LaTeX reference

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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