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Professional book formatting with LaTeX

Name: Professional book formatting with LaTeX
Rating: 4.7 (13 reviews)

Turn a manuscript into a beautiful looking book - Get professional results and make it ready to be published.

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Created byFilipe Siqueira

Last updated 5/2023

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What you'll learn

How to create beautiful-looking book pages.
How to add chapters, initials, table of contents, list of figures, tables, footnotes and much more.
Learn what typesetting is all about and why it matters.
Turn your manuscript into a ready-to-print book.
Project driven approach.
Master the tools so they can do the hard work for you.

Course content

4 sections • 43 lectures • 3h 12m total length

Introduction1:29
The course starts here.
Sure, if you want to go directly to the practice, just jump into it, but getting a little introduction to the topic is healthy too.
I promise it will be short and not bore you.
What Is LaTeX2:13
Slightly obscure in the mainstream LaTeX (lay-tech) is powerful.
Discover here what it is and how it will help you to format your document professionally.

From Manuscript to Book - Your First LaTeX document4:11
This lecture will start your journey into transforming your text manuscript into a beautifully formatted book. We will start by defining the basic book document.
Create your first LaTeX document and define its type/class.
Adding the main text1:46
From raw text or .doc file you will add the content into a LaTeX document and generate the output file for the first time.
Defining the chapters2:16
A book is nothing without chapters. Here you will learn how to define your chapters in LaTeX and learn why you want to do this.
Splitting chapters in files3:27
You will learn to work with separate files and see for yourself how much more organized your project will get.
Add the text and create chapters.
Customizing the chapter presentation2:43
Learn the command that allows you to modify the chapter presentation.
Using the Fancy Chapter Package2:34
Your chapter title can have some style without too much effort if you use the Fancy Chapter Package.
Here you will learn how to use it and choose one of the available styles.
Chapter presentation customization.
Inserting the Table of Contents1:29
Inserting the Table of Contents is as easy as it gets.
ONE command, and DONE. Learn how to do it in this lesson.
Insert the Table of Contents
Changing the typeface4:31
Typeface or fonts. Yes, LaTeX has it and they look professional.
This lesson will show you how to choose one from the vast catalogue of fonts.
Changing the line space1:37
Learn in this lesson how to add more line space and choose the perfect fit for your book.
Changing the font size3:55
Here we are going to play around with the way LaTeX does to change the text size
Changing font color4:21
Sometimes some color is good. Let me show how you can add color to emphasize the text.
Headers4:02
In this lesson I'll explore with you how to change the default header presentation to make it look just like those purchased books.
Footnotes3:50
Footnotes can be a pain, but not in LaTeX. In this lesson, learn how to add as many footnotes as you want without losing control of the numbering and what page it's going to be.
Ornaments and fleurons3:51
Learn to add Ornaments and Fleurons to decorate your text and add that classic book style.
Adding images4:37
The title of this lesson says it all. You will learn how you can add images to the document.
Initials3:18
Learn how to add dropcaps to the chapter openings.
Fine tuning and Quality Control5:28
We'll go over the document to hunt down some bugs and fix them, also we will do some QC and make it even better. Details matter.
Book Parts - Making it Feel Professional1:13
Here in this lesson, we will add the missing pages in the Front and back matter to take the form of a professionally typeset book.
Book Parts - Front Matter - Half Title Page4:46
Book Parts - Front Matter - Title Page4:28
Book Parts - Front Matter - Copyright Page3:44
Book Parts - Front Matter - Dedication Page2:05
Add a dedication page to the front matter in LaTeX by creating a new file, using flushright alignment, and centering text, then include it in the main file and recompile.
Book Parts - Front Matter - Foreword Page6:02
Learn to craft a LaTeX foreword in the front matter, switch to roman page numbers, adjust spacing and typography, add blank pages, and revert to Arabic numbers for the rest.
Book Parts - Back Matter - Acknowledgements and About the Author3:10
Create and edit back matter by adding acknowledgments and the about the author page in LaTeX, including custom titles, unnumbered chapters, and compiling to produce the final back matter.
Book Parts - Add book parts
Exporting the PDF1:08
In this short lesson I'll show you how you will export the PDF and see the result of your work.
Wrapping up typesetting a fiction book1:28
Let's wrap up!

Creating the Document File3:22
Adding Figures9:12
Working with tables12:56
Adding bullet points16:19
Discover how to create bullet points in LaTeX using itemize, enumerate, and description, customize list symbols, and build nested lists for professional book formatting.
Working with boxes9:52
Sans-serif and monospace fonts - Where to use them3:26
Explore how to use sans-serif and monospaced fonts in LaTeX to add flair to headers, text, and code blocks.
Working with multi-columns text5:05
Learn to create multi-column text in LaTeX with the multicols package and fill columns using the blindtext lorem ipsum generator, with two, three, or one column layouts.
Side or margin notes8:19
Advanced header customization12:57
Mathematical expressions5:31
Code block and algorithms3:59
Learn to insert and format code blocks and algorithms in LaTeX using the listings package, configure language, colors, and line numbering for professional, publishable code samples.
Bibliography and citation8:52
Learn to build a BibTeX bibliography in LaTeX, creating a .bib file and exporting citations from sources. Insert citations and generate a plain style references list for your book.
Wrapping up Non-Fiction books.0:31

Requirements

Basic to Intermediate computer knowledge, a computer and Internet access.
Your brain and the drive to learn.

Description

FORMAT YOUR BOOK JUST LIKE THE PROS!

In this course you'll find easy to follow lessons to learn how to format the pages of a book and get professional results.

I'm going to teach you how to solve one of the most overlooked and time consuming tasks when creating any type of publication - Formatting.

Let's be honest, we all know how hard and tedious it is.

When you format, design or typeset the interior of any document, you usually have these options available: word editors, expensive boutique software and paying top dollars for a professional.

Now imagine being in CONTROL of the design of your next book with the help of the tools and techniques I will show you.
Here I'll introduce you to the craft of typesetting with the help of an "obscure" but powerful software - LaTeX. (pronouced Lay-Tek or Lah-Tek)

For years LaTeX has been used in the academic world helping millions of students to typeset and organize their work for publishing and now I'll show you how you can use its power for creating professional looking books. You will finally ditch word editors for good.

At the end of this course you will be ready to create the interior layout of your best seller and save hundreds of dollars.

You will be able to Do It Yourself and it will look great.

But this is not a typical design course.

You won't waste time tweaking the page layout with a mouse.
You won't be using expensive software or expensive computers.
All software and resources used in the course are available for FREE.

Will it be hard to learn? The answer is No.

I'll cover from the basics until you have a beautifully generated PDF of your book.

And I'll show you how to do it step-by-step.

What you will learn:

Learn the quality standards that make a professional looking book.
Learn to lay out the Front Matter, Main Matter and Back Matter.
Hands-on approach - from a raw text manuscript to a ready-to-print PDF.
Output beautiful looking pages.
How to insert pictures, chapter openings, footnotes and much more.
And learn how to fix common typesetting problems.

Now it's your turn to take the ideas you have been working on and let it shine in the pages of your next book.

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See you in there!

Who this course is for:

Self-publishing authors who want to save time and money.
Non-academic writers who want to publish their ideas.
Anyone who wants to learn how to typeset a beautiful ready-to-print book.
Anyone who is curious about LaTeX and interior book design.

Professional book formatting with LaTeX

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 4min

Tools for the job - Hands on begins here2 lectures • 2min

Typesetting a Fiction book26 lectures • 1hr 26min

Typesetting a Non-Fiction book.13 lectures • 1hr 40min

Requirements

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