Commands

LaTeX2e help 1.6

# Chapter 2: Commands

A LaTeX command begins with the command name, which consists of a `\` followed by either (a) a string of letters or (b) a single non-letter. Arguments contained in square brackets, `[]`, are optional while arguments contained in braces, `{}`, are required.

NOTE: LaTeX is case sensitive. Enter all commands in lower case unless explicitly directed to do otherwise.

- Counters Internal counters used by LaTeX.
- Cross References Automatic referencing.
- Definitions Define your own commands etc.
- Document Classes Some of the various classes available.
- Environments Such as enumerate & itemize.
- Footnotes How to produce footnotes.
- Layout Controlling the page layout.
- Lengths The length commands.
- Letters The letter class.
- Line & Page Breaking How to insert pagebreaks etc.
- Making Paragraphs Paragraph commands.
- Margin Notes Putting remarks in the margin.
- Math Formulae How to create mathematical formulae.
- Modes Paragraph, Math or LR modes.
- Page Styles Various styles of page layout.
- Sectioning How to section properly.
- Spaces & Boxes All the associated commands.
- Special Characters Special reserved characters.
- Splitting the Input Dealing with big files by splitting.
- Starting & Ending The formal start & end layouts.
- Table of Contents How to create a table of contents.
- Terminal Input/Output User interaction.
- Typefaces Such as bold, italics etc.