Welcome to the Lab Guide

Information on the LaTex Project can be found here.

-- WikiAdministrator - 10 Jan 2007

Getting Started with LaTeX

The best way to get started with LaTeX is to read "The (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e," which can be found here.

LaTeX Tips:

1. If desired you may use the ".tex" file extension for your source files, but this is not required.
2. For simple document creation, use pdflatex <filename> to create a pdf file from .tex file.
3. If you are creating your .tex document in a Windows application, be sure to save as a plain ASCII file.
4. If you are having trouble with pdflatex not embedding your fonts in your pdf file, it may be necessary to use latex <filename> to create a .dvi file and then use the dvipdf command. Another option is to use dvips to create a postscript and then using

   ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress <filename>.ps
   

LaTeX Converting Images to eps:

Use the following utilities to convert to .eps

• For .bmp use convert
• For .fig use fig2dev
• For .svg use inkscape --print

LaTeX Packages:

We should probably keep a list of add-on packages that are useful. The LaTeX Companion is apparently a collection of hundreds of LaTeX add-on package descriptions.

When dealing with packages you can use the textdoc <package name> command to get more information on that package.

Favorite/Useful Package names:

-- AlexMarschner - 18 Jan 2007