LaTeX and Friends

Latex, a technical document processing system based on Tex (written TEXand pronounced ``tek'') has become the mathematical standard for mathematical typesetting, printing and composition. It comes with a large number of style files, or templates, for books, articles, theses, exams, web pages and more.

To learn to use TEXyou will need either a book, or lots of sample files. There are also tutorials on the web. One such manual is An introductory Latex 2e Manual

The standard method is to get a document of the same type from someone, and change the content to suit your needs. This also works for web page development.

Question 5.1   What L^ATEXpackages are available?

There are many packages, to do almost anything. Eventually the table below will have pointers to documentation. For now, some documentation can be found in the /usr/share/texmf/doc directory.

letters

Generates letterhead automatically, provides templates.

exam

Templates for writing exams. Can count points, number questions, parts, leave space for answers, etc.

amsart

The ams-latex version of the article format. For more ams-latex documentation, look in the /usr/share/texmf/doc directory.

thesis

We have a UConn Thesis style, to conform to the requirements of the graduate school.

seminar

A versitile package to produce slides or transparencies.