Research tools
by Prabhas Chongstitvatana and Sunisa Rimcharoen
Presentation by Sukrit Sinthupinyo (ppt )
Objective
Learn to use Latex (using MikTex open source
tool)
Learn to do references
Somchai Prasitjutrakul may teach how to do math and
citation in Word (using field codes)
Follow these instructions
Try latex using MikTex
install the package
read "texmf\doc\miktex\install.pdf"
check installation is working
run "latex sample2e"
see the output use "dviviewer"
open "Document and setting\piak\sample2e.dvi"
try to edit
copy "texmf\tex\base\sample2e.tex" to
"Doc..\yourusename\prabhas.tex"
Run latex
edit "prabhas.tex"
run "latex prabhas"
view the result "prabhas.dvi"
try to include each additional item and run latex and view the result
separately to see its effect.
(and also some error, so that you know how to debug!)
Watch these !
On the "table" example, where the table
is displayed?
On citation and Bibliography section, what is the effect?
You can create an entry in the bibliography directly or you can make a
bibfile.
Note on citation
An item in the bibliography section can be cited in the text. You have
to run "latex prabhas" twice to get the citation to appear. The
first run creates an index, the second run uses the index to properly
retrieve the reference to the citation.
Tools
Executable for
small-miktex-2.4.1705.exe (binary 25
Mbytes)
Here is the instruction how to install MixTex
Here is the text file of Latex items that
you will use.
Here is "prabhas.tex" file that you will use to
start your experiment.
Some plain text editors
Turbo Pascal 7.0
Cu Writer for Window 77
Happy Latexing !
14 June 2008