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LaTeX Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

A LaTeX cheatsheet/reference guide

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Document Setup

\documentclass{<type>}
sets doc type to 
<type>
 
\documentclass[<param>]{<type>}
 
\documentclass
but also specified by 
<param>
 
\usepackage{<package>}
allows 
<package>
to be used
 
\title{<document title>}
specifies the document title
 
\author{<name>}
specifies the author
 
\thanks{<group>}
goes inside 
{}
of 
\author

Chapters and sections

\documentclass{book}
sets document type to 
book
 
\part{<partname>}
creates new part called 
<part>
 
\chapter{<chaptername>}
creates new chapter called 
<chaptername>
 
\section{<sectionname>}
creates new section called 
<sectionname>
 
\subsection{<subsectionname>}
creates new subsection called 
<subsectionname>
 
\subsubsection{<subsubsectionname>}
creates new subsub­section called 
<subsubsectionname>
 
\paragraph{<paragraphname>}
creates new paragraph called 
<paragraphname>}
 
\subparagraph{<subparagraphname>}
creates new subpar­agraph called 
<subparagraphname>}
 
\part
and 
\chapter
are only available for 
report
and 
book
document classes

Document Structure

\begin{document}
start of document
 
\maketitle
typesets the title author and date
 
\end{document}
end of document

Bold, italics and underl­ining

\textbf{<bolded-text>}
puts 
<bolded-text>
in bold
 
\textit{<italic-text>}
puts 
<italic-text>
in italics
 
\underline{<underlined-text>}
underlines 
<underlined-text>
 
\emph{<emphasized-text>}
emphasizes 
<emphasized-text>

Images

\usepackage{graphicx}
allows graphics importing
 
\graphicspath{{images/}}
sets image directory in
graphicx
to 
images/
 
\includegraphics{<image>}
displays 
<image>

Lists

\begin{itemize}
begins an unordered (bullet) list
 
\end{itemize}
ends unordered list
 
\begin{enumerate}
begins an ordered (numbered) list
 
\end{enumerate}
ends an ordered list
 
\item <en­try>
adds 
<entry>
to current list

Paragraphs and new lines

press "­ent­er" twice
new paragraph
 
\\
newline

Tables

 
 

Comments

%
comments out the rest of the line
 
\usepackage{comment}
allows below comment type to work
 
\begin{comment}
begins multi-line comment
 
\end{comment}
ends multi-line comment
 
\iffalse
starts multi-line comment
 
\fi
ends multi-line comment
 
\usepackage{todonotes}
allows todo-note style comments
 
\todo{<comment>}
makes a todo note of 
<comment>
 
\presetkeys{todonotes}{inline}{}
makes 
todonotes
comments inline

Math

$<expression>$
adds 
<expression>
as inline math
 
\[<expression>\]
adds 
<expression>
as displa­y-mode math

Abstracts

\begin{abstract}
begins an abstract
 
\end{abstract}
ends an abstract
abstracts are brief overvi­ews­/su­mmaries of the core topics­/ar­guments of scientific articles.

Table of contents

\tableofcontents
creates table of contents
 
\addcontentsline{toc}{<type>}{<name>}
manually adds the 
<type>
named 
<name>
to table of contents