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LaTeX Typesetting for Beginners Syllabus

The document outlines a course titled 'LaTeX Typesetting for Beginners' which offers 2 credits and has no prerequisites. It aims to teach participants how to use LaTeX for professional document preparation, including typesetting in Indian languages. The course covers installation, formatting, cross-referencing, and specific techniques for Indian language transliteration over a structured 15-week schedule.

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LaTeX Typesetting for Beginners Syllabus

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LaTeX TYPESETTING FOR BEGINNERS

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE


Course title Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-
& Code criteria requisite
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ of the
Practice course
(if any)
LaTeX 2 0 0 2 Class XII NIL
Typesetting
for Beginners

Learning Objec�ves: The objec�ve of this course is to introduce:


• LaTeX, a high-quality open-source typese�ng so�ware that produces professional
prints and PDF files for research ar�cles and books in all subjects, and languages.
• Typese�ng in Indian languages using LaTeX by translitera�on and ITRANS packages.

Learning Outcomes: A�er comple�on of the course the learner will be able to:
• Prepare a LaTeX document with �tle page including contents, references, and index.
• Understand the Indian language translitera�on package (ITRANS-processor) for
typese�ng Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, etc. using LaTeX.

UNIT-I: Getting Started with LaTeX (24 hours)


Installing and using LaTeX for creating a first LaTeX document; Formatting text and
understanding LaTeX commands and environments; Designing pages, Creating a book with
chapters and table of contents, Creating and customizing lists, Including images, and
creating tables with captions.

UNIT-II: Cross-References, Index, Bibliography and Large Documents (16 hours)


Setting labels and references, Hyperlinks; Customizing the table of contents, Generating an
index, Creating a bibliography; Writing basic math formulas and equations; Developing
large documents by splitting the input and creating front/back matter.

UNIT-III: Typesetting in Indian Languages using LaTeX (20 hours)


Transliteration symbols with illustrative examples of the Indian languages, such as Sanskrit,
Hindi (Devanagari), Punjabi, and Malayalam; Creation of the transliterated document for
typesetting in Devanagari (for Sanskrit, Hindi, and Marathi), Gurumukhi (for Punjabi), and
Rachana (for Malayalam); ITRANS pre-processor package to convert English-encoded text
into various Indian language script such as Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, etc.

Essential Readings
1. Kottwitz, Stefan (2021). LaTeX Beginner’s Guide (2nd ed.). Packet Publishing Ltd.
2. Nambudiripad, K.B.M. (2014). LaTeX for Beginners. Narosa Publishing House, Delhi.
3. https://ctan.org/pkg/devanagari; https://www.ctan.org/pkg/gurmukhi-singh
4. https://ctan.org/tex-archive/language/indian/itrans
Suggested Reading
• Lamport, Leslie (1994). LaTeX: A Document Prepara�on System, User’s Guide and Reference
Manual (2nd ed.). Pearson Educa�on. Indian Reprint.

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Prac�cal Exercises: Ge�ng started with free open-source so�ware LaTeX for typese�ng
documents from chapter 1 of the text book [1]: LaTeX Beginner’s Guide (2nd ed.) by Stefan
Kotwitz for installing and using LaTeX. Learners are required to:
• Design a LaTeX document by choosing �tle, author, date, address, page dimensions,
margins, adjust line spacing, add footnotes, and orienta�on.
• Create a document with bulleted lists, numbered lists, and defini�on lists.
Furthermore, modify the document with compact and customized versions of such
lists, including spacing adjustments and interrup�ng and resuming.
• Create tables, adding cap�ons to tables, pu�ng text into columns, spanning columns
and rows, using LaTeX packages to auto-fit columns.
• Generate a document by customizing the table of contents, lists of figures and tables,
producing an index poin�ng to relevant informa�on for keywords and phrases.
• Typese�ng fine-tune math expressions, align and number equa�ons, and use various
math symbols from the amsmath package in LaTeX.
• Generate a list of five books related to your field of interest under an automa�cally
generated �tle ‘Bibliography’, using thebibliography command in LaTeX. Illustrate
how these references are cited in the body of a document.
• Create a LaTeX file to manage large documents consis�ng of several LaTeX files by
spli�ng the input, including front and back mater and a separate �tle page.
• Transliterate these six names: Aryabhata, Arthashastra, Bhaskaracharya, Chanakya,
Ganita Bhara�, and Shankaracharya, and write them in itemize form using Devanagari
package in LaTeX. Also use the verba�m environment to display the LaTeX code.
• Typeset ten words of your choice using ITRANS pre-processor package in LaTeX to
convert English-encoded text into any one Indian language script.

Teaching Plan (SEC Paper: LaTeX Typese�ng for Beginners)


Week 1: Installing and using LaTeX for crea�ng a first LaTeX document. [1]: Chapter 1.
Week 2: Forma�ng text and understanding LaTeX commands and environments. [1]: Chapter 2.
Week 3: Designing pages, Crea�ng a book with chapters and table of contents. [1]: Chapter 3.
Week 4: Crea�ng and customizing lists. [1]: Chapter 4.
Week 5: Including images. [1]: Chapter 5.
Week 6: Creating tables with captions. [1]: Chapter 6.
Week 7: Se�ng labels and references, Hyperlinks. [1]: Chapter 7.
Week 8: Customizing the table of contents, Genera�ng an index, Crea�ng a bibliography. [1]: Chapter 8.
Week 9: Writing basic math formulas and equations. [1]: Chapter 9.
Week 10: Developing large documents by splitting the input and creating front/back matter. [1]: Chapter 11.
Weeks 11, and 12: Translitera�on symbols with illustra�ve examples of the Indian languages, such
as Sanskrit, Hindi (Devanagari), Punjabi, and Malayalam. [2]: Chapter 9; and gurmukhi
Weeks 13, and 14: Creation of transliterated document for typesetting in Devanagari (Sanskrit, Hindi and
Marathi), Gurumukhi (Punjabi), and Rachana (Malayalam). [2]: Chapter 10; [3]: Devanagari, and Gurmukhi.
Week 15: ITRANS pre-processor package to convert English-encoded text into various Indian
language script such as Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, etc. [4]: Itrans: Indian languages

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