1. Workshop
EIES
Zahra M M F
2012/11/19

2. Introduction to TeX and LaTeX
TeX
computer program for typesetting documents,created
by D. E. Knuth.
takes a suitably prepared computer file and converts it
to a form that may be printed.
LaTeX
 written by L. B. Lamport, is one of a number of
`dialects' of TeX.
particularly suited to the production of long articles
and books

3. How to create a LaTeX document
On Linux : Kile application

4. How to create a LaTeX document
On Windows-
MikTeX
 The latex distribution for windows.
 Responsible to transform an input to an output
TeX Maker
 Editor
 Comfortable for mouse oriented users
 Good for learning LaTeX
Other editors are also available depending on the OS
and user preference.

5. Installing LaTeX on windows
Step 1
Download and install MikTeX.
Around 1.2GB space is required.
Step 2 download and install TeXmaker

9. This will take some time....
Next install TeX maker.

10. Configuring TeX Maker
Click on the Commands icon
PDF Viewer > browse and give the location of Adobe
reader application
Click on the QuickBuild icon
Select pdflatex+view PDF

11. Your first LaTeX document
Wizard>QuickStart>Report
Type anything between begin{document} and
end{document}
Save your file as filename.tex
Click Quickbuild(builds the pdf and displays it in
adobe reader)
Remember – always close the built PDF in order to
build it again

12. Try to do these activities.
begin{document}
end{document}
%this is a comment
title{This is the Title}
author{This is the author}
date{today}
maketitle

13. Try to do these.
begin{abstract}
your abstract goes here
end{abstract}