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\documentclass[twoside, 9pt]{extreport} \documentclass[twoside, 9pt, letter]{extreport}
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%% Packages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Packages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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\usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} % Include bibliography in TOC without numbering \usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} % Include bibliography in TOC without numbering
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{wrapfig} % Let's wrap some images \usepackage{wrapfig} % Let's wrap some images
\usepackage{ulem} % Use strikethrough \usepackage{ulem} % Use strikethrough
\usepackage{microtype} % Make things neater. Thanks /u/-LeopardShark- \usepackage{microtype} % Make things neater. Thanks /u/-LeopardShark-
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\usepackage{array} % Add custom widths to tables \usepackage{array} % Add custom widths to tables
\usepackage{nameref} % Use chapter names in references \usepackage{nameref} % Use chapter names in references
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} % Include URLs, but hide the big red box in the pdf. \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} % Include URLs, but hide the big red box in the pdf.
\usepackage{ninecolors}
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%% Page Set-Up %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Page Set-Up %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage[ \usepackage[
paperheight=8.5in, % paperheight=8.5in,
paperwidth=5.5in, % paperwidth=5.5in,
margin=0.5in, margin=0.5in,
heightrounded, heightrounded,
]{geometry} ]{geometry}
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\NumTabs{18} % Define 18 tab stops (at 1/4" intervals) [tabto] package \NumTabs{18} % Define 18 tab stops (at 1/4" intervals) [tabto] package
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%% Newspaper Columns %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\columnsep}{13mm}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
\def\columnseprulecolor{\color{gray5}}
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%% Macros %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Macros %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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\chapter{Beginnings} \chapter{Beginnings}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\section{About the Author} \section{About the Author}
I am neither a mathematician nor a physicist, but I've been fascinated with typography for as long as I can remember.\footnote{I majored in biology and English, so poking around in old books probably had a lot to do with it.} I finally decided to take the plunge and learn \LaTeX{}, but because I have a project-based mind, I needed a project to learn it. I ended up creating a zine about Linux,\footnote{Which you can read about at \kref{https://just13.click/thecodex/}{https://just13.click/thecodex/}} typeset entirely in \LaTeX{}. It's been a fun ongoing project, and I've learned a lot as a result. I finally decided that instead of keeping notes everywhere (mostly in the preambles of the documents I've been working on) I decided to write a little book that recorded what I've learned to use as a reference guide. If I had something like this when I started, things probably would have gone much more smoothly for me. A lot of this material has been previously published in that zine, but there is quite a bit here which is new. I am neither a mathematician nor a physicist, but I've been fascinated with typography for as long as I can remember.\footnote{I majored in biology and English, so poking around in old books probably had a lot to do with it.} I finally decided to take the plunge and learn \LaTeX{}, but because I have a project-based mind, I needed a project to learn it. I ended up creating a zine about Linux,\footnote{Which you can read about at \kref{https://just13.click/thecodex/}{https://just13.click/thecodex/}} typeset entirely in \LaTeX{}. It's been a fun ongoing project, and I've learned a lot as a result. I finally decided that instead of keeping notes everywhere (mostly in the preambles of the documents I've been working on) I decided to write a little book that recorded what I've learned to use as a reference guide. If I had something like this when I started, things probably would have gone much more smoothly for me. A lot of this material has been previously published in that zine, but there is quite a bit here which is new.
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\item \textbf{\textsc{TUGboat}} — The communications of the \TeX{} Users Group. Again, there is less useful information to a \LaTeX{} novice, but lots of \textit{interesting} information. \kref{https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/}{https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/} \item \textbf{\textsc{TUGboat}} — The communications of the \TeX{} Users Group. Again, there is less useful information to a \LaTeX{} novice, but lots of \textit{interesting} information. \kref{https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/}{https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/}
\end{itemize} \end{itemize}
\end{multicols}
\chapter{\LaTeX{} Basics} \chapter{\LaTeX{} Basics}
\section{Files vs. Documents} \section{Files vs. Documents}