to LaTeX2e, by Helmut Kopka and Patrick Daly (fourth edition, 2003). Covers core LaTeX from the ground up, and discusses commonly used packages for graphics, web integration, and more. The LaTeX Companion, by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley (second edition, 2004). Also covers core LaTeX, plus a vast array of additional packages.
Guides
A Not So Short Guide to L TEX (http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/)
Questions?
Questions?

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Editorial Manager and L ATEX, Best Friends Brian Papa About Me The Most Basic Basics The TEX

A Editorial Manager and L TEX, Best Friends Brian Papa

American Meteorological Society

EMUG 24 June 2011

A L TEX experts are known as wizards

A L TEX experts are known as wizards

Im not a wizard, Im just a nerd

A L TEX experts are known as wizards

A How to pronounce TEX and L TEX?

A TEX vs Plain TEX vs L TEX

A TEX vs Plain TEX vs L TEX

Parts of the System

Parts of the System

Parts of the System

Parts of the System

Style les (.sty and .bst)

Style les (.sty and .bst)

Figures (pdf, .eps, .jpg, and .png)

Style les (.sty and .bst)

Figures (pdf, .eps, .jpg, and .png)

Source le(s) (.tex)

A Creating a PDF with L TEX

Example of Input .tex File

Example of PDF Output

Example of PDF Output

Example of PDF Output

Example of PDF Output

Example of PDF Output

Example of Bibliography File Input

Example of Bibliography Output

Why Not Just Use Microsoft Word?

Why Not Just Use Microsoft Word?

Why Not Just Use Microsoft Word?

Why Not Just Use Microsoft Word?

Why Not Just Use Microsoft Word?

Who Uses It?

A Editorial Manager for L TEX Authors

EM uses the TeXLive distribution

A Editorial Manager and L TEX Workow

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