Session F1: LaTeX For Day-To-Day and Advanced use in TrEd’s Workflow
Overview
This session will introduce the various applications of LaTeX in the day-to-day operations of the TrEd team, primarily focused on the Research/Writing subteam’s work. It will go over more advanced uses of LaTeX such as a team-wide bibliography and reference list, use of LaTeX for notes, etc.
Lecturers
Jad Kanaan — Primary Instructor & Organizer (jhk22@mail.aub.edu)
Session Information
- Date and Time: Saturday 31 October 2026 — 12:00
- Place: Nicely 500
Core Concepts
- Using the tred.sty file in LaTeX.
- Custom commands for boilerplate
- Stylisation commands
- How to collaborate on an Overleaf file
- How to use/build the TrEd citation library.
- How to use the custom commands from the tred.sty file for opening remarks
- How to use LaTeX to automate changes and additions to certificates, thank-you letters, etc.
- How to use LaTeX to modernise and update notes from the TrEd Notes Cache
- How to use Chemfig
Slides
TrEd Session Slides Part 1 TrEd Session Slides Part 2
References
- Overleaf’s documentation page
Exercises & Extra Steps
- The exercises for this session is in the section of the Problem Set