TeX4PPT

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TeX4PPT
Version 1.1

• Steve R. Gunn

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Introduction
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Requirements
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Entering in TeX style
From the drawing toolbar, select text box.
Enter a TeX expression into it
Right click in the text box and select TeXify
from the menu and you should end up with
something like this
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Editing a TeX Object
Double left clicking on the TeX object
Will open it up to show you the source
You can then modify it and TeXify it again
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Templates
Right click in a text box and select an item from
the TeX Templates menu for insertion.
You can add your own templates to this menu by
adding them to the Templates directory where
TeX4PPT is installed.
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Configuration
Clicking on configure from the TeX4PPT menu will
bring up the per presentation options
Include packages and any definitions, macros that
you will need here
This is where your Text Box code will be placed
before LaTeXing
By default LaTeX will set text in 10pt font. You
can change this default by modifying the
magnification. See the next page for more on
sizing objects.
When you double click on an object to get the TeX
source, this sets the font size that the text
will be set in
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Resizing
Create a TeX object
Select it and drag to resize
Press TeXify again to regenerate the result
correctly
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Adding Colour
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Viewing the TeX Log
To view the TeX Log, right click over the object,
and select TeX Log... from the menu.
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Copying
To copy or cut an object, right click over the
object and cut or copy. The latex source is
stored with the object so that any pasted objects
can be edited.
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Tables
Double click to view the source
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Fonts
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Final Thoughts