Document structure, math, formatting & common commands
Language% Basic document
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\title{My Document}
\author{Alice}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
Hello World.
\subsection{Sub-section}
\subsubsection{Sub-sub-section}
\end{document}
% Document classes
\documentclass{article} % short docs
\documentclass{report} % longer docs
\documentclass{book} % books
\documentclass{beamer} % presentations% Inline math
$E = mc^2$
$x_{i} + y^{2}$
% Display math
\[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i = x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n \]
% Equation (numbered)
\begin{equation}
f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c
\end{equation}
% Fractions
$\frac{a}{b}$ $\dfrac{a}{b}$
% Roots
$\sqrt{x}$ $\sqrt[3]{x}$
% Greek letters
$\alpha \beta \gamma \delta \epsilon$
$\pi \sigma \theta \lambda \omega$
% Operators
$\int_{0}^{\infty}$ $\prod$ $\sum$
$\lim_{x \to \infty}$ $\partial$% Text styles
\textbf{bold}
\textit{italic}
\underline{underline}
\texttt{monospace}
\textsc{Small Caps}
\emph{emphasis}
% Font sizes
{\tiny text} {\small text} {\normalsize text}
{\large text} {\Large text} {\LARGE text}
{\huge text} {\Huge text}
% Alignment
\begin{center} centered \end{center}
\begin{flushleft} left \end{flushleft}
\begin{flushright} right \end{flushright}
% Spacing
\\ % line break
\newpage % page break
\vspace{1cm} % vertical space
\hspace{1cm} % horizontal space% Itemized (bullets)
\begin{itemize}
\item First
\item Second
\item Third
\end{itemize}
% Enumerated (numbered)
\begin{enumerate}
\item First
\item Second
\end{enumerate}
% Table
\begin{tabular}{|l|c|r|}
\hline
Left & Center & Right \\
\hline
A & B & C \\
D & E & F \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
% l=left c=center r=right |=border% Include image
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{image.png}
\caption{My figure caption}
\label{fig:myfig}
\end{figure}
% Reference: See Figure~\ref{fig:myfig}
% Placement options: h=here t=top b=bottom p=page% Labels and cross-references
\label{sec:intro}
\ref{sec:intro} % section number
\pageref{sec:intro} % page number
% Bibliography
\begin{thebibliography}{9}
\bibitem{knuth} Knuth, D. \textit{The Art}.
\end{thebibliography}
\cite{knuth} % citation [1]
% BibTeX (separate .bib file)
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{refs}% Arrows
$\rightarrow$ $\leftarrow$ $\Rightarrow$
$\leftrightarrow$ $\uparrow$ $\downarrow$
% Relations
$\leq$ $\geq$ $\neq$ $\approx$
$\equiv$ $\sim$ $\subset$ $\in$
% Operators
$\times$ $\div$ $\pm$ $\cdot$
$\cap$ $\cup$ $\wedge$ $\vee$
% Misc
$\infty$ $\forall$ $\exists$ $\nabla$
$\emptyset$ $\neg$ $\ldots$ $\cdots$