[texhax] laTEX inquiry
Thomas Schneider
schneidt at mail.nih.gov
Thu Dec 27 06:25:32 CET 2012
ramal:
> Hi,
> I am attempting to write my first paper using LATEX (on ubuntu), but I
> have no clue what I am doing!
> First, how do I know if I successfully downloaded laTEX?
> Secondly, do i need a compiler or something?
> I only know how to use open office as a text document, how , or can I
> open upa new window to enter latex code in?
> Any and all help is needed!
> Thank you,
> Ramal Lamar
I suspect you found my web page
(http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms/latex.html) which contains a lot of
infomration about using LaTeX - and it can be overwhelming.
The best source for all things tex is:
The TeX Users Group web site
http://tug.org/
You should be able to download LaTeX from there.
However, I suspect that Ubuntu may already have LaTex. If not,
google:
latex on ubuntu
picks up a bunch of pages.
I'm ccing this to TeXHaX which is a news group with experts who can
help you more than I.
Good luck and have fun!
Tom
Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
schneidt at mail.nih.gov
http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms
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