THW - LaTeX

Editors:

• Lyx - WYSIWYG Mac editor
• TeXmaker - compiles as you go
• TeXshop

Writing

• Equation reference used to ref an equation eqref{} - what is the difference between this and normal ref? This requires amsmath, apparently it will add parenthesis around the reference.
• If you add double curly braces around fields in bibtex it will maintain correct capitalization.

• Acronym document: You can make an acronym document that contains \newacronym{TRSO}{TRISO}{Blah blah}. First field is what you want to call in \gls, second is the acronym, third is the spelled out acronym. Then use (for a file called acros.tex):

  \include{acros}

  \makeglossaries

  Then use \gls{acronym} to spell it out the first time.

• Use package tabu to do both column and row wrap.
• \newcommand{} : can use this to create new commands, or just text that you might want to change throughout the paper, then just run it to get the text. So if you update it, it will change. This is good for making problem sets if you want to change it year to year without having to go through the entire thing and find the issue.
• exam document class. Lets you define questions and write solutions and assign points. Will tabulate all the points; can choose to print the answers or not. \documentclass[10pt answers]{exam} will not display the answers. Can add conditional statements to add spacing.