Article structure

LaTeX automatically formats your documents, so your contributions should be written in plain text. A few statements, as for HTML, will allow you to specify the organization of the document. They can be transferred by plain e-mail or inside a plain text file. We are going to show the use of some between the most common statements and of a few special macros; deeper documentation can be easily found on the Internet.
\section, \subsection, \subsubsection, \paragraph and \subparagraph are the basic commands to organize your text. Always begin your document with \section{Title} and use only one of these, for your article will be a section of the whole Newlsetter (article titles for WG/AS reports must have the standard format: "Name WG/PWG report" and "EA Name report". So, for example, "Newsletter PWG report" and "EA Pisa report"). Further divide it using the others as you wish. Here is a demonstration of the various commands:

\section{Section}

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\subsection{Subsection}

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\subsubsection{Subsubsection}

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\paragraph{Paragraph}

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\subparagraph{Subparagraph}

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gives as result:

Keep in mind while composing that \section-like statements are inserted in the general index, while \paragraph-like not, so use the firsts if you are titling independent parts of an article which require an index entry and the seconds if you are putting in evidence different parts of the same argument.
Remeber also that LaTeX does not understand single carriage returns, so if you want to break a line on the Newsletter when changing argument you must leave a blank one in the TeX file.
You can give emphasis to a word or sentence by using the command \emph{Words to be emphasized}, and only this way. All other emphasis constructs will be removed.
You can insert a foot note together with the number referencing it with the command \footnote{Text of the note} directly where you want the reference number.
Beware of the % symbol while typing: in LaTeX it is used to comment lines that must be ignored. You must use \% to print it, otherwise the compiler will eat the symbol together with the rest of the line.
Conclude your documents with the command:

\nlsig{Your name}{Your title}{Your e-mail address}{Your web address (including http://)}

It will include your signature in a standard format.

Hyperlinks

Images

Also here we have a macro to simplify your life. Just insert:

\nlfig{Image file name}{Image caption}

where you want it and provide the png or jpg image file. Please don't use blank spaces in the file name.

Tables

To insert tables into your document in the Newsletter's style use the structure:

\begin{nltab}{Columns format}{Columns number}{Table title}
Table data
\end{nltab}

where Columns format is a string indicating the alignment of each column through the use of l-c-r characters (l=left, c=center, r=right). Table data must be provided by row, separating elements in a row with & and rows with \\. Here is an example:

\begin{nltab}{rl}{2}{NL PWG members}
Giulio Malventi & Coordinator \\
Stefano Viti & Secretary \\
\end{nltab}

produces:

It is mandatory to use this format, other table types will not be accepted. Such tables are warmly suggested if you have to communicate a list of names, as often happens when new Local Boards are elected.
In case you need a different type of table please contact us.

Lists can be easily inserted into your document by means of the itemize environment. For example:

\begin{itemize}
\item Giulio
\item Stefano
\item others will come...
\end{itemize}

will generate a pointed list of the names. If you want a numbered list use enumerate instead of itemize.

Here is how to include some special characters that (sometimes) can't be handled by a plain text file and were needed by some of you in the past. Replace letter with the one you want to use. Ask us if your favourite character is not in the list.