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Commands, examples, and copy-ready code for every LaTeX topic you'll need while writing your thesis or research paper.

Text Formatting

Bold Text

\textbf{}

Italic Text

\textit{}, \emph{}

Underline Text

\underline{}

Strikethrough

\st{}, \sout{}

Font Size

\large, \small, …

Text Color

\textcolor{}{}, xcolor

Text Alignment

center, flushleft, flushright

Hyperlinks

\href{}{}, \url{}

Document Layout

Sections

\section, \subsection

Table of Contents

\tableofcontents

New Page

\newpage, \clearpage

New Line

\\, blank line

Margins

geometry package

Line Spacing

setspace, \doublespacing

Page Numbers

\pagenumbering, \pagestyle

Headers & Footers

fancyhdr package

Minipage

side-by-side columns

Tables & Figures

Tables

tabular, booktabs

Figures & Images

\includegraphics, figure

Lists

itemize, enumerate

Math & Equations

Equations

equation, align

Fractions

\frac{}{}, \dfrac

Square Root

\sqrt{}

Subscript & Superscript

_ and ^

Summation

\sum

Integral

\int, \iint, \oint

Matrix

pmatrix, bmatrix, …

Greek Letters

\alpha, \beta, \Omega

Arrows

\rightarrow, \Leftarrow, …

Symbols

Tilde (~)

\sim, \tilde{}, \widetilde{}

Delta (δ, Δ)

\delta, \Delta

Hash (#)

Citations & References

Bibliography

BibLaTeX, \cite{}

Cross-References

\label{}, \ref{}

Footnotes

\footnote{}

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