1. Saeid Abolfazli, Faculty of Computer Science and IT, University Malaya Malaysia. Email: Abolfazli.s@gmail.comAbolfazli.s@gmail.com www.mobilecloudfamily.com http://www.mobilecloudfamily.com/blog

2. 1.Tex Implementation including its executable Files, Styles, and Packages which is called LaTeX distribution. 2.A user-friendly writing environment (similar to the Microsoft Word) 3.Java Runtime Environment 4.A Reference Editor (Like Endnote) 5.A PS (PostScript) interpreter 6.A PS and Pdf viewer 7.A Figure Drawing Tool (Like Office Tools) 8.A Formula Writing Tool I have created a section in my LaTeX Blog to collect all tools very conveniently. Please log on to www.mobilecloudfamily.com/latex 2Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli What FREE tools and programs do we need to start?

3. Install JRE from the Java Portal. Just Search Java Runtime in Google and download the file matching with your OS or follow the link http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp 3Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli Java Runtime Environment

4. It is recommend to use: 2.9 The file size is more than 1 GB (but it has many good things). The latest release is 2.9 as of now. 4Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli Tex Implementation(Files, styles, …) Tex Implementation or distribution

5. Now you can prepare and run a Tex manually, but is very hectic job. You need a graphical user interface to do the job easier. Among all options, I personally do like TexStudio. The current version is 2.5.2 5Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli Writing Environment or Editor

6. Jabref is a reference management software for formatting lists of references Mendeley is another free reference manager that I prefer. 6Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli BibTex Reference Manager

7. PostScript (PS) is a computer language for creating Vector graphics. Vector graphics is the use of points, lines, curves and shapes based on mathematical expressions to represent images. LaTeX uses vector graphics for higher quality JPEG is a bitmap file and so has low quality More information can be found at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/understanding- vector-graphics-and-bitmap-images-HA001154903.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/understanding- vector-graphics-and-bitmap-images-HA001154903.aspx You can install Ghost-script from its portal 7Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli Post Script Interpreter

8. Install the postscript viewer from There are quiet a lot of PS viewer, but I prefer Sumatra which is open source and free. You can download from my LaTex Blog or source forgeLaTex Blogsource forge You can download from my website or the Sumatra page in Source force website 8Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli Post Script Viewer

9. One of the simplest free tools to draw simple and easy figures is OpenOffice. It may looks abit ugly, but it can help you. OpenOffice is the product of Apache. The latest version is 3.4.1 The file size is 145 MB. 9Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli Open Office: Figure Drawing Tool

10. Congratulations…. You are ready to do Texing 10Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli