[texhax] Using LaTex to format a manuscript in Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union, AGU)

[William F. Adams]

On Aug 24, 2005, at 10:02 AM, alain.lepage at mddep.gouv.qc.ca wrote:

> I am using an IBM based computer, with windows XP professionnal, 
> version 5.1.2600 service pack 1 NU 2600. 
>  
> I would like to have to most updated version of the Latex software.
>  
> So what should I download and where ?

I would suggest the ProText variant of MikTeX:

http://www.tug.org/protext/

> Could you furnished me the installation instructions?

The neat thing is the install programs are wrapped up in an 
instructional .pdf

> Which documentations will be usefull for me and where can I get it?

Probably a bunch of the stuff from the texhax footer will help:
> _______________________________________________
> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> TeX newsgroup: http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.text.tex
> Mailing list archives: http://tug.org/pipermail/texhax/
> More links: http://tug.org/begin.html

In particular you may find my short list of electronic references of 
use:

http://members.aol.com/willadams/books-e-tex.html

Jump to the LaTeX section to start and get:

The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX 2e
and
The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List

William

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