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This book is aimed at people who want to use LaTeX for administrative work, such as writing correspondence, performing repetitive tasks or typesetting problem sheets or exam papers. It assumes some familiarity with LaTeX and covers some medium to advanced commands.
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
Dickimaw Books
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1.
Introduction
Page 1
1.1.
Packages and Document Classes
Page 3
1.2.
Arara
Page 6
Chapter 2.
Managing Data
Page 11
2.1.
Utility Commands
Page 12
2.1.1.
Macro Definitions
Page 12
2.1.2.
Hook Management
Page 23
2.1.3.
Arithmetic
Page 27
2.2.
Loading Data
Page 33
2.2.1.
Loading Data From a CSV File
Page 34
2.2.2.
Loading Data From a .dbtex File
Page 39
2.3.
Security
Page 51
2.4.
Sorting Data
Page 54
2.5.
Sample Data
Page 56
2.5.1.
Sample CSV Files
Page 56
2.5.2.
Sample XLS File
Page 59
2.5.3.
Sample SQL Tables
Page 61
2.6.
Displaying Tabulated Data
Page 66
2.7.
Iteration
Page 72
2.7.1.
Iterating Through a Database
Page 72
2.7.2.
Iterating Over a Comma-Separated List
Page 75
2.7.3.
Iteration With etoolbox's Internal Lists
Page 83
2.7.4.
General Iteration with TeX's \loop
Page 86
2.7.5.
Iteration Tips and Tricks
Page 86
2.8.
Fetching Data From a Given Row
Page 94
2.9.
Null and Boolean Values
Page 100
Chapter 3.
Correspondence
Page 107
3.1.
Writing a Letter Using the letter Class
Page 107
3.2.
Writing a Letter Using the scrlttr2 Class
Page 111
3.3.
Writing a Letter Using the newlfm Class
Page 121
3.4.
Writing a Letter Using the isodoc Class
Page 128
3.5.
Mail Merging
Page 132
3.6.
Envelopes
Page 137
Chapter 4.
Invoices
Page 153
4.1.
Writing an Invoice Using the isodoc Class
Page 153
4.2.
Writing an Invoice Using the invoice Package
Page 157
4.3.
Building Your Own Invoice using longtable and datatool
Page 161
Chapter 5.
Curricula Vitæ (Résumés)
Page 167
5.1.
The currvita Package
Page 167
5.2.
The europecv Class
Page 170
5.2.1.
Setting Personal Information
Page 171
5.2.2.
Sections and Publication Lists
Page 173
5.2.3.
Spoken Languages
Page 184
Chapter 6.
Official Documents
Page 189
6.1.
Memos
Page 189
6.2.
Press Releases
Page 191
6.3.
Minutes
Page 196
6.3.1.
The meetingmins Class
Page 196
6.3.2.
The minutes Package
Page 199
6.4.
Confidentiality
Page 207
6.4.1.
Redaction: The censor Package
Page 207
6.4.2.
Watermarks
Page 213
6.5.
Typesetting Legal Documents (Numbered Paragraphs)
Page 220
6.5.1.
Hierarchical Paragraph Numbering
Page 220
6.5.2.
Non-Hierarchical Paragraph Numbering
Page 226
Chapter 7.
Dates and Times
Page 231
7.1.
The datetime2 Package
Page 232
7.2.
The pgfcalendar Package Utility Commands
Page 235
7.3.
Displaying a Date
Page 240
7.4.
Parsing and Displaying Times
Page 249
7.5.
Displaying a Calendar
Page 259
Chapter 8.
Presentations (The beamer Class)
Page 285
8.1.
Overlays
Page 291
8.2.
Themes
Page 294
Chapter 9.
Assignments and Examinations
Page 303
9.1.
The exam Class
Page 304
9.2.
The exsheets Package
Page 312
9.3.
The probsoln Package
Page 318
9.4.
Using the datatool Package for Exams or Assignment Sheets
Page 334
9.5.
Random Numbers
Page 348
Chapter 10.
Business Cards, Flyers and Leaflets
Page 353
10.1.
The picture Environment
Page 354
10.2.
The ticket Package
Page 359
10.3.
The leaflet Class
Page 365
10.4.
The pst-barcode Package
Page 374
10.5.
The flowfram Package and the flowframtk Application
Page 379
Chapter 11.
Forms
Page 411
11.1.
Writing a Class File for a Form
Page 415
11.2.
Electronic PDF Forms
Page 440
Chapter 12.
Charts
Page 453
12.1.
Flow Charts
Page 454
12.2.
Pie Charts
Page 459
12.2.1.
The datapie Package
Page 460
12.2.2.
The pgf-pie Package
Page 466
12.3.
Bar Charts
Page 469
12.3.1.
The bchart Package
Page 469
12.3.2.
The databar Package
Page 472
12.4.
Gantt Charts
Page 477
12.5.
Plots
Page 482
Chapter 13.
Collaborating on Documents
Page 489
13.1.
Change Markup
Page 492
13.2.
Version Control
Page 495
13.3.
Online LaTeX Editors
Page 503
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