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Pages: 46
Date: 1995
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Pages: 38
Date: 2002
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Pages: 75
Date: 2001
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Pages: 46
Date: 1990
A Guide to LaTeX - Kelly Kearney and Geoff Baskwill
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Date: 1994
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Pages: 136
Date: 2001
- A document which aims to provide all of the essential
information needed to use LaTeX. It covers only the very basic features
needed for any document such as the standard available document
styles, type styles, special symbols, and some error recovery
information. The is available in LaTeX format
(essential.tex) and requires the style file
hndout.sty (available in the same directory)
for processing. It was last updated in 1992 so only
covers the pre-LaTeX2e version.
Pages: 17
Date: Sep. 1992
Local copy: [ TeX /
DVI /
PostScript ]
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- A reasonably complete guide on how to use
LaTeX. It consists of chapters describing the basic structure
of LaTeX2e documents and the history of LaTeX, the essential
commands needed for every document, typesetting mathematical
formulas, and adding graphics and creating indexes.
If you're not going to do anything fancy this should be sufficient
as your only LaTeX manual. This is available in
PostScript (lshort2e.600.ps), DVI
(lshort2e.dvi), and
PDF (lshort2e.pdf) formats.
Pages: 71
Date: Oct. 1997
Local copy: [ PostScript /
DVI /
PostScript (French) ]
University of Cambridge LaTeX
Documentation
- Online HTML versions of these are available as well as
printable PostScript versions.
- A document containing the basic information needed to
create a LaTeX source file and process it for printing.
This is for utter beginners.
Pages: 6
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- A document describing more advanced LaTeX features including
document structure, color and fonts, environments, and
customization.
Pages: 23
Local copy: [ PostScript ]
- A document detailing how to typeset equations and add
graphics to LaTeX documents.
Pages: 16
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LaTeX: The Macro Package for
TeX - Leslie Lamport
- LaTeX documentation in Texinfo format that is distributed as part
of GNU Emacs.
This document consists of an overview and local guide,
an annotated list of commands, and an annotated list of parameters.
There are separate versions for old LaTeX and for LaTeX2e.
Pages: 50+
Old LaTeX: [ Texinfo /
DVI /
PostScript ]
LaTeX2e: [ Texinfo /
DVI /
PostScript ]
- A guide to software that can be used to create graphics to embed
in LaTeX documents. This covers how to embed graphics created with the
EEPIC, xfig, and MusicTeX packages and
with the PostScript language. It doesn't get too deeply into any
of the packages although brief examples are given for each.
This is available in PostScript (figsinltx.ps) format.
Pages: 14
Date: Jul. 1994
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A Guide to Using Macros and
Style Files in LaTeX - T. Iwakuma and T. Furukawa
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- A guide to the whys and hows of style files and macros.
This discusses why style files are used, how they can be created
or modified, how mathematics are typeset, the use of figures,
creating bibliographies, fonts, and various other programming
aspects.
This was written in 1994 and covers the old LaTeX but is
still useful.
Pages: 52
Date: 1994
Local copy: [ DVI /
PostScript ]
- An overview of how to use and embed graphics, mostly
PostScript, in documents processed with LaTeX2e.
It is divided into four parts: (1) a brief history and overview
of LaTeX, PostScript, and Encapsulated PostScript (EPS);
(2) a description of the commands in the basic LaTeX graphics
bundle which allow you to import, scale, and rotate graphics;
(3) a tutorial on the use of the commands in the basic LaTeX
graphics bundle along with instructions on how to embed
non-PostScript files, replace text in EPS files with LaTeX
symbols, and save space when using the same EPS file several
times in one document; and
(4) how to use and customize the floating figure environment.
This is a good supplement to the information contained in the
LaTeX Companion book, expanding on some of the briefer explanations
therein and offering many more examples.
The file is available in either a PostScript (epslatex.ps)
or PDF (epslatex.pdf) format.
Pages: 86
Date: Dec. 1997
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LaTeX2e Release Official Documentation Set
- These five documents were contained in the official LaTeX2e release
to smooth the transition and offer brief overviews of the new features
for both users and package writers.
- A description of how to take advantage of the new features
of LaTeX2e and how to process old LaTeX 2.09 documents with the
new version.
Pages: 30
Date: Dec. 1995
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- Describes the principles underlying the policy on distribution
and modification of the files comprising the LaTeX system.
Pages: 7
Date: Dec. 1995
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- An overview of how to modify local configuration
(*.cfg) files. This should only be of interest to those
installing the system.
Pages: 10
Date: Dec. 1995
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- An introduction to writing classes and packages for
LaTeX, with special attention given to upgrading existing
LaTeX 2.09 packages to LaTeX2e. The sections include writing
classes and packages, the structure of a class or package,
commands for class and package writers, miscellaneous commands, and
upgrading LaTeX 2.09 classes and packages.
This should be of interest of more advanced users who plan
on writing such things.
Pages: 31
Date: Nov. 1996
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- An overview of the new font selection features of LaTeX2e.
It is intended for package writers who want to write font loading
packages.
Pages: 28
Date: Nov. 1996
Local copy: [ PostScript ]