LYX/LATEX: A Modern Approa

h to
Te hni al Publi ation
Khairulmizam Samsudin, PhD
Dept. of Computer & Communi ation Systems
Fa ulty of Engineering
Universiti Putra Malaysia
WWW: http://eng.upm.edu.my/~kmbs/
Email: kmbseng.upm.edu.my
May 22, 2007

With Knowledge We Serve

Te hni al Publi ation

Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

Te hni al publi ation in ludes thesis, reports, books,

manual, journals, onferen es arti le and presentation slides

Writing

Target publi , engineers,

s ientist, et ...
Outline
Introdu tion,
ba kground, methodology,
result, on lusions
Results Figures, harts,
tables, algorithm, et ...

Publishing

Type Arti le, report, book,

slides, et
Format Font, olumns,
margin, footer, header,
spa ing, et
Bibliography Havard, IEEE,
et

LyX 101  2 / 15

Workshop Out ome

Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

Understand the fun tion of LYX

Learn basi feature of LYX (80-20 Rule)
Produ e te hni al do ument using LYX

LyX 101  3 / 15

Outline
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

1. LYX/LATEX overview
2. LYX
(a) Basi s
(b) Text & Formula
( ) Figure & Table
(d) Referen e & Citation
(e) Others

LyX 101  4 / 15

LATEX vs Text Pro essor

Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

LATEX is free
LATEX en ourages authors not to worry too mu h about
the appearan e of their do uments but to on entrate
on getting the right ontent
There are no LATEX "ma ro" viruses
Dierent LATEX versions are ompatible
LATEX do uments are small and lean

LyX 101  5 / 15

LATEX Features
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

Typesetting journal arti les, te hni al reports, books,

and slide presentations.
Control over large do uments ontaining se tioning,
ross-referen es, tables and gures.
Typesetting of omplex mathemati al formulas.
Automati generation of bibliographies and indexes.
Multi-lingual typesetting.
In lusion of artwork, and pro ess or spot olour.
Using PostS ript or Metafont fonts.

LyX 101  6 / 15

LATEX Code
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

\ do ument lass { a r t i l e }
\ t i t l e {What You See I s What You Mean}
\ a u t h o r { Jane Doe}
\ d a t e { September 2006}
\ b e g i n { do ument}
\maketitle
Hello world !
\ end { do ument}

LyX 101  7 / 15

LYX Overview
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

LYX is a WYSIWYM do ument pro essor that lets you

fo us on writing ompared the familiar fa e of a
WYSIWYG word pro essor (i.e OpenO e and M$
Word)
In the ba kground, TEX typesetting engine makes you
look good.
No more endless tinkering with formatting details. You
just write.
LYX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform,
fully internationalized appli ation running natively on
Unix/Linux, Ma intosh and platforms.

http://www.lyx.org/
KMBS Rev. 1.2

LyX 101  8 / 15

S enario
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

Task

Send a weekly report to your supervisor

Requirement

Dis uss last week, work done

In lude dis ussion on problems and results (i.e. graph,
table, et )
List bibliographi referen es

LyX 101  9 / 15

Basi s
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Help/User Guide/Tutorial
New/Open/Save le
View/Export PDF, PS, HTML, et do ument
Do ument lasses
Text layout, page layout and page margins

LyX 101  10 / 15

Text & Formula

Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

1.
2.
3.
4.

Text environment
Bullet, itemized and listings
Font formatting
Inserting mathemati al formula

LyX 101  11 / 15

Figure & Table

Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

1. Insert graphi s
2. Insert table
3. Float and aption

LyX 101  12 / 15

Referen e & Citation

Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

1. Insert label & referen e

2. Link to bibliographi le (bibTEX)
3. Insert bibliographi itation

LyX 101  13 / 15

Others
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

1. Table of Content
2. List of Table/Figures
3. Insert TeX ode

LyX 101  14 / 15

Re ommended Reading
Te hni al
Publi ation
Workshop
Out ome
Outline
LATEX vs Text
Pro essor
LATEX Features
LATEX Code
LYX Overview
S enario
Basi s
Text & Formula
Figure & Table
Referen e &
Citation
Others
Re ommended
Reading

KMBS Rev. 1.2

1. LYX Help menu

2. http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/Tutorials

LyX 101  15 / 15