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James Bray's Latex Help
Latex

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Introduction

These pages should contain all that you need to know in order to write your Ph.D. thesis using Latex and Bibtex. I prepared this resource after I wrote my Ph.D. thesis in Latex (submitted in 2001) with the aim of helping other students to do the same. I hope you find these pages helpful -- James Bray (james@biochem.ucl.ac.uk)

Acknowledgements

Nick Luscombe and Duncan Milburn (Ph.D.'s submitted in 2000) were kind enough to let me use their master latex files. Andrew Martin was instrumental in understanding bibtex style files. Stuart Rison and Ian Sillitoe helped with converting figures to encapsulated postscript.

Book Reference

Title: A Guide To Latex
Authors: Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-39825-7

Topics

• General information
  • How to organise your directories
  • How to compile your document
• Example of a 'Chapter Master Latex File'
• How to handle figures in your latex document
  • Generating Encapsulated Postscript
  • Latex Figure Commands
• How to handle tables in your latex document
• Style File Downloads
• How to set up your bibliography
  • Download Medline files from PubMed
  • Use pybliographic to organise your references
  • The 'natbib' package
  • Defining the 'natbib' citation style
  • The JMB bibliography style file
• A real example of a chapter (download files and compile)
  • How to organise your directories
  • Download example chapter files
  • File Modifications And Checks
  • How to compile your chapter document
  • An example postscript output for your chapter
• Compile the whole thesis
  • How to organise your directories
  • Download example thesis files - including extra ones
  • File Modifications And Checks
  • How to compile your thesis document
  • An example postscript output for your thesis
• Example of a 'Thesis Master Latex File'