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TeX / LaTeX

Software

• TeXShop - Official Web Site 
• TeXLive - Official Web Site 
• TeXLive Documentation 

Organizations

• TeX Users Group (TUG)
• AMS LaTeX2e
• Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

References

Learn by Example

• Learn by Example: Hypothetical Quiz
  Compare the source code and the compiled result (pdf, 351KB, 2 pages).
  In order for this document to compile, you also need the picture that is included.
• Learn by Example: LaTeX Tutorial
  Compare the source code and the compiled result (pdf, 206KB, 11 pages).
  Note that it is necessary to compile the source code twice for all references to be correct.

General Tutorials

• A Simplified Introduction to LaTeX  (pdf, 2.55MB, 146 pages) If you want to read a book about LaTeX, this might as well be your first one.
• The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX  (pdf, 2.07MB, 127 pages)

Symbol Lists

• The TeX Cookbook  (pdf, 132KB, 12 pages) Common mathematical symbols in TeX / LaTeX.
• Comprehensive Symbol List  (pdf, 4.17MB, 152 pages) A huge list of mathematical symbols in TeX / LaTeX.

FAQ List

• The UK TeX FAQ - Your 371 Questions Answered   (pdf, 2.21MB, 220 pages)
  A Q&A list that originated when British humour met typesetting.

Beamer
If you give a presentation using LaTeX, the standard way to do this is by using the beamer package. This gives a PowerPoint like look while still having the mathematical typesetting capabilities of LaTeX.

• Learn by Example: A Thesis Defense
  Compare the source code and the compiled result (pdf, 312KB, 31 pages).
  In order for this document to compile, you also need to download the folowing documents: definitions.tex, settings_beamer.tex, grid1.pdf, grid2.pdf. As this document contains references, you have to compile it twice to get the references set correctly.
• Beamer User Guide   (pdf, 1.78MB, 224 pages).

Manuals on Specific LaTeX packages

• A short description of the amsthm package.
• color  (pdf, 32KB, 2 pages) How to get text in different colors in LaTeX.
• exam  (pdf, 292KB, 63 pages) A fairly long description of the Exam package.

Online Tutorials

• TeXnik (LaTeX Tips and Tricks) from TUG
• Wikipedia entry for: ,
• WikiBooks for: ,

Note : If you have any tutorials or websites that you would like to see included - also on software not yet in the list - send an e-mail to webmaster@math.uconn.edu.