LaTeX Command Symbols

• _{exp} To get an expression exp to appear as a subscript. Use in math mode.
• ^{exp} To get an expression exp to appear as a superscript. Use in math mode.
• \\ start a new line.
• \\* the same as the ordinary \\ command except that it does not start a new page after the line.
• \- LaTeX may hyphenate the word at that point.
• \; Include a thick space in math mode.
• \: Include a medium space in math mode.
• \, Include a thin space in math mode.
• \! Include a negative thin space in math mode.
• \= set the tab stop.
• \> advance to the next tab stop.
• \< put something to the left of the local margin without changing the margin.
• \+ moves the left margin of the next and all the following commands one tab stop to the right.
• \- moves the left margin of the next and all the following commands one tab stop to the left.
• \' moves everything that you have typed so far in the current column , everything starting from the most recent \>, \<, \', \\, or \kill command, to the right of the previous column, flush against the current column's tab stop.
• \` put text flushed right against any tab stop, including tab stop 0. However, it can't move text to the right of the last column because there's no tab stop there. The \` command moves all the text that follows it, up to the \\ or \end{tabbing} command that ends the line, to the right margin of the tabbing environment. There must be no \> or \' command between the \` and the command that ends the line.