TeX and LaTeX Resources

Websites and Groups

• TUG The TeX Users Group
• The LaTeX project site
• Stonehill Tex/LaTeX Facebook group

Archives

• CTAN The Comprehensive Tex Archive Network

Software

• MiKTeX An up-to-date port of TeX and related programs for windows (if you use windows)
• MacTeX MacTex Technical Working Group (if you use a mac)
• TeX Live (if you use unix or linux and it wasn't installed by default)
• Texmaker A cross-platform LaTeX editor
• Coffee A LaTeX package that adds coffee stains (!) to a document (illustrates the power of LaTeX and gives a glimpse of the architecture)

Examples

• A short lemma
  • square_lemma.tex LaTeX source file (.tex)
  • square_lemma.dvi Translated device indepedent (.dvi) file
  • square_lemma.pdf The DVI file converted to a PDF
• Miscellaneous expressions
  • example2.tex LaTeX source file (.tex)
  • example2.dvi Translated device indepedent (.dvi) file
  • example2.pdf The DVI file converted to a PDF

AMS Document Classes

• Guide to the amsart, amsproc, and amsbook document classes

Carbon-based Units

• Donald Knuth author of TeX
• Leslie Lamport author of LaTeX