This document introduces LaTeX, an open-source document preparation system. LaTeX uses TeX as its typesetting engine and allows authors to focus on the content instead of formatting. It offers advantages over Word like portability, flexibility, precise control over formatting, and high quality output, especially for mathematical formulas. The document discusses what LaTeX is, how to pronounce it, its advantages over Word for large projects, and its ability to produce higher quality documents than Word.

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Introduction to LTEX
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. . . for Word users
Guy Kloss
Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Auckland University of Technology
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Peter Flynn, http://www.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/blog/
LTEX can save about
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two months formatting time
off the average 3–4 year PhD writing cycle.
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Outline
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1 What is LTEX?
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2 LTEX vs. Word
3 Producing a Simple Document
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4 LTEX installation under Windows
5 How to deal with problems?
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1 What is LTEX?
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2 LTEX vs. Word
3 Producing a Simple Document
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4 LTEX installation under Windows
5 How to deal with problems?
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What is LTEX?
TEX – Computer program created by Donald E. Knuth
Aimed at typesetting text and mathematical formulas
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LTEX – Macro package enabling authors to typeset
and print their work at highest typographical quality
Uses TEX formatter as its typesetting engine
Uses a pre-designed, professional layout
Originally written by Leslie Lamport
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Why use LTEX?
Portability
(Unix, Linux, Windows, MacOS, Amiga OS, DOS, . . . )
Flexibility (lots of packages)
Precise control
Quality of output (e. g. math formulas)
Can be used to write documents in any language
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Pronouncing and writing LTEX
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LTEX (LaTeX) is usually pronounced
[lah-tek] or [lei-tek] (in English)
Last character: Capital χ (chi)
TEX (TeX) derives from the Greek τ χνη
(skill, art, technique)
X is a guttural sound
as in the Scottish “loch” or German “Bach”
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Unique capitalisation LTEX
(to avoid confusion with “latex”)
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Support for any Language
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Other Examples
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Other Examples
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Other Examples
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Other Examples
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Other Examples
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1 What is LTEX?
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2 LTEX vs. Word
3 Producing a Simple Document
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4 LTEX installation under Windows
5 How to deal with problems?
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LTEX vs. Word
Suitable for large projects
Clear, explicit separation: Content ⇐⇒ Style
Ease with which a table of contents,
bibliography and index can be generated
Ability to split books, theses, . . .
into smaller (more manageable) pieces
that are easily combined once writing is complete
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LTEX vs. Word
(continued)
Stability and interchangeability of documents
(as opposed to Word 6 vs. Office 95 vs. Office 97
vs. Office 2000 vs. Office XP vs. . . . )
No pressure to upgrade NOW OR ELSE!
No Word viruses
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LTEX vs. Word
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impossible to do
effort and time consumption
MS Word
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LTEX
document complexity
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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Word 2
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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Word 6
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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Office 2000
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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Office XP
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Math Equations
Word:
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2 2 ∂v ∂u
u v −v u d 3V = u −v d 2A
G S
∂n ∂n
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4 LTEX installation under Windows
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Producing a Simple Document
We will start with a simple, empty (text) document
Usually you start out by filling stuff
into a skeleton document
Then you learn as you go
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LTEX is more WYMIWYG
(What You Mean is What You Get)
rather than WYSIWYG
Time invested initially will be very well gotten back
at later times
(less annoyances in formatting . . . )
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Producing a Simple Document
We will start with a simple, empty (text) document
Usually you start out by filling stuff
into a skeleton document
Then you learn as you go
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LTEX is more WYMIWYG
(What You Mean is What You Get)
rather than WYSIWYG
Time invested initially will be very well gotten back
at later times
(less annoyances in formatting . . . )
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Producing a Simple Document
We will start with a simple, empty (text) document
Usually you start out by filling stuff
into a skeleton document
Then you learn as you go
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LTEX is more WYMIWYG
(What You Mean is What You Get)
rather than WYSIWYG
Time invested initially will be very well gotten back
at later times
(less annoyances in formatting . . . )
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Simple document
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LTEX Hello World
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Author Info
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Document Structure
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Steps to Produce a Document
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LTEX File Types
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.tex – LTEX or TEX input file.
Can be compiled with latex
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.sty – LTEX macro package.
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This is a file you can load into your LTEX document
using the usepackage command.
.cls – Class files define what your document looks like.
They are selected with the documentclass command.
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Setting up LTEX for Windows
Step One – MiKTeX
http://www.miktex.org/
Step Two – Ghostscript and GSview
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
Step Three – Acrobat Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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Setting up LTEX for Windows
Step Four – Windows Editor:
TeXnicCenter (open source)
http://www.toolscenter.org/
WinEdt (share ware, AUT license)
http://www.winedt.com/
SciTE (open source)
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LTEX plugin for Eclipse (open source)
emacs, vi, . . . (open source)
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Support Programs
Viewers:
DVI
(xdvi, kdvi,
Okular, . . . )
PDF
(Acrobat Reader,
GhostView, xpdf,
Okular, . . . )
Support tools:
BibTeX
GNUplot
Inkscape, xfig,
LibreOffice, . . .
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Support Programs
Other tools:
Reference Manager
JabRef (open source, Java)
http://jabref.sourceforge.net/
Mind Manager
FreePlane (open source, Java)
http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/
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1 What is LTEX?
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2 LTEX vs. Word
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4 LTEX installation under Windows
5 How to deal with problems?
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The Not So Short Introduction to LTEX2e
http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf
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LTEX for Word Processor Users
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/info/latex4wp/latex4wp.pdf
Comprehensive TEX Archive Network
http://www.ctan.org/ or http://www.tex.ac.uk/
TEX Catalogue
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/
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Wikibook LTEX
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX
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How to deal with problems?
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LTEX Related Information
http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latexresources.html
For Complete Novices
http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/novices/
To Write a PhD Thesis
http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/thesis/
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LTEX2e help 1.4
http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex2e/latex2e_toc.html
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Beginning LTEX
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Misc/LaTeX-Tutorial/LaTeX-Home.html
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5-Minute LTEX Tutorial
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/LaTeX/FiveMinute.html
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Questions?
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