1. Joe Struss, Creative Services (ITS)
Introduction to LaTeX
Joe Struss, Creative Services (ITS)

2. Who created TeX / LaTeX ? Tex - Created by Don Knuth
LaTeX - a macro-language written in Tex
Created by Leslie Lamport

3. Advantages of TeX / LaTeX
Archive-able
Free Software
Does a Great Job with Mathematics

4. Disadvantages of TeX / LaTeX
Scripting Language, not a WYSIWYG word processor
Takes a little while to learn

5. Tex / LaTeX Web Sites TeX Users Group (TUG): http://www.tug.org/
Iowa State Unofficial TeX Page:

6. TeX / LaTeX Installation
Tex / LaTeX Installation consists of two parts:
Base code / Front end
Windows: ProTeXt
Macintosh: i-Installer / TUG

7. Wndows TeX / LaTeX Front Ends
Windows Front Ends:
WinShell (
TeXnic Center (ProTeXt)
TeXmaker (

8. Macintosh TeX/LaTeX Front Ends
Macintosh Front Ends
TeXShop (
iTeXMac
(itexmac.sourceforge.net)
Wikipedia LaTeX