LaTex is a software system for typesetting documents. Because it is especially good for technical documents
and is available for almost any computer system, LaTex has become a lingua franca of the scientific world. Researchers,
educators, and students in universities, as well as scientists in industry, use LaTex to produce professionally
formatted papers, proposals, and books. They also use LaTex input to communicate information electronically to
their colleagues around the world. With the release of LaTex 2, the new standard version, LaTex has become even
more powerful. Among its new features are an improved method for handling different styles of type, and commands
for including graphics and producing colors. LaTex 2 makes available to all LaTex users valuable enhancements to
the software that have been developed over the years by users in many different places to satisfy a variety of
needs. This book, written by the original architect and implementer of LaTex is both the user's guide and the reference
manual for the software. It has been updated to reflect the changes in the new release. The book begins with instructions
for formatting simpler text, and progressively describes commands and techniques for handling larger and more complicated
documents. A separate chapter explains how to deal with errors. An added appendix describes what is new and different
in LaTex 2. Other additions to the second edition include descriptions of new commands for inserting pictures prepared
with other programs and for producing colored output; new sections on how to make books and slides; instructions
for making an index with the MakeIndex program, and an updated guide to preparing a bibliography with the BibTex
program; plus a section on how to send your LaTex documents electronically. Users new to LaTex will find here a
book that has earned worldwide praise as a model for clear, concise, and practical documentation.
This authoritative user's guide and reference manual for the LaTeX computer typesetting system has been revised
to document features now available in the new standard software release LaTeX2e. Other parts of the book have been
revised, as well, reflecting several years of user comments and suggestions.