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[@Gecko2305]

Of course, I came across this right after I had to write an > 100-page engineering report. Which hower makes me feel entitled to say that this is probably one of the best, if not the best basic LaTeX tutorial series I've seen. While there are many very in detail reports, you manage to focus on exactly the parts where I had problems too, without overloading on distracting additional information. For me, it is simply perfect.

[@soswriting]

Ahh, that's terrible timing on my part 😆 Thank you so much for your comment though, it helps me a great deal to know that I'm pitching this series at about the right level of detail/explanation. I only wish I could have helped you with your report!

[@ryoji398]

I've used latex for a short while now, but this series has really helped me understand everything better. Thanks for the great tutorials!

[@soswriting]

You're very welcome! And thank you for your feedback, I'm so glad you've found them useful :D

[@kltr007]

Really like the previous parts. I would love to see tables next, please!

[@soswriting]

That's two votes for tables, so I guess that's next! 👍 Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos 🥰

[@DietervanderWesthuizen]

References please! And thanks for an amazing series - as said by others, you manage to make these videos so well! Focus on the important stuff and filter out the rest.

[@soswriting]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad it's been helpful so far - "tables" is in production right now, and references will definitely be right after that :)

[@love_forever1143]

your videos are amazing. I just started working on template of my thesis and Its great. Thank you, I wish your subscribers turned to millions

[@soswriting]

Thank you so much, I'm really glad it's helping :D

[@love_forever1143]

@@soswriting Thank you, I am waiting for your next video

[@haraldurkarlsson1147]

It might be worth adding that one can set up a file path for figures in the preamble. Thus there is no need to type the path every time you add a figure. I for instance keep all my figure in a folder. Then I set up the file path in the preamble (absolute path) using \graphicspath or for example \graphicspath{{/Users/you/Desktop/LaTeX-materials/Current-Project/My-Figs/}}. There are two curly brackets. Then all I have to is use \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{Some Figure}. Note you don't necessarily have to have the extension jpg or png on there especially if there is just one figure with that name. Even so LaTeX will figure out which one to use (it goes in some order jpg > pdf > png or something like that).

[@soswriting]

That's an excellent point and a really good tip, thanks! In overleaf it's not really a problem because it takes the path from the root directory, but on desktop, absolutely. Re: the file extensions, you're quite right that you don't need to specify them. LaTeX picks which is the right one to use according to the compiler and the type of output you're using. So for example, if you're creating a pdf it will pick a vector graphic format over a jpg to make sure the image still looks good even if the page is resized.

[@yetenol]

I would love to see tables next. Great explanations so far!

[@soswriting]

Excellent, I'm really glad you like the videos so far and thank you so much for commenting! Since everyone seems to hate LaTeX tables (can't imagine why...😂), I've started working on the episode already. I hope it will help!

[@badersalmeen2568]

Thank you very much for the informative video. When you are going to produce your next video?

[@soswriting]

You're very welcome! I have two videos in production at the moment (tables and references), but I've had to delay recording because of a very noisy building site next door. I'm hoping for "soon", but they're working very slowly.

[@badersalmeen2568]

good news for us, we will stay tuned.

[@Vicarra]

Tables! Bane of my life lol

[@soswriting]

Thanks for the feedback! I've got some handy tips for making them easier to deal with :)

[@konarkmadan4782]

This channel is like the adult version of discovering a good anime but then finding out it only has one season. :(

[@soswriting]

Hahaha I'm so sorry, but also thank you, because that really made me lol :D I'm glad you're enjoying them anyway, I'm hoping normal service will be resumed soon :)

[@konarkmadan4782]

@@soswriting yey :)