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= LaTex =
LaTeX is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing.

== LaTex, Tex Live on Apple Macintosh ==

Download the file '''mactex_basic.pkg''' file from [[http://mirrors.fe.up.pt/pub/CTAN/systems/mac/mactex/mactex-basic.pkg]].

Install the file '''mactex_basic.pkg'''  using the installer (in portuguese). 

{{attachment:BasicTexInstallerPT.png}}

Click on '''Continue''' (Continuar in portuguese) throughout the wizard until the installation is complete. 

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After the installation open a terminal window  

With super user rights run:
 * sudo tlmgr update --all
 * sudo tlmgr install beamer
 * sudo tlmgr install subfig
 * sudo tlmgr install europecv

The mentioned installs are for presentations (beamer), show figures (subfig) and create an european Curriculum Vitae.

== Sample beamer presentation ==
File beamerTest.tex

{{{#!highlight latex
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{multimedia}

\usetheme{Warsaw}   
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{epstopdf}

\usenavigationsymbolstemplate{}
\title{Test title}
\author{John Doe}
\institute{ACME Corp.} 
\date{2013-12-29}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Topics}
  \tableofcontents
\end{frame}

\section{Education}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Education}
\end{frame}

\subsection{BsC in Electrical and Computer Engineering}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{BsC in Electrical and Computer Engineering}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Degree: BsC in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electronics and Computers branch)
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\subsection{MsC in Computer Science and Computer Engineering }
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{MsC in Computer Science and Computer Engineering}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Degree: MsC in Computer Science and Computer Engineering 
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\section{Professional experience}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Professional experience}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Projects on ACME}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Projects on ACME}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Reporting}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Reporting}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Goal: 
  \item Technologies: 
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\section{Questions}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Questions}
  \begin{center}
  \Huge{?}
  \end{center}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

}}}

To create PDF file run '''pdflatex beamerTest.tex'''
== EuropeCV - Europass ==
 * mkdir ~/CV
 * cd ~/CV
 * wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/europecv.zip
 * unzip europecv.zip
 * cd europecv
 * wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/ucs.sty
 * wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/data/uni-global.def
 * wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/utf8x.def
 * wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/language/maltese/maltese.sty
 * wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ucs/ucsencs.def

== Sample letter template ==
{{{#!highlight latex
% pdflatex testeCarta.tex
\documentclass{letter}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[portuguese]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\signature{João Ratão}
\address{João Ratão\\ Avenida da Liberdade, nº 21 \\ 3100-123 Lisboa }
\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{Carochinha\\ Praça do Comércio \\ 31100-456 Lisboa}
\opening{Cara Carochinha,}
espero que me ajudes a não cair no caldeirão !

Obrigado por teres lido a minha carta.
\closing{Sem mais assunto de momento,}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
}}}