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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.

Subtopics

• Counters
• Cross References
• Definitions
• Document Styles
• Environments
• Footnotes
• Lengths
• Letters
• Line and Page Breaking
• Making Paragraphs
• Math Formulas
• Modes
• Page Styles
• Sectioning
• Spaces and Boxes
• Special Characters
• Splitting the Input
• Starting and Ending
• Table of Contents
• Terminal Input and Output
• Typefaces
• {exp} (subscript)
• ^{exp} (superscript)
• \\
• \-
• \;
• \:
• \,
• \!
• \=
• \>
• \<
• \+
• \'
• \`
• \addcontentsline
• \addtocontents
• \addtocounter
• \address
• \addtolength
• \addvspace
• \alph
• \appendix
• \arabic
• array
• \author
• \bf
• \bibitem
• \bigskip
• \cdots
• center
• \centering
• \circle
• \cite
• \cleardoublepage
• \clearpage
• \cline
• \closing
• \dashbox
• \date
• \ddots
• description
• \dotfill
• \em
• enumerate
• eqnarray
• equation
• figure
• \fbox
• \flushbottom
• flushleft
• flushright
• \fnsymbol
• \footnote
• \footnotemark
• \footnotesize
• \footnotetext
• \frac
• \frame
• \framebox
• \hfill
• \hline
• \hrulefill
• \hspace
• \huge
• \Huge (capital "h")
• \hyphenation
• \include
• \includeonly
• \indent
• \input
• \it
• itemize
• \kill
• \label
• \large
• \Large (capital "l")
• \LARGE (all caps)
• \ldots
• \line
• \linebreak
• \linethickness
• list
• \location
• \makebox
• \maketitle
• \mark
• \mbox
• \medskip
• minipage
• \multicolumn
• \multiput
• \newcommand
• \newcounter
• \newenvironment
• \newfont
• \newlength
• \newline
• \newpage
• \newsavebox
• \newtheorem
• \nocite
• \noindent
• \nolinebreak
• \normalsize (default)
• \nopagebreak
• \onecolumn
• \opening
• \oval
• \overbrace
• \overline
• \pagebreak
• \pagenumbering
• \pageref
• \pagestyle
• \par
• \parbox
• picture
• \put
• quotation
• quote
• \raggedbottom
• \raggedleft
• \raggedright
• \raisebox
• \ref
• \rm
• \roman
• \rule
• \savebox
• \sc
• \scriptsize
• \setcounter
• \setlength
• \settowidth
• \sf
• \shortstack
• \signature
• \sl
• \small
• \smallskip
• \sqrt
• tabbing
• table
• tabular
• \telephone
• \thanks
• thebibliography
• theorem
• \thispagestyle
• \tiny
• \title
• titlepage
• \tt
• \twocolumn
• \typeout
• \typein
• \underbrace
• \underline
• \usebox
• \usecounter
• \value
• \vdots
• \vector
• \verb
• verbatim
• verse
• \vfill
• \vline
• \vspace

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