The Basics of the LaTeX TypeSetting System in the Overleaf Environment

This course is designed for Ph.D. students and beginning researchers who need to write professional scientific documents using LaTeX and Overleaf. Participants will learn the basics of text formatting, inserting figures and tables, writing mathematical expressions, managing citations and bibliographies, and working with multilingual documents. The course also introduces creating presentations with Beamer and writing simple macros. Emphasis is placed on practical skills applicable to writing papers, theses, and conference presentations.

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1. Getting Started with Overleaf and Basic Text Formatting
• Basics of systematic computer work
• Creating an account and navigating Overleaf
• Basic document structure in LaTeX
• Basic text commands
• Lists
• Footnotes
2. Images, Tables, and Hyperlinks
• Inserting images and captions
• Creating tables using booktabs
• Hyperlinks
• Generating a table of contents and lists
3. Mathematics, Bibliography, Citations, and Multilingual Typesetting
• Writing mathematical expressions: inline, display, equations, fractions, matrices
• Citations and bibliography
• Multilingual typesetting using babel
4. Presentations and Macros
• Creating presentations with Beamer
• Stepwise uncovering of content
• Simple macros