Sample Latex Files:
I am distributing sample Latex files for the Report, Slides and Paper in one column and two column format. It will help you in your documentation in Latex.
For writing reports, we can make a latex file can be considered as main file which takes input from other files. The format of this Latex file is given here (Download). It takes inputs from various files like for an Abstract, it will take input from file abstract.tex. For chapters it will take input from different Latex files meant for that chapter only. For an example, the command \input{Algorithm.tex} will take input from file Algorithm.tex. For taking input from files, there is a command included in main Latex file. This command may be either \input{File_Name.tex} or \include{File_Name}. For an examplem, my Latex main file takes abstract.tex, Introduction.tex, Parallel.tex, Implementation_Details.tex, Performance.tex, Algorithm.tex, FutureWork.tex, acknow.tex and ref.tex. These Latex files need some other files like figures (fig1.ps, fig2.ps, fig3.ps, fig4.ps, fig5.ps, fig6.ps, fig7.ps, arch.ps, lgrain.ps and iitlogo1.ps) and other files (iitblogo.mf and iitblogo.tfm). The main Latex file (here in this case is Report.tex) can be compiled by giving following command:
latex Main_file_name.tex
and it generates a file named as Main_file_name.dvi. By using this, we can produce postscript file by giving the following command on the command prompt:
dvips -o Main_file_name.ps Main_file_name.dvi
For my files, I issued the command latex Report.tex. It generated a file named as Report.dvi. Using this file, a postscript file Report.ps was produced by using following command:
dvips -o Report.ps Report.dvi
Thus, I generated the postscript file of my report using the above given procedure. For an example purpose, I am giving postscript file of my report (Download).
NOTE: Please compile latex file two times so that the list of figures, list of tables and table of content can be appeared in main postscript file.
For beginners: Copy all the Latex files (having an extension tex) and files having extensions tfm and mf in a directory. Now, change the text of the Latex files at all the places you want. Now compile it using the above defined procedure and generate postscript file. You can view this postscript file using Ghostview in the following way:
gv File_Name.ps
e.g. gv Report.ps
You can also view the file having an extension dvi by using xdvi shown below:
xdvi File_Name.dvi
e.g. xdvi Report.dvi
For preparing slides for the presentation, one can use and modify the sample template file (Download). During compilation of this template Latex file, it is required to have these files also (fig1.ps, fig2.ps, fig3.ps, fig4.ps, fig5.ps, fig6.ps, fig7.ps, arch.ps, lgrain.ps and iitlogo1.ps). The final postscript file look like this one (Download). Compilation method is same as that described in previous section. For generating colour slides in postscript format, a sample template file (Download) is given. One can study this and change it according to one's need. The files needed during compilation of this colour template file are iitlogo1.ps, Multidec.ps, original.ps, part.ps, part1.ps and part2.ps. You can compile the template file with the files needed and then view the postscript file using GhostView. You are also suggested to do some experiments with the template file to understand the usage of commands.
For writing an article in one column format, one can use and modify the sample template file (Download). It requires Multidecomp.ps and fig6.ps during compilation. The title page of the article is also given (Download). The postscripts of the article (Download) and title page (Download) are also given. One can study the template file of the article and know about how to prepare an article in one column format.
For writing an article in two column format, one can use and modify the sample template file (Download). It requires Multidecomp.ps and fig6.ps during compilation. The postscripts of the article (Download) is also given. One can study the template file of the article and know about how to prepare an article in two column format. It may be asked when writing an article in two column format that the two columns on the last page should be of equal length. How to do this? One can do this by modifying the last Latex file fed to the main Latex file or the last section in an article. Here in this template file, the last section used is References. Thus, I made changes in the section References. I used Bibtex to generate bibliography. Thus, I did changes in file name having an extension bbl. Here it is hpcPaper2Col.bbl. The modified file is hpcPaper2ColMod.bbl. The changes introduced to the hpcPaper2Col.bbl file is putting \vspace*{6.5in} and \pagebreak at the appropriate place. Here it is noted that the size field (6.5in) in \vspace*{6.5in} command can be changed according to the need. You can adjust size field parameter in the way you want. If there is only one Latex file having all the documentation then these commands can be put in between the text of the last section at an appropriate place.
In two column format, page wide figures and page wide tables can also be incorporated using the \begin{figure*} and \begin{table*} invironment. A detailed help is given in the section Online Help.