Course Outline
This course is intended for students, researchers, scientists, managers and anyone responsible for written technical communication.
The course will consist of 40% lecture and 60% practical exercises using the LaTex system. Students are encouraged to bring in their own documents to convert from Word to LaTex to gain familiarity. Course content will include:
Setting up a document
Preparing to write
Spacing, fonts and size
Special characters
Compiling and error handling
Math equations and in-line references
Using packages
Structure, lists, and sections
Colors, fonts, and highlights
Labels and Cross-References
Figures and Tables
Tables of content and appendices
Large documents and reports
Bibliographies and citations
Viewing and printing documents
Requirements
There are no specific requirements needed to attend this course. The student should bring an internet-enabled laptop with web browser and administrative priveleges to install necessary LaTex related software if they have not done so already. The main software required are MikTex (the LaTex compiler), TexMaker (a useful LaTex editor) and JabRef (for bibliography references).
Testimonials (6)
Open discussion, trainer very knowledgeable and willing to help with debug and questions Good balance between theoretical and practical exercises.
JACK ROSS - STMicroelectronics R&D Ltd
Course - Programming in C++
We have been show many different tools (gdb,valgrind,callgrind, google sanitizers, ...) which was really great to have a base knowledge that we can extend when we will need to use one of those tools.
Thibault Marechal - Red Embedded Consulting Sp. z o.o.
Course - C++ 11 Programming
the balance between lectures and practice, the rhythm, the trainer knowledge and pedagogic skill
Armando Pinto - EID
Course - C/C++ Secure Coding
Good examples, focus on most useful material
Piotr Sowiński - Intel Technology Poland
Course - Object Oriented Programming with C++
Great training atmosphere.
April Faith Manabat - Controtek Solutions Inc
Course - QT Programming
Lots of exercises and help. It was useful for the trainer to be able to use our individual project doucments to be able to help us fix our issue and complete the exercises. {Plenty of chance for asking questions too.