LaTeX for Students - A Simple Quickstart Guide

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  • In this video I plainly explain the basics of LaTeX with a focus on how a student might begin to use it, such that by the end of the video you will feel ready enough to begin creating your own beautiful documents with LaTeX.
    I made this video because I wish I had one like it when I began my LaTeX journey, and hope to share what I have learned with others in a simple, easy to follow way.
    Resources:
    - www.overleaf.com/learn
    - www.latex-project.org/get/ - Get TeX for your OS
    - ctan.org/ - The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (packages)
    - tug.ctan.org/info/undergradmat... - CTAN's math cheatsheet
    - users.dickinson.edu/~richesod... - Two-page cheatsheet
    Table of Contents
    0:00 - Introduction
    1:34 - Overleaf Intro
    3:00 - Basic structure
    4:05 - Math intro/setup
    5:13 - Inline math
    6:20 - Equations
    7:22 - Detexify/symbols
    8:02 - Images
    10:56 - Document customization
    13:10 - Conclusion
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  • @kp1498
    @kp1498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    LaTeX is the software that taught me not to fear documentation. I think PGF/TikZ has a pdf with like 2K pages and barely anything else, so you either extract what you need from there or don't use it. And it's actually not that hard, one just has to overcome that initial feeling of being overwhelmed.

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Same here. LaTeX and Emacs. On the other hand, some people don't want to deal with that and just want to get to the basics and be done. Thanks for your comment.

  • @interrupted_reverie
    @interrupted_reverie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    This is extremely well done , you didn't bombard us with useless information and made everything seem quite easy to understand.Thank you

    • @corentinhesry8828
      @corentinhesry8828 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wanted to comment the exact same thing but you said it all!

  • @Noep2404
    @Noep2404 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Great video ! You explain things really well, while still keeping it quick and simple.

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the nice comment, I'm pleased you thought so.

  • @nelsonberm3910
    @nelsonberm3910 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for making this so easy to understand, now my homework looks super neat and cool

  • @sohaibahmedmughal877
    @sohaibahmedmughal877 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    very informative as a beginner thanx a lot for such an easy of delivering useful steps.

  • @Blade_of_Tomoe
    @Blade_of_Tomoe ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Keeping true to the simplicity. Nice video.

    • @mrpampers
      @mrpampers 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Heart of tarrasque, respect man

    • @Blade_of_Tomoe
      @Blade_of_Tomoe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mrpampers _Preserved heart of an extinct monster, it bolsters the bearer's fortitude._

  • @yedmavus
    @yedmavus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You sound just like ReviewBrah!
    Great video, and one of the best for a beginner.
    Thanks and Cheers!

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol. Thanks for the nice comment!

  • @kickpublishing
    @kickpublishing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was a wonderful introduction

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you.

  • @AhmedThahir2002
    @AhmedThahir2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was soooo good. Good job 😍

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the nice comment, glad you liked it.

  • @romantki
    @romantki ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, great introduction!

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  ปีที่แล้ว

      You are welcome, thanks for the comment.

  • @eldeivis44
    @eldeivis44 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wanna know how to have that editor and integration of the first part of the video

  • @noahgoodwin700
    @noahgoodwin700 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Really useful, thanks

  • @mohammadsaifuddin1009
    @mohammadsaifuddin1009 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent!!! Thanks a lot

  • @satyam4565
    @satyam4565 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you please provide the source code in description of 0:02 time

  • @user-qy1mx6ox3j
    @user-qy1mx6ox3j 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Which font do you use in the editor pane?

  • @tota_trader
    @tota_trader 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very nice. Thanks

  • @adrianaguilar6595
    @adrianaguilar6595 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spectacular

  • @pshychedelicdog7099
    @pshychedelicdog7099 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Photo is not displaying when i do these comands. And i do not know why. If anyone has any advice pls help

  • @sajjaduddin8188
    @sajjaduddin8188 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you my friend. *Hug*

  • @amirabellali2636
    @amirabellali2636 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks bro !

  • @davidrogers8516
    @davidrogers8516 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank You for the beginner video. Do you have one for creating a lab book?

  • @devolinasharma1751
    @devolinasharma1751 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, how to add the range of a variable index on the right, like i= 1,...n?

  • @AhmedThahir2002
    @AhmedThahir2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could you make a video where you make an actual project report using latex?
    I'm gonna be doing a research project soon and I'll have to make a report.

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure, I suppose I could look into that! It's really a matter of good organization: sections and subsections will form the core. So I might have an introduction section, a data collection section, an analysis section, etc. And in analysis I might have a subsection about "mathematical analysis," or in data collection I might have "uncertainty," or something like that. Good luck!

    • @AhmedThahir2002
      @AhmedThahir2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yusss and
      you could maybe show how to get bibliography working, how to do refer table #, refer eqn #
      Like you said, all other tutorials are unnecessarily complicated

  • @AhmedThahir2002
    @AhmedThahir2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    And what's the editor in the left at the start of the video?

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is GNU Emacs.

  • @aquss33
    @aquss33 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is there an editor that lets me edit the equations real-time like in word, at least a symbols tab would be appreciated, I cannot stand having to constantly hit "altgr+some key" to get the stupid slashes, carets... and all the stuff required? As it stands right now, I don't see myself ever switching from word, even though LaTeX looks much nicer word is just so much faster.

    • @Rokokok64
      @Rokokok64 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are websites that let you enter equations using calculator-like buttons and will give you the corresponding latex code to copy and paste into your editor. Just Google something like "latex equation editor"

  • @Achy1les
    @Achy1les 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did you integrate Emacs inside overleaf? Could you explain? Cool...

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually I'm using Vim bindings, it's a setting in Overleaf. You can use Emacs-like binds as well.

    • @Achy1les
      @Achy1les 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JakeBox0 Oh. I did not know overleaf had that option. Thx

  • @amosreginaldjr.4200
    @amosreginaldjr.4200 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    THIS IS HOW TEACHERS WRITE EXAMS??? 😮

  • @jvarunkumar
    @jvarunkumar ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you please provide a link to this overleaf project.
    Thanks :)

  • @mehedipc5349
    @mehedipc5349 ปีที่แล้ว

    You didn't show how to make tables.😥

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  ปีที่แล้ว

      Tables are the worst! Lol. Jokes aside, tables can be annoying, I usually generate them with some website (just Google latex table generator), or use Emacs Org Mode.

  • @lorenzosartelli7557
    @lorenzosartelli7557 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry if i look arrogant, but its pronunced "LateK" not "LateX" because the "X" Is a greek lettere with a pronunciation more similiar to K than X

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      0:04 // www.latex-project.org/about/

    • @lorenzosartelli7557
      @lorenzosartelli7557 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@JakeBox0My bad 😅

  • @user-yn6ii7ys3u
    @user-yn6ii7ys3u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not first, but first comment!

  • @Srednicki123
    @Srednicki123 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have dark mode on, how?

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where, in the beginning? That is a different text editor. But anyway in Overleaf you can press Menu and then scroll down to "Overall theme" and "Editor theme"

  • @brajlecz9485
    @brajlecz9485 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video with everything one needs to get started. Really nice, thank you for this. I really dislike the way you talk tho :(

  • @ahmoin
    @ahmoin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's not pronounced as tex, it's pronounced as tech. Pronounce the χ of TeX as a Greek chi, not as an ‘x’, so that TeX rhymes with the word speck.

  • @haraldurkarlsson1147
    @haraldurkarlsson1147 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its is not X...

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry?

    • @haraldurkarlsson1147
      @haraldurkarlsson1147 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JakeBox0
      It is not a big deal but the originators of LaTeX (and TeX) stressed that is was the greek letter not regular X. The greek symbol for this is pronounced the same as "ch" (as in tech) I know it is bit confusing.

    • @JakeBox0
      @JakeBox0  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@haraldurkarlsson1147 0:05

  • @axiometricgames
    @axiometricgames 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just can't with the " lay-tex " 😅

  • @user-gj3kz7cm3x
    @user-gj3kz7cm3x 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Latex is awful. Use Typst.

  • @drewsarobot.6091
    @drewsarobot.6091 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:03
    Are you typing \pir^2? I can't get that to work for me. Made sure I've got "\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}" in there too.
    Edit: We're you going for \pi R^2? That would make sense to me if you were but building on my machine fails with "\pir^2" where as "\pi r^2" builds