In this document, it was endeavored to show some of the features of the Tufte-book class. In the first chapter, their use is outlined. In the second chapter, their use through a handout that was created in a calculus class is demonstrated.

One of the most prominent and distinctive features of this style is the extensive use of sidenotes. There is a wide margin to provide ample room for sidenotes and small figures. Any footnotes will automatically be converted to sidenotes.This is a sidenote that was entered using a footnote. Alternatively, you can also use the Sidenote inset directly; you'll find it in the Insert⇒Custom Insets menu.This is a sidenote that was entered using a sidenote. If you like to place ancillary information in the margin without the sidenote mark (the superscript number), you can use the Marginnote inset. This is Tufte's margin note. Notice that there isn't a number preceding the note, and there is no number in the main text where this note was written. The normal margin note will work as well, but it will look rather odd. <?dbfo float-type="margin.note"?>This is a normal margin note. Don't use it. Another useful innovation is Tufte's NewThought character style (Edit⇒TextStyle⇒NewThought). It introduces new thoughts by means of small caps, as demonstrated in this paragraph. The Tufte document classes include two new character styles and some improvements on existing commands for letterspacing. When setting strings of ALL CAPS or small caps, the letterspacing—that is, the spacing between the letters—should be increased slightly. The AllCaps character style (Edit⇒TextStyle⇒AllCaps) has proper letterspacing for strings of FULL CAPITAL LETTERS, and the SmallCaps character style (Edit⇒TextStyle⇒SmallCaps) has letterspacing for small capital letters. These commands will also automatically convert the case of the text to upper- or lowercase, respectively. The normal Small Caps shape has also been redefined to include letterspacing. Its case is left as is, however. This allows one to use both uppercase and lowercase letters: The Initial Letters Of The Words In This Sentence Are Capitalized. Finally, the Full Width paragraph environment provides a paragraph layout that stretches across the main text block and the sidenotes area: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis. Curabitur dictum gravida mauris. Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna. Donec vehicula augue eu neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra metus rhoncus sem. Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ultrices. Phasellus eu tellus sit amet tortor gravida placerat. Integer sapien est, iaculis in, pretium quis, viverra ac, nunc. Praesent eget sem vel leo ultrices bibendum. Aenean faucibus. Morbi dolor nulla, malesuada eu, pulvinar at, mollis ac, nulla. Curabitur auctor semper nulla. Donec varius orci eget risus. Duis nibh mi, congue eu, accumsan eleifend, sagittis quis, diam. Duis eget orci sit amet orci dignissim rutrum.

3.1book Hartley & Marks 2005 Robert Bringhurst