Mastery Table: LaTeX

I am not really an expert in any of the SWC topics (except maybe subversion… maybe not) so I chose LaTeX. Hopefully someone else knows enough about LaTeX to comment. Here’s my table:

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What Does a Novice Know?	What Does a Competent Person Know After a Workshop?	What Does an Expert Know?
-You can use Word to make things look nice. -You can also use PowerPoint or Excel. -HTML also lets you specify how things look but it's not reliable for things that you're going to print out	-The concept of compiling one kind of file into something completely different. -The difference between text files and other kinds of files. -How to edit text files and what tools will break them. -What a LaTeX document looks like and how it is compiled into a finished document. -How to create (or borrow) a LaTeX file. -How to build a document using LaTeX source files and the appropriate command line commands. -About LaTeX document classes (they exist, there are a few common ones). -About LaTeX styles and how to install them. -How to modify an existing file -How and where to find help -What you can create in LaTeX: articles, books, essays	</p> -Principles of typography and how to use LaTeX to apply them (i.e., kerning, font choice) -How TeX works: glue, boxes -How to use LaTeX for images, tables, lists, headers and footers, and other document elements -How to redefine environments and commands -How to create your own styles -Using Makefiles and version control to manage the editing and building process.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> It's a little ironic that a post about LaTeX should be so horribly formatted, but I don't have time to sweet-talk WordPress's table style, so I'm afraid we'll have to manage and you'll have to take my word for it that I understand the principles of typography.

What Does a Novice Know?

What Does a Competent Person Know After a Workshop?

What Does an Expert Know?

-You can use Word to make things look nice.
-You can also use PowerPoint or Excel.
-HTML also lets you specify how things look but it's not reliable for things that you're going to print out

-The concept of compiling one kind of file into something completely different.
-The difference between text files and other kinds of files.
-How to edit text files and what tools will break them.
-What a LaTeX document looks like and how it is compiled into a finished document.
-How to create (or borrow) a LaTeX file.
-How to build a document using LaTeX source files and the
appropriate command line commands.
-About LaTeX document classes (they exist, there are a few common ones).
-About LaTeX styles and how to install them.
-How to modify an existing file
-How and where to find help
-What you can create in LaTeX: articles, books, essays

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-Principles of typography and how to use LaTeX to apply them (i.e.,
kerning, font choice)
-How TeX works: glue, boxes
-How to use LaTeX for images, tables, lists, headers and footers, and other document elements
-How to redefine environments and commands
-How to create your own styles
-Using Makefiles and version control to manage the editing and
building process.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

It's a little ironic that a post about LaTeX should be so horribly formatted, but I don't have time to sweet-talk WordPress's table style, so I'm afraid we'll have to manage and you'll have to take my word for it that I understand the principles of typography.