1. Introduction to Thomas Madsen

2. I am not an expert I am still a beginner

3. I am not an expert I am still a beginner Many people know much more about this than me!

4. I am not an expert I am still a beginner Many people know much more about this than me! Everyone has their way of doing this

5. What is LaTeX? LaTeX is a way that one can type up math in a way that "looks nice“ Philosophy: LaTeX is based on the idea that authors should be able to focus on the meaning of what they are writing without being distracted by the visual presentation of the information. It is alive and changing

6. Why use LaTeX? It looks pretty (compare with MS Word) If you want to write articles you "need" to use LaTeX If you want to write a thesis you "need" to use LaTeX anyway

7. Why use LaTeX? It looks pretty (compare with MS Word) If you want to write articles you "need" to use LaTeX If you want to write a thesis you "need" to use LaTeX anyway It is free (compare with M$)

8. You need A computer with Windows (or Linux or another operating system) LaTeX iteself - there are many versions Editor (where you type the "code") A program to view pdf-files (and maybe ps-files)

9. Where to get LaTeX One version good for starters is MikTeX. Get it here: http://miktex.org/http://miktex.org/ Other good version for Windows is proTeXt : http://www.tug.org/protext/ (includes Ghostscript, and GSview)http://www.tug.org/protext/ Other "distributions" go to the official LaTeX webpage http://www.latex-project.org/ (Official LaTeX webpage)http://www.latex-project.org/

10. The Editor Winshell (free): http://www.winshell.de/ http://www.winshell.de/ WinEdT(not free): http://www.winedt.com/ (WinEdT is on the math computers)http://www.winedt.com/

11. Dvi viewer The program Yap is used to view.dvi files - comes with the MikTeX package

12. PDF-viewer Foxit reader (free, fast, light): http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.p hp http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.p hp Adobe reader (free, slow, heavy): http://www.adobe.com/ http://www.adobe.com/

13. Maybe You Want GhostScript: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/GPL/ gpl860.htm (needed for GSview) http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/GPL/ gpl860.htm GSwiew: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/ge t49.htm (to view ps-files) http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/ge t49.htm

14. Other Useful Links http://www.ctan.org/ "collection of materials related to the TeX typesetting"http://www.ctan.org/ http://www.tug.org/ The TeX Users Group web sitehttp://www.tug.org/ http://www.google.com/ There are already tons of web sites out therehttp://www.google.com/ http://math.ou.edu/~mgsa/latex.html The MGSA page on LaTeXhttp://math.ou.edu/~mgsa/latex.html http://www.latex-project.org/guides/ Guides for LaTeX. In particular: The (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e Excellent place to start!http://www.latex-project.org/guides/

15. The process You write the.tex file in the editor The program LaTeX creates a.dvi file You can view this.dvi file Or you can create a.ps or.pdf file.tex -->.dvi -->.ps or.pdf