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Latest news 2026-08-27: new blog post "The Private Enemy Third Edition".

Contents

Symbols: ⁎ Basic Level ⁑ Intermediate Level ⁂ Advanced Level.

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Exercises
List of Examples
⁎1. Introduction
⁎1.1 Packages and Document Classes
⁑1.2 Arara

⁑2. Managing Data
⁂2.1 Utility Commands
⁂2.1.1 Macro Definitions
⁂2.1.2 Hook Management
⁂2.1.3 Arithmetic
⁑2.2 Loading Data
⁑2.2.1 Loading Data From a CSV File
⁑2.2.2 Loading Data From a .dbtex File
⁑2.3 Security
⁑2.4 Sorting Data
⁑2.5 Sample Data
⁑2.5.1 Sample CSV Files
⁑2.5.2 Sample XLS File
⁂2.5.3 Sample SQL Tables
⁑2.6 Displaying Tabulated Data
⁑2.7 Iteration
⁑2.7.1 Iterating Through a Database
⁂2.7.2 Iterating Over a Comma-Separated List
⁑2.7.3 Iteration With etoolbox's Internal Lists
⁂2.7.4 General Iteration with TeX's \loop
⁂2.7.5 Iteration Tips and Tricks
⁑2.8 Fetching Data From a Given Row
⁑2.9 Null and Boolean Values

⁎3. Correspondence
⁎3.1 Writing a Letter Using the letter Class
⁑3.2 Writing a Letter Using the scrlttr2 Class
⁑3.3 Writing a Letter Using the newlfm Class
⁑3.4 Writing a Letter Using the isodoc Class
⁑3.5 Mail Merging
⁑3.6 Envelopes

⁑4. Invoices
⁑4.1 Writing an Invoice Using the isodoc Class
⁑4.2 Writing an Invoice Using the invoice Package
⁂4.3 Building Your Own Invoice using longtable and datatool

⁎5. Curricula Vitæ (Résumés)
⁎5.1 The currvita Package
⁎5.2 The europecv Class
⁎5.2.1 Setting Personal Information
⁑5.2.2 Sections and Publication Lists
⁑5.2.3 Spoken Languages

⁎6. Official Documents
⁑6.1 Memos
⁎6.2 Press Releases
⁑6.3 Minutes
⁑6.3.1 The meetingmins Class
⁑6.3.2 The minutes Package
⁎6.4 Confidentiality
⁎6.4.1 Redaction: The censor Package
⁎6.4.2 Watermarks
⁑6.5 Typesetting Legal Documents (Numbered Paragraphs)
⁑6.5.1 Hierarchical Paragraph Numbering
⁂6.5.2 Non-Hierarchical Paragraph Numbering

⁎7. Dates and Times
⁎7.1 The datetime2 Package
⁂7.2 The pgfcalendar Package Utility Commands
⁂7.3 Displaying a Date
⁂7.4 Parsing and Displaying Times
⁂7.5 Displaying a Calendar

⁎8. Presentations (The beamer Class)
⁑8.1 Overlays
⁑8.2 Themes

⁑9. Assignments and Examinations
⁑9.1 The exam Class
⁑9.2 The exsheets Package
⁑9.3 The probsoln Package
⁂9.4 Using the datatool Package for Exams or Assignment Sheets
⁂9.5 Random Numbers

⁑10. Business Cards, Flyers and Leaflets
⁑10.1 The picture Environment
⁑10.2 The ticket Package
⁑10.3 The leaflet Class
⁑10.4 The pst-barcode Package
⁂10.5 The flowfram Package and the flowframtk Application

⁑11. Forms
⁂11.1 Writing a Class File for a Form
⁑11.2 Electronic PDF Forms

⁑12. Charts
⁑12.1 Flow Charts
⁑12.2 Pie Charts
⁑12.2.1 The datapie Package
⁑12.2.2 The pgf-pie Package
⁑12.3 Bar Charts
⁑12.3.1 The bchart Package
⁑12.3.2 The databar Package
⁑12.4 Gantt Charts
⁑12.5 Plots

⁎13. Collaborating on Documents
⁑13.1 Change Markup
⁑13.2 Version Control
⁎13.3 Online LaTeX Editors

Bibliography
Glossary
Summary
Index
GNU Free Documentation License
History
Back Cover Text

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