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Most of the general LATEXcommands can be found in the Not So Short Introduction to LATEX 2\" [4]; most of the math in the Short Math Guide to LATEX [2]; most of the bibliography information in the BibTeX tutorial [3] and the natbib documentation [1] .  \nI also wrote a separate Latex fonts guide.  \nContents  \n1 Commands 3  \n1.1 Document structure ................................ 3  \n1.2 Page format .................................... 4  \n1.3 Chapters and Sections .............................. 5  \n1.4 Fonts ........................................ 6  \n1.5 Reserved characters ................................ 7  \n1.6 Special characters ................................. 7  \n1.7 Accented characters ................................ 8  \n1.8 Special spaces ................................... 8  \n1.9 Special phrases .................................. 8  \n1.10 Line and page breaks ............................... 9  \n1.11 References, citations, footnotes ......................... 10  \n1.12 Hyperlinks ..................................... 10  \n2 Environments 11  \n2.1 Text alignment .................................. 11  \n2.2 Boxes ....................................... 11  \n2.3 Block quotes .................................... 12  \n2.4 Verse ........................................ 12  \n2.5 Verbatim ...................................... 12  \n2.6 Lists ........................................ 13  \n2.7 Tables (tabular) .................................. 13  \n2.8 Figures and Tables ................................ 14  \n3 Math 16  \n3.1 Equation numbering ............................... 17  \n3.2 Sub/superscripts ................................. 17  \n3.3 Fractions and binomial coe􀀎cient ........................ 18  \n3.4 Math Fonts .................................... 18  \n3.5 Functions ..................................... 19  \n3.6 Accents and over/under commands ....................... 20  \n3.7 Greek ....................................... 21  \n3.8 Hebrew ...................................... 21  \n3.9 Symbols ...................................... 22  \n3.10 Brackets and delimiters .............................. 24  \n3.11 Matrices ...................................... 25  \n4 Bibliography using BibTeX 26  \n4.1 Enabling BibTeX ................................. 26  \n4.2 Bibliography formats ............................... 27  \n4.3 Citation formats and natbib ........................... 28  \n4.4 BibTeX database ................................. 29  \n4.5 Manually formatted bibliographies ........................ 29  \n1 Commands  \n1.1 Document structure  \n\\documentclass[options]{class}  \nCommon classes  \narticle articles without chapters proc proceedings, based on article minimal minimal formatting  \nreport reports with chapters book real books  \nCommon options  \n10pt, 11pt, 12pt  \na4paper, letterpaper, ...  \n􀀍eqnleqno  \ntitlepage, notitlepage onecolumn, twocolumn twoside, oneside landscape  \nopenright, openany  \nmain font size  \npaper size  \nequations left-aligned instead of centered equation numbers on left instead of right start new page after title  \none or two columns  \npaper orientation  \nchapters begin on right page, or any page  \nPreamble  \n\\usepackage[options]{package}  \n\\includeonly{􀀌lenames} skip \\include with listed 􀀌les  \nDocument  \n\\begin{document}  \n\\include{􀀌lename}  \nstart ne","cbCaisfHFqUCMaJd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisfHFqUCMaJd","pdf",371975,31,"English","# Commands\n## Document structure\n## Page format\n## Chapters and Sections\n## Fonts\n## Reserved characters\n## Special characters\n## Accented characters\n## Special spaces\n## Special phrases\n## Line and page breaks\n## References, citations, footnotes\n## Hyperlinks\n# Environments\n## Text alignment\n## Boxes\n## Block quotes\n## Verse\n## Verbatim\n## Lists\n## Tables (tabular)\n## Figures and Tables\n# Math\n## Equation numbering\n## Sub/superscripts\n## Fractions and binomial coefficient\n## Math Fonts\n## Functions\n## Accents and over/under commands\n## Greek\n## Hebrew\n## Symbols\n## Brackets and delimiters\n## Matrices\n# Bibliography using BibTeX\n## Enabling BibTeX\n## Bibliography formats\n## Citation formats and natbib\n## BibTeX database\n## Manually formatted bibliographies","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this LaTeX quick reference guide?\",\"answer\":\"It serves as a quick reference to common LaTeX commands the author typically uses, organized with examples and shortcuts from mgates.sty. 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