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| − | LaTeX ( | + | '''LaTeX''' (stylized as '''<span class="texhtml" style="font-family: 'CMU Serif', cmr10, LMRoman10-Regular, 'Times New Roman', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Times, serif;">L<span style="text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 70%; margin-left: -0.36em; vertical-align: 0.3em; line-height: 0; margin-right: -0.15em;">a</span>T<span style="text-transform: uppercase; margin-left: -0.1667em; vertical-align: -0.5ex; line-height: 0; margin-right: -0.125em;">e</span>X</span>''') is a document preparation system and document markup language. LaTeX uses the TeX typesetting program for formatting its output, and is itself written in the TeX macro language. LaTeX is not the name of a particular editing program, but refers to the encoding or tagging conventions that are used in LaTeX documents. LateX 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. |
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'''[http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html Handwritten symbol lookup] | '''[http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html Handwritten symbol lookup] | ||
Revision as of 00:16, 29 January 2014
LaTeX (stylized as LaTeX) is a document preparation system and document markup language. LaTeX uses the TeX typesetting program for formatting its output, and is itself written in the TeX macro language. LaTeX is not the name of a particular editing program, but refers to the encoding or tagging conventions that are used in LaTeX documents. LateX 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.
Guides
Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
Useful Tools
Online editor for collaboration
Popular LaTeX Distributions
There are a few different LaTeX distributions out there for various operating systems. On GNU/Linux tex-live is a common distribution whereas MikTex was developed to run especially on Microsoft Windows.
A distribution also installs a few or quiet a few, depending on your choice, of packages for LaTeX to use.
