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The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2e

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The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2e
"LATEX is a typesetting system that is very suitable for producing scientific and mathematical documents of high typographical quality. It is also suitable for producing all sorts of other documents, from simple letters to complete books."
Tobias Oetiker
Added 18 Feb 2009
Updated 18 Feb 2009
Authors Tobias Oetiker
Chapter 1 tells you about the basic structure of LATEX2" documents. You will also learn a bit about the history of LATEX. After reading this chapter, you should have a rough understanding how LATEX works.
 
Chapter 2 goes into the details of typesetting your documents. It explains most of the essential LATEX commands and environments. After reading this chapter, you will be able to write your first documents.
 
Chapter 3 explains how to typeset formulae with LATEX. Many examples demonstrate how to use one of LATEX’s main strengths. At the end of the chapter are tables listing all mathematical symbols available in
LATEX.
 
Chapter 4 explains indexes, bibliography generation and inclusion of EPS graphics. It introduces creation of PDF documents with pdfLATEX and presents some handy extension packages.
 
Chapter 5 shows how to use LATEX for creating graphics. Instead of drawing a picture with some graphics program, saving it to a file and then including it into LATEX you describe the picture and have LATEX draw it for you.
 
Chapter 6 contains some potentially dangerous information about how to alter the standard document layout produced by LATEX. It will tell you how to change things such that the beautiful output of LATEX turns ugly or stunning, depending on your abilities. 
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