Within the book the LaTeX examples are backed by ample explanations which help the reader gain confidence and build firm foundations on which to develop their understanding of LaTeX. Leveraging the sensible choice of topics, the author systematically dissects LaTeX’s learning curve with clear explanations, numerous helpful examples and attention to important concepts along the way, providing more than the essential basics and going further than many online LaTeX tutorials.
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All the essential subjects are considered, including creating tables, importing images, bibliographies and referencing, producing table of contents (and other list types), using fonts and much else besides-you can see a full list of chapters, and some sample content, on the publisher’s web page for this book. The author’s choice of topics to form the basis for individual chapters are sensible and resonate strongly with my personal experience of providing Overleaf’s support to LaTeX users. My view is that this book’s content does justice to its title, providing LaTeX users with an excellent guide, and companion, as they journey to LaTeX competence, and beyond, so I have no hesitation in recommending it. The book’s thoughtful design and layout also contribute to making the book feel approachable, which is an important consideration for those taking their first tentative steps into LaTeX-based typesetting.
LaTeX is a challenging subject to write about so it is pleasing to see the author’s user-support experience reflected in the friendly and highly accessible style in which the book is written. Stefan is a well-known figure in the TeX/LaTeX community who has extensive experience providing online support for new LaTeX users and runs numerous TeX-related websites (see ). In my role as one of the technical reviewers for the second edition of LaTeX Beginner’s Guide by Stefan Kottwitz, I was privileged to see the book during its development phase so it was interesting to have an opportunity to review the finished product and check out the online resources now available to support it.
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