\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Savvyisme06} \pdfinfo{ /Title (latex.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Savvyisme06) /Subject (LaTeX Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{LaTeX Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Savvyisme06} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/203386/cs/47128/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Savvyisme06 \\ \uline{cheatography.com/savvyisme06} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 4th October, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Document Setup}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}documentclass\{\textless{}type\textgreater{}\}` & sets doc type to `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}type\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}documentclass{[}\textless{}param\textgreater{}{]}\{\textless{}type\textgreater{}\}` & `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}documentclass` but also specified by `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}param\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}usepackage\{\textless{}package\textgreater{}\}` & allows `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}package\textgreater{}` to be used \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}title\{\textless{}document title\textgreater{}\}` & specifies the document title \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}author\{\textless{}name\textgreater{}\}` & specifies the author \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}thanks\{\textless{}group\textgreater{}\}` & goes inside `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\{\}` of `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}author` \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.76 cm} x{4.24 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Document Structure}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}begin\{document\}` & start of document \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}maketitle` & typesets the title author and date \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}end\{document\}` & end of document \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bold, italics and underlining}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}textbf\{\textless{}bolded-text\textgreater{}\}` & puts `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}bolded-text\textgreater{}` in bold \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}textit\{\textless{}italic-text\textgreater{}\}` & puts `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}italic-text\textgreater{}` in italics \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}underline\{\textless{}underlined-text\textgreater{}\}` & underlines `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}underlined-text\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}emph\{\textless{}emphasized-text\textgreater{}\}` & emphasizes `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}emphasized-text\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.92 cm} x{4.08 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Images}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}usepackage\{graphicx\}` & allows graphics importing \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}graphicspath\{\{images/\}\}` & sets image directory in`\{\{lang-tex\}\}graphicx` to `\{\{lang-tex\}\}images/` \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}includegraphics\{\textless{}image\textgreater{}\}` & displays `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}image\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lists}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}begin\{itemize\}` & begins an unordered (bullet) list \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}end\{itemize\}` & ends unordered list \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}begin\{enumerate\}` & begins an ordered (numbered) list \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}end\{enumerate\}` & ends an ordered list \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}item \textless{}entry\textgreater{}` & adds `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}entry\textgreater{}` to current list \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.72 cm} x{3.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Paragraphs and new lines}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} press "enter" twice & new paragraph \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}\textbackslash{} ` & newline \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tables}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Comments}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\%` & comments out the rest of the line \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}usepackage\{comment\}` & allows below comment type to work \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}begin\{comment\}` & begins multi-line comment \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}end\{comment\}` & ends multi-line comment \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}iffalse` & starts multi-line comment \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}fi` & ends multi-line comment \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}usepackage\{todonotes\}` & allows todo-note style comments \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}todo\{\textless{}comment\textgreater{}\}` & makes a todo note of `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}comment\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}presetkeys\{todonotes\}\{inline\}\{\}` & makes `\{\{lang-tex\}\}todonotes` comments inline \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.44 cm} x{4.56 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Math}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\$\textless{}expression\textgreater{}\$` & adds `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}expression\textgreater{}` as inline math \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}{[}\textless{}expression\textgreater{}\textbackslash{}{]}` & adds `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}expression\textgreater{}` as display-mode math \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.8 cm} x{3.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Abstracts}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}begin\{abstract\}` & begins an {\emph{abstract}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}end\{abstract\}` & ends an {\emph{abstract}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{abstracts}} are brief overviews/summaries of the core topics/arguments of scientific articles.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapters and sections}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}documentclass\{book\}` & sets document type to `\{\{lang-tex\}\}book` \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}part\{\textless{}partname\textgreater{}\}` & creates new part called `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}part\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}chapter\{\textless{}chaptername\textgreater{}\}` & creates new chapter called `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}chaptername\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}section\{\textless{}sectionname\textgreater{}\}` & creates new section called `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}sectionname\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}subsection\{\textless{}subsectionname\textgreater{}\}` & creates new subsection called `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}subsectionname\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}subsubsection\{\textless{}subsubsectionname\textgreater{}\}` & creates new subsubsection called `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}subsubsectionname\textgreater{}` \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}paragraph\{\textless{}paragraphname\textgreater{}\}` & creates new paragraph called `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}paragraphname\textgreater{}\}` \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}subparagraph\{\textless{}subparagraphname\textgreater{}\}` & creates new subparagraph called `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}subparagraphname\textgreater{}\}` \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{`\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}part` and `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}chapter` are only available for `\{\{lang-tex\}\}report` and `\{\{lang-tex\}\}book` document classes} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Table of contents}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}tableofcontents` & creates table of contents \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textbackslash{}addcontentsline\{toc\}\{\textless{}type\textgreater{}\}\{\textless{}name\textgreater{}\}` & manually adds the `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}type\textgreater{}` named `\{\{lang-tex\}\}\textless{}name\textgreater{}` to table of contents \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}