LaTeX

aka Tex, MathJax

Ctrl+F to search. pdflatex file.tex to compile

Symbol lookup:

• Detexify (for symbols)
• QuickRef.ME (for general math)
• MathJax Basic Tutorial and Quick Reference

Front Matters

% metadata
\documentclass{article}
\title{Test}
\author{Me}
\date{\today}
% displayed
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}

• documentclasses Stackexchange Discussion, main classes article, proc, minimal, report, book, slides, memoir, letter, beamer

Basic Math

Resources

• Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX

Tables

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ c c c }
 cell1 & cell2 & cell3 \\ 
 cell4 & cell5 & cell6 \\  
 cell7 & cell8 & cell9    
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

Code

\def\code#1{\texttt{#1}} % then use \code{...}
% see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/36030/how-to-make-a-single-word-look-as-some-code

Images

Tikz

\begin{figure}[htbp]
    \centering
    \resizebox{0.65\textwidth}{!}{
        \input{myimage} % omit .tex
    }
    \caption{my figure name}
    \label{f:figurename}
\end{figure}