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Introduction to LaTeX

Joe Struss, Creative Services (ITS) jastruss@iastate.edu http://css.ait.iastate.edu/Tex/

Who created TeX / LaTeX ?

Tex - Created by Don Knuth LaTeX - a macro-language written in Tex Created by Leslie Lamport

Advantages of TeX / LaTeX


Archive-able Free Software Does a Great Job with Mathematics

Disadvantages of TeX / LaTeX

Scripting Language, not a WYSIWYG word processor Takes a little while to learn

Tex / LaTeX Web Sites


TeX Users Group (TUG): http://www.tug.org/ Iowa State Unofficial TeX Page: http://css.ait.iastate.edu/Tex/

TeX / LaTeX Installation


Tex / LaTeX Installation consists of two parts: Base code / Front end

Windows: ProTeXt Macintosh: i-Installer / TUG

Wndows TeX / LaTeX Front Ends


Windows Front Ends: WinShell (www.winshell.de) TeXnic Center (ProTeXt) TeXmaker (www.xm1math.net/texmaker/)

Macintosh TeX/LaTeX Front Ends


Macintosh Front Ends TeXShop
(www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/)

iTeXMac (itexmac.sourceforge.net) Wikipedia LaTeX

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