Technical Writing 301

The area between \documentclass{...} and \begin{document}.

• Preamble

• Predocument

• Document Environment

• Begin Document

The area between \begin{document} and \end{document}.

• Preamble

• Predocument

• Document Environment

• Begin Document

Define a rich set of environments particularly used in writing and formatting equations

• AMS math packages (amsmath, amssymb, amsthm)

• Graphic packages (graphicx, xy, tikz)

• Tabular packages (array, booktabs, multirow, multicol, longtable, supertabular)

• fancyhdr package (fancyhdr)

Allows you to insert figures and make tricky diagrams such as ones which include various items connected by arrows or lines

• AMS math packages (amsmath, amssymb, amsthm)

• Graphic packages (graphicx, xy, tikz)

• Tabular packages (array, booktabs, multirow, multicol, longtable, supertabular)

• fancyhdr package (fancyhdr)

Used for editing table environments

• AMS math packages (amsmath, amssymb, amsthm)

• Graphic packages (graphicx, xy, tikz)

• Tabular packages (array, booktabs, multirow, multicol, longtable, supertabular)

• fancyhdr package (fancyhdr)

Provides an easy way to customize header and footer

• AMS math packages (amsmath, amssymb, amsthm)

• Graphic packages (graphicx, xy, tikz)

• Tabular packages (array, booktabs, multirow, multicol, longtable, supertabular)

• fancyhdr package (fancyhdr)

For in line equation

• A pair of $ ... $

• \begin{equation} ... \end{equation}

• \begin{equation*} ... \end{equation*}

• \[ ... \]

For a numbered equation in a separate line.

• A pair of $ ... $

• \begin{equation} ... \end{equation}

• \begin{equation*} ... \end{equation*}

• \[ ... \]

For unnumbered equation in a separate line.

• A pair of $ ... $

• \begin{equation} ... \end{equation}

• \begin{equation*} ... \end{equation*}

• \[ ... \]

The symbol separates the columns in each line of the table

• $

• &

• \\

• \hline

• \cline{<range>}