Useful tricks:

• Equations in Powerpoint: Use LaTexIt to format equations in LaTeX inside your Powerpoint slides


• Tables in LaTeX: Write your tables in Excel (awesome tool), then transfer them to LaTeX using excel2latex


• Merging PDF files: In order to combine two or more files into a unique pdf file proceed as follows. Open Adobe Acrobat Professional and select "file>create PDF>create PDF from multiple files." Then, browse to select the files you would like to add. You can change the order of the files on the left side by selecting move up and move down.

LaTex formatting guidelines:

• excel2latex to transform your Excel tables to LaTex tables (awesome tool).


• How to format your pseudo-code in LaTex.


• How to format your bibliography in LaTex.


• How to include figures in LaTex.


• How to include tables in LaTex. See also Andrew Roberts hints


• More on LaTex by Andrew Roberts


• The Comprehensive LaTex Symbol List by Scott Pakin (8 October 2002)

Guidelines and tips for formatting charts:

• What to put in a chart.


• How to simplify generating charts with Excel (with an example) by Anagh Lal.


• How to import Excel charts into your Latex document by Joel Gompert.