arpa-bboard@ucbvax.ARPA (06/29/85)
From: Mel <Pleasant@RUTGERS.ARPA>
TeX Courses to be Held at Rutgers
Rutgers University will be hosting a series of courses on TeX, run by the
TeX Users Group, during late July and August. The courses and dates are
described below. For information about course programs, further course
descriptions, fees, and registration, contact:
The TeX Users Group
P.O. Box 9506
Providence, RI 02940
or call
401-272-9500, ext. 232
Beginning TeX (5 days) (Non-Technical Users)
#104 July 29 - August 2
#105 August 26 - 30
This course will provide a comprehensive introduction for those with
limited, or no, exposure to TeX and will be composed of about equal parts
lecture and "hands-on" sessions. The student will be introduced to fundamental
TeX concepts (e.g., boxes and glue, dimensions, modes, penalties) and to the
process of TeXing a file. By the end of the week, students will have had
experience in setting standard text in a variety of fonts and magnifications;
coding in-line and displayed mathematical expressions; aligning simple tables;
defining simple macros; and producing captions, footnotes, headers, and other
insertions.
Intermediate TeX (3 days)
#203 August 19 - 21
Intermediate TeX will provide three days of lectures and laboratory
sessions building upon the foundation laid at the beginning level. Topics to
be covered include rules; tabular structures, tabs, and alignment; complicated
mathematical expressions; macros; decisions, allocation, delimited parameters,
and other involved definitions; error recovery; tracing and debugging; fonts
and output devices; preview, proof copy, and typeset copy; file organization;
input specs; and macro package design.
Macro Writing (2 days)
#302 August 22 - 23
This course will give an intensive, two-day study of macro writing and
designing macro packages. Topics to be covered are a review of basic concepts;
delimited and undelimited parameters; global vs. local definitions; conditional
commands; expansions of macros and tokens, and when expansion takes place; and
advanced error handling, debugging, and recovery. Prequisites are Beginning
and Intermediate TeX or equivalent knowledge.
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