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|'''Time''' | |'''Time''' | ||
|'''Narration''' | |'''Narration''' | ||
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|Welcome to this tutorial on how to write letters using latex. | |Welcome to this tutorial on how to write letters using latex. | ||
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|00:06 | |00:06 | ||
|You can see three windows. | |You can see three windows. | ||
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|00:08 | |00:08 | ||
|These correspond to the three distinct phases in typesetting through latex: | |These correspond to the three distinct phases in typesetting through latex: | ||
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|00:13 | |00:13 | ||
|creation of '''source file''', compilation to produce the pdf file and viewing it through a '''pdf reader'''. | |creation of '''source file''', compilation to produce the pdf file and viewing it through a '''pdf reader'''. | ||
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|00:22 | |00:22 | ||
|I am using the free pdf reader “Skim” in Mac OSX because it automatically loads the latest pdf file after every compilation. | |I am using the free pdf reader “Skim” in Mac OSX because it automatically loads the latest pdf file after every compilation. | ||
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|00:34 | |00:34 | ||
|There are pdf browsers in Linux and also in Windows that have this capability. | |There are pdf browsers in Linux and also in Windows that have this capability. | ||
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|00:42 | |00:42 | ||
− | | | + | |Let us go through the '''source file''' and see what each '''command''' does. |
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|00:47 | |00:47 | ||
|The first line says that this belongs to 'letter document' class. | |The first line says that this belongs to 'letter document' class. | ||
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|00:54 | |00:54 | ||
|'''12 point''' is the text size. | |'''12 point''' is the text size. | ||
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|00:57 | |00:57 | ||
− | | The first component of the letter is the ‘from address’. It appears between the braces here. | + | |The first component of the letter is the ‘from address’. It appears between the braces here. |
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|01:07 | |01:07 | ||
− | | The result of this is seen in the top right hand corner of the output file. | + | |The result of this is seen in the top right hand corner of the output file. |
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|01:14 | |01:14 | ||
|Two consecutive slashes start a new line. | |Two consecutive slashes start a new line. | ||
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|01:19 | |01:19 | ||
|If I remove the double slashes from here – | |If I remove the double slashes from here – | ||
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|01:25 | |01:25 | ||
|'''save''', compile using pdflatex – | |'''save''', compile using pdflatex – | ||
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|01:37 | |01:37 | ||
|you can see that these two lines get merged in one line. | |you can see that these two lines get merged in one line. | ||
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|01:43 | |01:43 | ||
− | | Previously with a double slash we asked latex to split the line. | + | |Previously with a double slash we asked latex to split the line. |
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|01:49 | |01:49 | ||
− | | Now these reverse slashes are no longer there, so latex does not know that it has to break the line there. | + | |Now these reverse slashes are no longer there, so latex does not know that it has to break the line there. |
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|01:56 | |01:56 | ||
− | | Let me put the slashes back. | + | |Let me put the slashes back. |
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|02:04 | |02:04 | ||
|'''Save''', Compile. | |'''Save''', Compile. | ||
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|02:08 | |02:08 | ||
|It is to be understood that after every change we need to '''save''' before compilation. | |It is to be understood that after every change we need to '''save''' before compilation. | ||
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|02:15 | |02:15 | ||
|Let us see what happens when we give an empty address. | |Let us see what happens when we give an empty address. | ||
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|02:21 | |02:21 | ||
|Let me just come here, | |Let me just come here, | ||
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|02:24 | |02:24 | ||
|mark it, | |mark it, | ||
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|02:27 | |02:27 | ||
|go to the end of the line, delete it, save it, compile it. | |go to the end of the line, delete it, save it, compile it. | ||
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|02:37 | |02:37 | ||
|You can see that the from address has disappeared from here. | |You can see that the from address has disappeared from here. | ||
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|02:44 | |02:44 | ||
|Note that today’s date appears automatically in American style: month, date and then year. | |Note that today’s date appears automatically in American style: month, date and then year. | ||
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|02:54 | |02:54 | ||
− | | This is obtained through the command '''slash date slash today'''. | + | |This is obtained through the command '''slash date slash today'''. |
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|03:02 | |03:02 | ||
|We can prevent the automatic appearance of the date with an empty list, as we do now. | |We can prevent the automatic appearance of the date with an empty list, as we do now. | ||
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|03:12 | |03:12 | ||
|Save. | |Save. | ||
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|03:17 | |03:17 | ||
− | |Compile | + | |Compile,The date has gone. |
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|03:20 | |03:20 | ||
− | | Suppose that we want to put our own date, let us enter it with date first as follows. | + | |Suppose that we want to put our own date, let us enter it with date first as follows. |
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|03:30 | |03:30 | ||
|9th July 2007, Save, Compile. | |9th July 2007, Save, Compile. | ||
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|03:40 | |03:40 | ||
|Got the date. | |Got the date. | ||
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|03:43 | |03:43 | ||
− | | This is the date on which this tutorial was created the first time. | + | |This is the date on which this tutorial was created the first time. |
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|03:47 | |03:47 | ||
− | | On compiling it, we see this Indian format appearing in the output file. | + | |On compiling it, we see this Indian format appearing in the output file. |
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|03:53 | |03:53 | ||
− | | | + | |Let us put the address back. |
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|04:02 | |04:02 | ||
|And the document is back to the previous state by recompiling. | |And the document is back to the previous state by recompiling. | ||
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|04:08 | |04:08 | ||
|The '''signature''' command's argument appears at the bottom of the letter. | |The '''signature''' command's argument appears at the bottom of the letter. | ||
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|04:17 | |04:17 | ||
− | | We begin the document and then the letter. | + | |We begin the document and then the letter. |
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|04:22 | |04:22 | ||
|The ‘to address’ comes first. It appears in the top left hand corner of the output. | |The ‘to address’ comes first. It appears in the top left hand corner of the output. | ||
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|04:30 | |04:30 | ||
|I have addressed this to Mr. N. K. Sinha. | |I have addressed this to Mr. N. K. Sinha. | ||
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|04:34 | |04:34 | ||
|The command ‘slash opening’ is used to address the recipient. | |The command ‘slash opening’ is used to address the recipient. | ||
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|04:40 | |04:40 | ||
|You may have already noticed that all latex commands begin with a reverse slash. | |You may have already noticed that all latex commands begin with a reverse slash. | ||
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|04:48 | |04:48 | ||
|The text of the letter comes next. | |The text of the letter comes next. | ||
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|04:53 | |04:53 | ||
− | | One starts a new paragraph in latex through a blank line as we show now. | + | |One starts a new paragraph in latex through a blank line as we show now. |
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|05:00 | |05:00 | ||
− | | Let me come here. Right now this sentence starting at ‘we are’ is here. | + | |Let me come here. Right now this sentence starting at ‘we are’ is here. |
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|05:07 | |05:07 | ||
− | | Let’s open. Let's take this to the next line. | + | |Let’s open. Let's take this to the next line. |
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|05:12 | |05:12 | ||
− | | I have left a blank line. Let me '''save''' this. | + | |I have left a blank line. Let me '''save''' this. |
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|05:17 | |05:17 | ||
− | | Compile this. | + | |Compile this. |
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|05:19 | |05:19 | ||
− | | You can see that this has gone to a new paragraph. | + | |You can see that this has gone to a new paragraph. |
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|05:25 | |05:25 | ||
|With a new paragraph, the letter has gone to two pages. | |With a new paragraph, the letter has gone to two pages. | ||
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|05:29 | |05:29 | ||
− | | Let us see if the '''font size''' is reduced to 10, we can bring the letter back to one page. | + | |Let us see if the '''font size''' is reduced to 10, we can bring the letter back to one page. |
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|05:37 | |05:37 | ||
− | | Let me do that now. | + | |Let me do that now. |
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|05:42 | |05:42 | ||
|Save. | |Save. | ||
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|05:48 | |05:48 | ||
− | |Compile | + | |Compile,You can see that the whole letter has come into one page. |
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|05:54 | |05:54 | ||
|Let me put this back to '''12 pt'''. | |Let me put this back to '''12 pt'''. | ||
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|06:00 | |06:00 | ||
− | | And let me also remove this paragraph bit. | + | |And let me also remove this paragraph bit. |
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|06:06 | |06:06 | ||
|And let me compile this. | |And let me compile this. | ||
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|06:12 | |06:12 | ||
− | | | + | |Okay. |
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|06:14 | |06:14 | ||
|I now want to explain the itemize environment which is created with a pair of 'begin' and 'end itemize' '''commands'''. | |I now want to explain the itemize environment which is created with a pair of 'begin' and 'end itemize' '''commands'''. | ||
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|06:29 | |06:29 | ||
− | | Every piece of text that starts with a ‘slash item’ appears in a bulleted form. | + | |Every piece of text that starts with a ‘slash item’ appears in a bulleted form. |
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|06:37 | |06:37 | ||
− | | Can I get numbers in the place of bullets here? | + | |Can I get numbers in the place of bullets here? |
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|06:41 | |06:41 | ||
|You just have to change the "itemize" into "enumerate" as I do now. | |You just have to change the "itemize" into "enumerate" as I do now. | ||
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|06:46 | |06:46 | ||
− | | Let me just change this to "enumerate". | + | |Let me just change this to "enumerate". |
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|06:53 | |06:53 | ||
|'''Save''' it. | |'''Save''' it. | ||
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|07:00 | |07:00 | ||
− | | Of course! It is always a good idea to save as often as possible. | + | |Of course! It is always a good idea to save as often as possible. |
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|07:05 | |07:05 | ||
− | | Let me compile this again. | + | |Let me compile this again. |
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|07:09 | |07:09 | ||
|You can see that the bullets have become numbers now. | |You can see that the bullets have become numbers now. | ||
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|07:15 | |07:15 | ||
|In closing, I have included, ‘Yours sincerely’ which comes here. | |In closing, I have included, ‘Yours sincerely’ which comes here. | ||
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|07:22 | |07:22 | ||
|We have already talked about the signature. | |We have already talked about the signature. | ||
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|07:26 | |07:26 | ||
− | | Finally, the command 'cc' helps mark this letter to other recipients. | + | |Finally, the command 'cc' helps mark this letter to other recipients. |
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|07:35 | |07:35 | ||
− | | I end the letter with ‘end letter’ command and then the document is completed with the ‘end document’ command. | + | |I end the letter with ‘end letter’ command and then the document is completed with the ‘end document’ command. |
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|07:44 | |07:44 | ||
|Feel free to modify the content and try them out. | |Feel free to modify the content and try them out. | ||
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|07:48 | |07:48 | ||
|Until you become confident, change only one thing at a time and make sure by immediate compilation that whatever you have done is correct. | |Until you become confident, change only one thing at a time and make sure by immediate compilation that whatever you have done is correct. | ||
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|07:58 | |07:58 | ||
|Although I talked about the letter writing process in a Mac, the same source file will work in all Latex systems including those in Linux and Windows operating systems. | |Although I talked about the letter writing process in a Mac, the same source file will work in all Latex systems including those in Linux and Windows operating systems. | ||
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|08:10 | |08:10 | ||
|This brings us to the end of this tutorial. | |This brings us to the end of this tutorial. | ||
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|08:13 | |08:13 | ||
− | |Thanks for listening | + | |Thanks for listening,This is Kannan Moudgalya from CDEEP, IIT Bombay, signing off. Good bye. |
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|} | |} |
Latest revision as of 11:15, 24 March 2017
Time | Narration |
00:00 | Welcome to this tutorial on how to write letters using latex. |
00:06 | You can see three windows. |
00:08 | These correspond to the three distinct phases in typesetting through latex: |
00:13 | creation of source file, compilation to produce the pdf file and viewing it through a pdf reader. |
00:22 | I am using the free pdf reader “Skim” in Mac OSX because it automatically loads the latest pdf file after every compilation. |
00:34 | There are pdf browsers in Linux and also in Windows that have this capability. |
00:42 | Let us go through the source file and see what each command does. |
00:47 | The first line says that this belongs to 'letter document' class. |
00:54 | 12 point is the text size. |
00:57 | The first component of the letter is the ‘from address’. It appears between the braces here. |
01:07 | The result of this is seen in the top right hand corner of the output file. |
01:14 | Two consecutive slashes start a new line. |
01:19 | If I remove the double slashes from here – |
01:25 | save, compile using pdflatex – |
01:37 | you can see that these two lines get merged in one line. |
01:43 | Previously with a double slash we asked latex to split the line. |
01:49 | Now these reverse slashes are no longer there, so latex does not know that it has to break the line there. |
01:56 | Let me put the slashes back. |
02:04 | Save, Compile. |
02:08 | It is to be understood that after every change we need to save before compilation. |
02:15 | Let us see what happens when we give an empty address. |
02:21 | Let me just come here, |
02:24 | mark it, |
02:27 | go to the end of the line, delete it, save it, compile it. |
02:37 | You can see that the from address has disappeared from here. |
02:44 | Note that today’s date appears automatically in American style: month, date and then year. |
02:54 | This is obtained through the command slash date slash today. |
03:02 | We can prevent the automatic appearance of the date with an empty list, as we do now. |
03:12 | Save. |
03:17 | Compile,The date has gone. |
03:20 | Suppose that we want to put our own date, let us enter it with date first as follows. |
03:30 | 9th July 2007, Save, Compile. |
03:40 | Got the date. |
03:43 | This is the date on which this tutorial was created the first time. |
03:47 | On compiling it, we see this Indian format appearing in the output file. |
03:53 | Let us put the address back. |
04:02 | And the document is back to the previous state by recompiling. |
04:08 | The signature command's argument appears at the bottom of the letter. |
04:17 | We begin the document and then the letter. |
04:22 | The ‘to address’ comes first. It appears in the top left hand corner of the output. |
04:30 | I have addressed this to Mr. N. K. Sinha. |
04:34 | The command ‘slash opening’ is used to address the recipient. |
04:40 | You may have already noticed that all latex commands begin with a reverse slash. |
04:48 | The text of the letter comes next. |
04:53 | One starts a new paragraph in latex through a blank line as we show now. |
05:00 | Let me come here. Right now this sentence starting at ‘we are’ is here. |
05:07 | Let’s open. Let's take this to the next line. |
05:12 | I have left a blank line. Let me save this. |
05:17 | Compile this. |
05:19 | You can see that this has gone to a new paragraph. |
05:25 | With a new paragraph, the letter has gone to two pages. |
05:29 | Let us see if the font size is reduced to 10, we can bring the letter back to one page. |
05:37 | Let me do that now. |
05:42 | Save. |
05:48 | Compile,You can see that the whole letter has come into one page. |
05:54 | Let me put this back to 12 pt. |
06:00 | And let me also remove this paragraph bit. |
06:06 | And let me compile this. |
06:12 | Okay. |
06:14 | I now want to explain the itemize environment which is created with a pair of 'begin' and 'end itemize' commands. |
06:29 | Every piece of text that starts with a ‘slash item’ appears in a bulleted form. |
06:37 | Can I get numbers in the place of bullets here? |
06:41 | You just have to change the "itemize" into "enumerate" as I do now. |
06:46 | Let me just change this to "enumerate". |
06:53 | Save it. |
07:00 | Of course! It is always a good idea to save as often as possible. |
07:05 | Let me compile this again. |
07:09 | You can see that the bullets have become numbers now. |
07:15 | In closing, I have included, ‘Yours sincerely’ which comes here. |
07:22 | We have already talked about the signature. |
07:26 | Finally, the command 'cc' helps mark this letter to other recipients. |
07:35 | I end the letter with ‘end letter’ command and then the document is completed with the ‘end document’ command. |
07:44 | Feel free to modify the content and try them out. |
07:48 | Until you become confident, change only one thing at a time and make sure by immediate compilation that whatever you have done is correct. |
07:58 | Although I talked about the letter writing process in a Mac, the same source file will work in all Latex systems including those in Linux and Windows operating systems. |
08:10 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
08:13 | Thanks for listening,This is Kannan Moudgalya from CDEEP, IIT Bombay, signing off. Good bye. |