Training overview

• Have you ever tried to write a large document, only to find your conventional word processor can’t keep up?

• Are you looking for a better way to handle your references?

• Do you have special typesetting requirements, such as heavy use of mathematical notation, and you need it to look professional?

LaTeX is a mark-up language focused on beautiful typesetting, and handles large, complex documents with ease. It is a standard tool in scientific and technical research fields, and is well-suited to the needs of people in the humanities.

Learning objectives

This training series aims to enable students to:

• prepare and structure large, complex documents;

• think critically about layout for articles, reports and theses;

• generate figures, lists and tables in a document;

• submit articles for publication in the appropriate format;

• handle references and input in-text citations and a reference list;

• collaborate with other LaTeX users.

Skills

• Analytical skills: the ability to construct and express logical arguments and to work in abstract or general terms to increase the clarity and efficiency of analysis;

• Collaborative skills: the ability to work in a team;

• Computational skills: the ability to adapt existing computational methods and tools to complete a target task;

• Problem solving skills: the ability to engage with unfamiliar problems and identify relevant solution strategies.