A presentation used for a number of seminars at university

1. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 1/32

2. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 2/32

3. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 3/32

4. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 4/32

5. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows 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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 5/32

6. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 6/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 7/32

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Support for any Language
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 8/32

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Other Examples
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 9/32

10. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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Other Examples
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 9/32

11. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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Other Examples
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 9/32

12. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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Other Examples
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 9/32

13. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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Other Examples
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 9/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 10/32

15. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows 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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 11/32

16. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 12/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 13/32

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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Word 2
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 14/32

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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Word 6
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 14/32

20. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Office 2000
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 14/32

21. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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Quality
TEX Word
monetary awards Microsoft Error Reporting
version: 3.141592 version: Office XP
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 14/32

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Math Equations
Word:
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LTEX:
2 2 ∂v ∂u
u v −v u d 3V = u −v d 2A
G S
∂n ∂n
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 15/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 16/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 17/32

25. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 17/32

26. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 17/32

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Simple document
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 18/32

28. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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LTEX Hello World
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 19/32

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Author Info
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 20/32

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Document Structure
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 21/32

31. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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Steps to Produce a Document
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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 22/32

32. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 23/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 24/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 25/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 26/32

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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 27/32

37. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 29/32

39. What is L TEX? L TEX vs. Word Producing a Simple Document L TEX installation under Windows How to deal with problems?
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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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Guy Kloss | Introduction to L TEX 31/32

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Questions?
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