**$\LaTeX$ Exercise** CS 190 [Back to landing page](../index.html) For this assignment you will use $\LaTeX$ to create a "short autobiography." Your autobiography can focus on whatever you'd like (it can be fiction if you'd like), though we'd encourage you to use this as a chance to share something about yourself with your CS190 Professor. You do not have any word or page count requirements, but you do need to include each of the features listed in the Requirements section. # $\LaTeX$ Advice - [Get LaTeX - Mac OS, Windows, Linux](https://www.latex-project.org/get/) - Examples - [Overleaf Templates](https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates) - [TeX showcase](https://www.tug.org/texshowcase/) - [LaTeX Showcase](https://www.learnlatex.org/en/extra-01) - [LaTeX Typesetting](https://www.latextypesetting.com/showcase) - A Visual Studio Code extension called [LaTeX Workshop](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop) - [Tips and Tricks for Writing Scientific Papers](https://github.com/Wookai/paper-tips-and-tricks) - [Modern LaTeX: A short guide to LaTeX that avoids legacy cruft](https://github.com/mrkline/modern-latex) # Requirements Your document must at minimum include the following: - A title section containing a `\title`, `\author`, and `\date` (see [Your first LaTeX document](https://latex-tutorial.com/tutorials/first-document/)) - An `\abstract` (see [formatting abstracts](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Creating_a_document_in_LaTeX#Basic_formatting:_abstract.2C_paragraphs_and_newlines)) - At least one - section (see [Using LaTeX paragraphs and sections](https://latex-tutorial.com/tutorials/sections/)) - figure (see [Adding a figure or picture](https://latex-tutorial.com/tutorials/figures/)) - table (see [LaTeX tables](https://latex-tutorial.com/tutorials/tables/), [Small Guide to Making Nice Tables](https://people.inf.ethz.ch/markusp/teaching/guides/guide-tables.pdf), and [Clear Off the Table](https://www.darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/clear-off-the-table/)) - list (see [Enumerate and Itemize](https://latex-tutorial.com/tutorials/lists/)) - Text that references (`~\ref`) each of your figures and tables (see [Advanced LaTeX Cross-references](https://latex-tutorial.com/advanced-latex-cross-references/)) - A set of at least four bibliographical references (see [Bibliography management with bibtex](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Bibliography_management_with_bibtex)) - You must use a separate `.bib` file - You must cite (`~\cite`) each reference in text # $\LaTeX$ Packages Here are some of our (your professors) favorite/essential packages: - [BibLaTeX --- Sophisticated Bibliographies in LaTeX](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex) - [booktabs --- Publication quality tables in LaTeX](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/booktabs/) - [enumitem --- Control layout of itemize, enumerate, description](https://ctan.org/pkg/enumitem?lang=en) - [hyperref --- Extensive support for hypertext in LaTeX](https://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref?lang=en) - [lmodern --- Latin Modern Family of Fonts](https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/fonts/lm/doc/fonts/lm/lm-info.pdf) - [microtype --- Subliminal refinements towards typographical perfection](https://ctan.org/pkg/microtype) - [siunitx --- A comprehensive (SI) units package](https://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx?lang=en) - [subcaption --- Support for sub-captions](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/subcaption) - [ulem --- Package for underlining](https://ctan.org/pkg/ulem?lang=en) - [xcolor --- Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX](https://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor?lang=en) # What to Submit Submit the following to [gradescope](https://www.gradescope.com/): - Your pdf - Your tex file(s) - Your bib file