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

Exercises & Extra Steps

  • The exercises for this session is in the section of the Problem Set