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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>Dear TUG Support,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I am trying to install and then hopefully use LATEX.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I initially went through the document created by Thomas Feuerstack named "The Quickest Way to a TEX System". It is a very carefully prepared document and installation seems very straight-forward when reading the document. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I realized that I need a "ProText Distribution" which should be available in the "Tex Collection DVD". <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I became a TUG Member recently and I do not have a "Tex Collection DVD" . <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>In the Members Site (https://www.tug.org/members/) I read the following:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A href="http://www.ctan.org/"><FONT size=3>CTAN</FONT></A></SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3> is updated constantly with new uploads. However, it's not simple to extract the CTAN subset which is on the </FONT><A href="https://www.tug.org/texcollection/"><FONT size=3>TeX Collection DVD</FONT></A><FONT size=3>. So here is the </FONT><A href="https://www.tug.org/members/ctan08-20080822.tar"><FONT size=3>snapshot of CTAN as a tar file</FONT></A><FONT size=3> (2.9gb).</FONT></SPAN></I><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I downloaded the snapshot which took me 7hours and 45 minutes...<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>and unzipped it.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>Reading through Thomas Feuerstack's "The Quickest Way to a TEX System", I see that I have to install MIKTEX, TEXNIC CENTER, GHOSTSCRIPT AND GSVIEW in order. However, when I unzipped the above snapshot, I saw that there are hundreds of zipped and unzipped files and I do not know where to start.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I would like to install Latex and start using it as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I would most appreciate if you can help me.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>May be I needed to download something else...<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I have been in the software business using the Oracle Database, SQL and PL/SQL for nearly twenty-years. I am familiar with software and installation. In this case, I do not know where to start, and which files to use.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>I am hoping that I will get help<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>from TUG Support to start me off.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>Thanks very much for your help in advance.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=TR style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: TR"><FONT face=Calibri>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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