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Writing LaTeX

A brief guide to the most common LaTeX commands you'll use in Paperly.

Document Structure

Every LaTeX document starts with a preamble and a document environment:

\documentclass{article}

% Preamble: Add packages here
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}
    % content goes here
\end{document}

Text Formatting

Bold & Italic
\textbf{Bold Text}
\textit{Italic Text}
Sections
\section{Title}
\subsection{Subtitle}

Lists

Use itemize for bullet points and enumerate for numbered lists.

\begin{itemize}
    \item First bullet
    \item Second bullet
\end{itemize}

Mathematics

LaTeX excels at typesetting math. Use $ for inline math and equation for display math.

The mass-energy equivalence is $E=mc^2$.

\begin{equation}
    \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x^2} dx = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}
\end{equation}

Images

To include images, make sure you use the graphicx package.

\begin{figure}[h]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{image.png}
    \caption{My Figure}
    \label{fig:myfigure}
\end{figure}
Tip: You can upload images by dragging and dropping them into the file explorer on the left.