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LaTeX Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   LaTeX Beginner's Guide When there‚Äôs a scientific or technical paper to write, the versatility of LaTeX is very attractive. But where can you learn about the software? The answer is this superb beginner‚Äôs guide, packed with examples and explanations.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199867
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

LaTeX
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with LaTeX FREE CHAPTER 2. Formatting Words, Lines, and Paragraphs 3. Designing Pages 4. Creating Lists 5. Creating Tables and Inserting Pictures 6. Cross-Referencing 7. Listing Content and References 8. Typing Math Formulas 9. Using Fonts 10. Developing Large Documents 11. Enhancing Your Documents Further 12. Troubleshooting 13. Using Online Resources Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – installing a LaTeX package


The pretty new biblatex package is often not yet installed. So, let's catch up on it!

  1. Go to the Start menu and look for the TeX Live Manager:

  2. Launch the TeX Live Manager with a mouse click:

    Note

    If you installed TeX Live on Linux or without a Start menu group, you may start the TeX Live Manager at the command prompt. The name of the executable file is tlmgr. So, type tlmgr –help to get a summary of the available options and actions.

  3. In the menu, click on tlmgr and then Load default net repository to get the most recent repository. The status bar at the bottom will inform you about the success.

  4. Choose the package you desire! Perhaps filter the Status to make it easier. Then click on Install. Done!

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Though you could just download packages to your computer, it's very recommendable to use a package manager instead. That's what we did! With TeX Live, use the TeX Live Manager a.k.a. tlmgr, and with MiKTeX, use the MiKTeX package manager a...

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