Originally developed Donald E. Knuth and introduced into the mainstream (or some semblance of it) by Lamport’s guide, T_EX is a type-setting tool that helps prepare a plethora of different document types with relative ease. There are plenty of implementations of this original system for different operating systems. MiKT_EX is one such implementation for Windows.

Here is a very interesting article critiquing Word Processors. Most of the packages available for T_EX are posted at this general repository, Comprehensive T_EX Archive Network. Most of these packages come with very good tutorials.

As in the case with any software tool or for that matter any new concept, one continuously learns new things every day. I post some tidbits on L^AT_EX that have helped me in the past here.

Options available using L^AT_EX

• Regular articles for journals
• Letters
• Complex documents with multiple chapters e.g. dissertation, thesis, etc.
• Presentations using packages like beamer, prosper
• Exams, quizzes, questionnaires
• Colorful tables
• Professional tables
• Complex graphics
• HTML pages using H^EV^EA - I have used this to generate my web pages
• and many more...

Tutorials on L^AT_EX

• The Not So Short Introduction to L^AT_EX - good place to begin
• Guide to L^AT_EX on Wikibooks - very useful
• Tutorial on hypertex
• Online tutorials on various topics
• Tutorial on Color Tables
• Tutorial on Colors
• Tutorial on xcolor - specifically for pdfLaTeX
• Blog on L^AT_EX matters

Tutorials on extensions

• H^EV^EA package to convert TeX to HTML
• AcroTeX - for more complex exams, online quizzes, online feedback etc..

This document was translated from L^AT_EX by H^EV^EA.