First Introduction to LaTeX

1. Windows: Install MiKTeX 2.9: http://miktex.org/2.9/setup
   • It comes with TeXWorks.
   • Install TeXnicCenter, if preferred over TeXWorks: http://www.texniccenter.org/download/
     (TeXnicCenter is only available for Windows.)
   Mac: Install MacTeX: http://www.tug.org/mactex/
2. Of course, a Hello World document and its LaTeX source.
3. A Sample file and its LaTeX source created by Yael Karshon and Sue McGlashan, with a few extensions by myself.
4. LaTeX Cheat Sheet (a very simple summary of some of the most important commands -- usually enough to do CSC and MAT assignments with LaTeX or in Ipe.)
   (You can edit this file with Ipe 6.32.)
5. A very good tool to draw nice figures is Ipe (http://ipe7.sourceforge.net/). Download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipe7/ and unzip manually in a directory of your choice.
   Also download the Ipe dependencies http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipe7/files/ipe/ipe-7.0.0-dependencies-win.zip/download (see the Ipe readme file for more instructions)
   PDF manual at http://ipe7.sourceforge.net/manual/manual.pdf
   Note: The figure currently in the sample file has not been created with Ipe. Try to redraw it with Ipe and see the difference for comparison.
6. A tool I have used before to manage references is JabRef: http://jabref.sourceforge.net/download.php

Other Notes:

• Ipe and JabRef are both available for Windows, Linux and Mac.
• I have use Ipe extensively to created lecture slides. Text and figures can be arranged freely and easily on the slides and overlays make it very easy to create "animations".
  Others might prefer to use the LaTeX document class Beamer instead.

Some other LaTeX resources suggested by some of my former students:

• http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/LaTeX:Math
• ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/doc/amsmath/amsldoc.pdf
• http://www.andy-roberts.net/writing/latex