Layout the document - Setup margins, hyphenation, table of contents

Generate Placeholder Text

\usepackage{lipsum} % Generate placeholder paragraphs

Document Classes

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

File Template

Global formatting in setup/layout.tex

\title{My Template}
\author{Anton Pusch}
\date{\today}

Table Of Contents

\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks=true} % optional

\tableofcontents

Page Margins

\usepackage[margin=1.5cm]{geometry} % Set page margins
\usepackage[top=2cm, bottom=2cm, left=3cm, right=1cm]{geometry} % Set page margins

Math Spacing

Command	Space Width
\!	$-\frac{3}{18}$ quad
\,	$\frac{3}{18}$ quad
\:	$\frac{4}{18}$ quad
\;	$\frac{5}{18}$ quad
\quad	$1$ quad
\qquad

Command	Description
\\ \newline	starts a new line without starting a new paragraph
\\*	additionally prohibits a page break after the forced line break.
newpage	starts a new page
\linebreak[n] \nolinebreak[n] \pagebreak[n] \nopagebreak[n]	suggest places where a break may (or may not) happen

Hyphenation

Define the hyphenation of a word list

\hyphenation{FORTRAN Hy-phen-a-tion}

.	Meaning
\-	inserts a discretionary hyphen into a word. This also becomes the only point hyphenation is allowed in this word
mbox{text}	be kept together under all circumstances (e.g. phone number)
\fbox	is similar to \mbox, but in addition there will be a visible box drawn around the content.

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LaTeX - Typeset mathematical and scientific notation, handle cross-referencing and citations, and position images according to defined placement rules