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Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt '''document structure''' and '''text formatting''' (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes... also contributes to the structure of your documents).
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Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt '''[[#Document_structure|document structure]]''' and '''[[#Text_formatting|text formatting]]''' (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes... also contributes to the structure of your documents).
  
 
If it can help, there is a [[Dictionary]] of typographical terms. There is also an few reference about the [[History of TeX]] (2007, it would benefit from an update).
 
If it can help, there is a [[Dictionary]] of typographical terms. There is also an few reference about the [[History of TeX]] (2007, it would benefit from an update).
  
 
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= Document structure =
 
= Document structure =
  
== ConTeXt Projects ==
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* [[Project structure]]: How to split up content and setup.
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* [[Modes]]: Conditional processing of document
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; ConTeXt Projects
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:* [[Project structure]] How to split up content and setup.
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:* [[Modes]] Conditional processing of document
  
== Titles, Headings, and Sections ==
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; Titles, Headings, and Sections
* [[Titles]]: Chapters, sections, and so forth, and tables of contents.
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:* [[Titles]]: sectioning and formatting
** [[Figures in Headings]]: How to use a figure in place of a section title.
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:* [[Table of Contents]]
** [[Bold Math in Section Titles]]
 
** [[Chapters headers]] A fancy chapter heading
 
* [[Table of Contents]]: How to add and modify Table of Contents
 
  
== Page Structure ==
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; Page Structure
* [[Headers and Footers]]: Defining headers and footers with appropriate information.
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:* [[Headers and Footers]]
* [[Footnotes]]: Footnotes, endnotes, and related notes.
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:* [[Footnotes]], endnotes, and related notes.
* [[References]]: Automatically referring to pages and labels.
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* [[PDF Bookmarks and Headers]]
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; Structure-Related Lists
* [[Page numbering in words]]
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:* [[Registers]]: Indexes and other similar word lists.
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:* [[Bibliography]]: Referenced documents and in-text citations.
  
== Structure-Related Lists ==
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; Referencing
* [[Registers]]: Indexes and other similar word lists.
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:* [[References]]: Automatically referring to pages and labels.
* [[Bibliography]]: Referenced documents and in-text citations.
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:* [[PDF Bookmarks and Headers]]
* [[Simple Bibliography]]: A simple bibliography module without any database
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:* [[Cross Referencing]]: Inline text referencing.
* [[Manual Bibliography]]: A very simple bibliography in a few lines
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= Text formatting =
 
 
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= Text formatting =
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; Basic Text Formatting
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:* [[Font Switching]], to change font styles (bold, italic, capitalizing, underline, etc.)
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:* [[Indentation]]
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:* [[Columns]]
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:* [[Color]]
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:* [[Verbatim text]]
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:* [[Quotes]]
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:* [[Framed]]
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:* [[Verse]]
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:* [[Initials]] (dropped caps, dropcaps)
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:* [[Symbols]]
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:* [[Delimiter]] to forced linebreak
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; Structured Text
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:* [[Enumerations]]: Itemizations, itemized lists, and bulleted lists.
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:* [[Description|Descriptions]]: Lists with text labels, such as definitions.
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:* [[Paragraph Enumeration]]: Numbered paragraphs.
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:* [[Paragraph Referencing]]: Number all paragraphs for referencing usage
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:* [[Tables_Overview|Tables]]: Different ways to create tables in ConTeXt.
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== Basic Text Formatting ==
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= Further reading =
  
* [[Font Switching]], to change font styles (bold, italic, capitalizing, underline, etc.)
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* [[Indentation]]
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* Text in [[Columns]]
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== Advanced Document structure ==
* [[Color]]
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* [[Hiding Content]]
* [[Verbatim text]]
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* [[Quotes]]
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== Advanced Text formatting ==
* [[Framed]]
 
* [[Verse]]
 
* [[Initials]] (dropped caps, dropcaps)
 
* [[Symbols]]
 
 
* [[Faking characters]]
 
* [[Faking characters]]
 
* [[Compound words]]
 
* [[Compound words]]
* [[Hiding Content]]
 
* [[Delimiter]] to forced linebreak
 
 
== Structured Text ==
 
* [[Enumerations]]: Itemizations, itemized lists, and bulleted lists.
 
** [[User-Defined Enumerations]]: Defining a new numbering scheme.
 
* [[Description|Descriptions]]: Lists with text labels, such as definitions.
 
* [[Cross Referencing]]: Inline text referencing.
 
* [[Paragraph Enumeration]]: Numbered paragraphs.
 
* [[Paragraph Referencing]]: Number all paragraphs for referencing usage
 
* [[Tables_Overview|Tables]]: Different ways to create tables in ConTeXt.
 
 
== More advanced Text Formatting ==
 
 
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* [[Cropping text]]
 
* [[Cropping text]]
 
* [[Graphical text manipulation]]
 
* [[Graphical text manipulation]]
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* [[autoinsertnextspace]]
 
* [[autoinsertnextspace]]
 
* [[setuplocalinterlinespace]]
 
* [[setuplocalinterlinespace]]
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{{Getting started navbox}}
 
{{Getting started navbox}}
  
 
[[Category:ConTeXt-Issues]]
 
[[Category:ConTeXt-Issues]]

Revision as of 19:43, 30 May 2020

Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt document structure and text formatting (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes... also contributes to the structure of your documents).

If it can help, there is a Dictionary of typographical terms. There is also an few reference about the History of TeX (2007, it would benefit from an update).

Document structure

Text formatting

Further reading


TODO: try to follow the structure of part 1 to help orientation. (See: To-Do List)



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