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10 CraigBox 1 [LaTeX] is a macro package for DonaldKnuth's [TeX] typesetting language. See http://www.latex-project.org/ for more information.
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 3 Rather than specifying the exact layout of a document, for example fiddling with fonts and margins in a [WYSIWYG] WordProcessor such as MicrosoftWord, you specify the structure of the document. (A bit like what [HTML] was supposed to be like before the internet became commercialised. <tt>:-)</tt> ) It offers much greater control over layout and appearance than other WordProcessor~s.
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5 Basically, people a lot smarter than you have come up with good formatting guidelines for different document types, so you don't have to worry about that sort of stuff. You just write something like
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16 JohnMcPherson 7 <verbatim>
8 \section{Section Heading}
9 In a \emph{technical report}, you should always have some text between
10 a heading and a sub heading, so here is a sentence.
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16 JohnMcPherson 12 \subsection{First Subsection}
13 Blah blah blah...
14 </verbatim>
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16 [LaTeX] automatically keeps track of section and figure numbers, and comes with packages to help keep track of bibliographies/references. Source files get processed and can be converted into popular formats such as PostScript and [PDF] (using pdflatex(1)).
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 18 You can automatically mark up plaintext files and SourceCode as [LaTeX]. This used to be done by the <tt>lgrind</tt> program, but that is non-[Free] software. There is a [Free] [LaTeX] package called <tt>listings</tt> that does the same thing and should be included with your [LaTeX] distribution (on [Linux], at least).
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20 [LyX] is a [WYSIWYG] [LaTeX] editor, or something approximating it.
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 22 !! Local LaTeX resources
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 24 To learn how to compile documents with [LaTeX], see LatexMakefiles.
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 26 To follow through a quick worked example on using [LaTeX], see LatexExample.
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28 There are several miscalleneous hints on the [LaTeXNotes] page.
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 30 Because [LaTeX] is a macro language, it's hard to get an accurate word count. See LatexWordcount for some tips.
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 32 There are several packages that you can run to find common typos and simple [LaTeX] errors in your files; try installing the <tt>chktex</tt> package (<tt>dev-tex/chktex</tt> on [Gentoo]). (For example, it will tell you where you should add non-breaking spaces, or suggest where you've used the wrong type of dash.)
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17 AristotlePagaltzis 34 Also see PdfLatexNotes, and the ManPage, [latex(1)]
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38 (The correct spelling is [LaΤεχ], but it is neither a WikiWord, or easy to type.)

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