Transcript Introduction to LaTeX

Introduction to LaTeX
Joe Struss, Creative Services (ITS)
[email protected]
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