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LaTeX Basics

LaTeX Basics

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1 Headings

Sections create the document hierarchy. LaTeX supports several levels.

1.1 Subsection

Use \subsection for the second level.

1.1.1 Subsubsection

And \subsubsection for the third.

Paragraph heading.

The fourth level is inline.

2 Text Formatting

Bold text uses \textbf{}. Italic text uses \textit{}. Monospace text uses \texttt{}. Underlined text uses \underline{}. Small Caps uses \textsc{}.

Combine them: bold italic, italic mono.

3 Lists

3.1 Unordered

  • •

    First item

  • •

    Second item

  • •

    Third item with nested list:

    • –

      Nested item one

    • –

      Nested item two

3.2 Ordered

  1. 1.

    First step

  2. 2.

    Second step

  3. 3.

    Third step

3.3 Description

LaTeX

A document preparation system

Typst

A modern alternative to LaTeX

Markdown

Lightweight markup language

4 Quotations

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.
— Richard Hamming

5 Links

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6 Footnotes

LaTeX handles footnotes automatically.11 1 This appears at the bottom of the page.

Multiple footnotes are numbered sequentially.22 2 Like this second one.

7 Verbatim

This is verbatim text.
  Whitespace is preserved.
    No commands are interpreted: \textbf{this stays literal}.