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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.

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desktop publishing, computerized typesetting

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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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xiv,638
Dimensions
17.8 x 25.4 x 3.3 centimeters
Weight
1.12 kilos

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OL26210326M
ISBN 13
9781909440074

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