LATEX document control options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \documentstyle[option]{style} Basic document page layout; font \pageheight{N-units} Length of page \pagewidth{N-units} Width of page \leftmargin{N-units} Size of left margin \rightmargin{N-units} Size of right margin \title{TITLE} Document title \author{TEXT} Names, addresses, etc. of authors \thanks{TEXT} Acknowledgments \begin{abstract}...\end{abstract} Abstract enviornment \tableofcontents No argument \listoffigures No argument \listoftables No argument \date{item} Current date \begin{document}...\end{document} Document enviornment \maketitle Put the title here, after \begin \include{DOC} Insert DOC to compile here; DOC name ends with ".tex" \appendix{TEXT} Chapter level header with TEXT text \printindex Print the index now \bibliography{FILE} Name of file bibliographic entries; FILE name ends with ".bib" \bibliographystyle{STYLE} Type of bibliography formatting desired; STYLE type ends with ".sty" LATEX page control options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \newpage Break page here and start a new page LATEX font type options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {\bf item} bold font {\em item} emphasis, italic {\sf item} san serif {\sl item} slant type {\tt item} typewriter (constant width) font LATEX font size options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \tiny tiny text \footnotesize footnote-sized text \normalsize normal-sized text (for style option) \large large text \Large Large text \huge huge text \Huge Huge text LATEX sections header options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \part{Part} Part I \chapter{Chapter} 3 Chapter \section{Section} 1.1 Section \subsection{Subsection} 1.1.1 Subsection \subsubsection{Subsubsection} Subsubsection \paragraph{Paragraph} Paragraph \subparagraph{Subparagraph} Subparagraph LATEX paragraph style options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{enumerate} ...items...\end{enumerate} 1. Numbered list of items \begin{itemize}..items...\end{itemize} * Bulleted list of items \begin{description}...items...\end{description} Item text in the paragraph is indented under item \begin{abstract}...text...\end{abstract} abstract Indented and justified text with "abstract" centered above \begin{quote}...text...\end{quote} Indented and justified text \begin{verse}...text...\end{verse} Indented and not justified text \begin{verbatim}...text...\end{verbatim} Format exactly as typed in constant width font LATEX figure control options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{figure}[htbc]..stuff..\end{figure} Figure enviornment \begin{table}[htbc]..stuff..\end{table} Table enviornment h Place the figure or table here t Place the figure of table at the top of a page b Place the figure or table at the bottom of a page c Place the figure or table at the center of a page \caption{text} Creates a caption for figure or table \vspace{size-units} Creates vertical space (e.g., for figure or table) between paragraphs LATEX reference control options reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \footnote{item} Inserts a footnote with item as text \cite{bibitem} Inserts a bibliographic cite for reference associated with bibitem key \ref{label} Inserts section number in which label occurs \pageref{label} Inserts a page number where label occurs