LaTex2e Books

Anyone who intends to use the new LaTeX in any real way is strongly encouraged to get at least a copy of:

• LaTeX: a Document Preparation System (2nd edition) by Leslie Lamport (ISBN 0-201-52983-1).
• The LaTeX Companion , by Goossens, Mittelbach, and Samarin (ISBN 0-201-54199-8).

LaTex2e Online Articles

The following documents may help you learn the new LaTeX. They will not serve as a replacement for Lamport's book.

• A (not very) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e (pdf)
• The LaTeX2e User Guide (pdf)
• The User's Guide for the LaTeX2e graphics package (ps)
• The AMS-LaTeX User's Guide (ps) (also includes the amstex package for LaTeX2e)

LaTex2e Software

To use Latex on a Windows operating sytems (NT/2000/XP) , you will need the following packages:

• Latex compiler: The MiKTeX distribution .
• [Optional] Editor: WinEDT (actually, you can use any Windows editior).
• Viewing: Ghostview and GSview .

This document explains how to convert a MS Word document (and some other formats) to LaTex2e.

To use Latex on a Linux/Unix-like systems , you will need latex, pdflatex, xdvi, dvips and gv.

Most Linux distributions include these packages. Otherwise, you can find out where to download and how to install these packages from TeTeX-HOWTO or the LaTex2e project site

Disclaimer

This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Use at your own risk.