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\section*{\LaTeX{} Tutorial}

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\subsection*{Brief History}

\begin{itemize}
	\item \TeX{} was written by Donald Knuth in the 1970's (See
	\url{http://www.tug.org/whatis.html} for details.)

	\item Designed for typesetting material that uses mathematical notation.

	\item \TeX{} is a ``low-level"\ interpreter.

	\item \LaTeX{} is a package of macro commands that allows a ``high-level"
	approach to writing a \TeX{} file.

	\begin{enumerate}
		\item Examples later in this document
	\end{enumerate}

	\item \LaTeX{} is a program that takes a file you
	type (which has both the text you want typeset and commands
	for how to typeset that text) and generates a file that you
	can print with all of the pretty typesetting done for you.

	\begin{enumerate}
	\item There are intermediate computer processing steps (examples later).

		\begin{enumerate}
			\item \LaTeX{} generates a \textbf{``DVI''} 
			(Device Independent) file.

			\item Programs exist (one such is PDF\LaTeX{} )\ that convert a DVI\ file
			into a PDF\ file (Portable Document Format)

			\item Most computer setups can print a PDF file.

			\item There are other programs that can convert the DVI file into other
			formats like Postscript (PS) or HTML.
		\end{enumerate}
	\end{enumerate}
\end{itemize}


\subsection*{How to Install \LaTeX{} (Do this first -- before installing the front end you will use to type your file.)}

\subsubsection*{Windows (Excerpted from the MiK\TeX{} website)}

\begin{itemize}
	\item Mik\TeX{} Project (\url{http://miktex.org/}) is the most common package to
	use with Microsoft Windows.

	\item 
	\begin{enumerate}
		\item Free

		\item Mik\TeX is a package that contains all needed programs for
		converting a file once it has been written as well as an integrated version 
		of the front end program \TeX{}Works.	 
	\end{enumerate}

	\item Download and install the latest version of Mik\TeX/ at \url{http://miktex.org}   


\end{itemize}

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\subsubsection*{MAC (Excerpted from Mac\TeX{} website.)}

\begin{itemize}
	\item Download and install the latest version of the Mac\TeX{} Project (\url{http://www.tug.org/mactex}).
	This is the
	most common package to use with the MacIntosh. Note that the install
	file (MacTeX.mpkg.zip) is \textbf{very large} so will take a while to download.

	\item 
	\begin{enumerate}
		\item Free

		\item Downloads contain all programs needed to run \LaTeX{} on a file you
		want typeset.

		\item Downloads contain programs to write those files. (See
		``How to Use \LaTeX{}'' below.)

		\end{enumerate} 
\end{itemize}

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\subsubsection*{Linux }

\begin{itemize}
	\item \vspace{1pt}\LaTeX{} Project (\url{http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html})
	gives much useful information for using \LaTeX{} under Linux.

	\item Most Linux distributions either have \LaTeX{} support built in or it is easy
	to find and install TeXLive from their software archives. 
		
	\item You should also install a front end. \TeX{}works seems to be one of the 
		most popular and is the program used in the Thompson Hall computer lab. I use 
		\TeX{}Maker and you might also check out LyX.  

\end{itemize}

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\subsection*{Do this only after installing a \LaTeX{} package like Mik\TeX{} or Mac\TeX{}:}

\subsection*{Programs to use while writing your \LaTeX{} files}

\begin{itemize}
	\item The file you write that will be used to typeset your document is just a text file. 
		This file needs to contain both the material you want typeset and ``commands'' that 
		the \LaTeX{} programs will interpret when they compute spacing, margins, etc. 

	\begin{enumerate}
		\item You can use any editor or word processor as long as you save the file
		as text.

		\item There are free programs that make
		writing a \LaTeX{} file easier than just using an
		editor. Most of them will automatically configure
		themselves to use the \LaTeX{} package you previously
		installed. Otherwise, read the directions so you can
		make the configuration changes by hand.

		\begin{enumerate}
			\item \TeX{}works has versions for Windows, OS X and Linux \\
			(http://www.tug.org/texworks/)
			
			\item LyX has versions for Windows, OS X, and Linux   \\
			(http://www.lyx.org/Download)

			\item Texmaker has versions for Windows, OS X, and Linux  \\
			(http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/download.html)

			\item Kile has a version with works with the KDE\ desktop. The KDE\ desktop
			can be installed on either Linux or Windows.
		\end{enumerate}
	\end{enumerate}
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{Resources}

\begin{itemize}
	\item Not so Short Introduction to \LaTeX{} 2e
	(\url{http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf})

	\item NASA Hypertext help for \LaTeX{}
	(\url{http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/latex/ltx-2.html})

	\item Our library has a number of books on \TeX{} and \LaTeX{}. The book I use 
	is \emph{``A Guide to \LaTeX{} $2\epsilon$''} by Kopka and Daly.  

\end{itemize}

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