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Latex for M.Sc. Project work.

This section is dedicated to the students of M.Sc. (final semester)  and Ph.D. coursework with their project work and research report writing. Most of us are pretty comfortable with 'Microsoft Office Word'. We can write our project work / thesis in plain 'Word'. But when there are many mathematical expressions in your writing, the best way to make your it look beautiful is to use Latex. The benefit of Latex is that you don't need to worry about handling the position of text and mathematical expressions i.e. you don't need to move/adjust everything if you insert something new. This consumes less time and gives an elegant output in different formats like .pdf, .dvi and so on. Besides, there are many other benefits of Latex. We will tell you about those advantages later. 

Every software/editor has its ups and downs. In WORD, what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG), but in Latex the thing is totally different. It has some rules.  But we will tell you only the amount of information you need. Don't get panicked and check whether you need it or not. the pictures below are some examples.

The first picture shows the editor with in built preview of your output file. At first it looks very nasty and hard, but later you will love it. 

PC setup :

If you have a PC (Desktop/Laptop) then you are fine. Install the following softwares.

• Text Editor: Download and install Texmaker (recommended) or TeXstudio. [How to install tutorial]

• Compiler: Download texlive via this direct link.(more mirrors are available here)

• Alternative Compiler: Alternatively you can download and install Miktex, but I strongly recommend texliive. 

Now you are done with pc setup. Note that texlive itself contains a tex editor

Writing Your Document (Texmaker):

• open Texmaker and create a new file with CTRL+N or select from menu.(Watch this video)

• write your codes (what is it ?).

• save it in some folder by CTRL+S. (tutorial).

• click on Quick Build. You will get the output file in the same folder where you saved the latex file (.tex at the end ). There will be some extra intermediate/auxiliary files. You don't need to delete them. 

Important Links:

• Youtube Tutorial Series.

• Learn some basics.

• Sharelatex Tutorials. (This site also provides online latex editor. you can use in in your smartphone too. For that you need to register.  PC users can also try. There is online collaboration facility here i.e. you and your friend(s) can work together on a same file/project from different places online.)

• Free latex book by wikipedia.

• Templates for project work/thesis. (recommended for final submission). 

• Beamer Presentation Templates.

• Beamer guide by sharelatex.

How to write your project faster?

Well everyone wants to get maximum outcome from minimum effort. Here we provide some useful things to those who are too lazy to learn how to code latex from the beginning. 

• Download this template, unzip it and keep it in  your favourite folder in your PC.

•  Open main.tex file in Texmaker or Texworks given with texlive. (Both are very useful)

• If you are in Texmaker tap on Quick Build to compile the tex file.

• If you are in Texworks tap on the green play button. This editor provides sync feature. Select any word or line of your latex code or the pdf output file and right click. You will get sync option. Tap on it and see the magic.

• Now edit your main.tex file first that contains title page and packages.

• Then open chapter.tex files from chapters folder or by syncing any part of that chapter in the pdf file.

• You can watch this tutorial. (A more beautiful tutorial is coming soon).

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