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LaTeX is high-quality open source typesetting software that produces professional prints and PDF files. It's a powerful and complex tool with a multitude of features, so getting started can be intimidating. However, once you become comfortable with LaTeX, its capabilities far outweigh any initial challenges, and this book will help you with just that! The LaTeX Beginner's Guide will make getting started with LaTeX easy. If you are writing mathematical, scientific, or business papers, or have a thesis to write, this is the perfect book for you. With the help of fully explained examples, this book offers a practical introduction to LaTeX with plenty of step-by-step examples that will help you achieve professional-level results in no time. You'll learn to typeset documents containing tables, figures, formulas, and common book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes, and go on to manage complex documents and use modern PDF features. You'll also get to grips with using macros and styles to maintain a consistent document structure while saving typing work. By the end of this LaTeX book, you'll have learned how to fine-tune text and page layout, create professional-looking tables, include figures, present complex mathematical formulas, manage complex documents, and benefit from modern PDF features.

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If you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction to LaTeX. School and university students will find this easy-to-follow LaTeX guide helpful, as will mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and humanists. Anybody with high expectations from their software will discover how easy it is to leverage LaTeX's high performance for creating documents.

What you will learn

Make the most of LaTeX s powerful features to produce professionally designed texts

Download, install, and set up LaTeX and use additional styles, templates, and tools

Typeset math formulas and scientific expressions to the highest standards

Understand how to include graphics and work with figures and tables

Discover professional fonts and modern PDF features

Work with book elements such as bibliographies, glossaries, and indexes

Typeset documents containing tables, figures, and formulas

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hamster Mar 09, 2022

As an introduction to Latex from “ground zero” it is very good. Book is well organized and very helpful to get you up and running.

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Oliver Z. Nov 20, 2021

Gibt einen guten Überblick für jeden der mit Latex beginnen möchte oder sein Wissen auffrischen möchte.

Nicholas Bennett Dec 09, 2021

Stefan approached me on the LaTex Community about writing a review for this book. I have been on the LaTeX Community for over 10 years, where Stefan is one of the moderators. To say he knows LaTeX would be an understatement (to say the least). I have never met anyone with as much knowledge as he does when it comes to all things LaTeX. I was really excited to take a look at the book and see how I could improve my Tex Skills. What I love about the book is how easily it is organized and using the most up to date editors like Overleaf. From the most seasoned veteran to the absolute beginner, anyone, can learn TeX with this book. I especially thought the work with graphics was a big help. That is one area I have struggled with when trying to set up documents. With the help of this guide, I have noticed a big improvement with how I can insert graphics in to my document. As a high school math teacher, my worksheets and guided notes and tests are more professional and polished thats to this book. I reference this book weekly (and I have been using TeX for nearly 20 years). This book is a must have reference for anyone who wants to get better with LaTeX.

Tim Wright May 27, 2024

LaTeX Beginner's Guide is a great first book that covers installing LaTeX and creating your first document. All of the standard topics are covered: text formatting, macros, page layout, creating lists and tables, cross-references, writing math formulas, developing large documents, and troubleshooting. All these include examples that you can try and modify. LBG is a solid introduction to becoming productive with LaTeX.

Doug Jensen Nov 07, 2021

I own and used the 2011 version of this book. It was clearly the most accessible way for LaTeX newbies to learn most of what most users need. This update incorporates the LaTeX ecosystem changes since then, adding about 50 pages. It also has been slightly reformatted in what I considered a more conventional style. I benefit from, and enjoy using, this new version--it is well worth buying the upgrade.The book gently guides the new (and no doubt apprehensive) user through every step for installing LaTeX and writing almost all types of documents. There is a learning curve, especially for authors used to WYSIWYG word processors, but the paradigm shift to a typesetting mindset opens up a vast new toolset for high-quality text layout--especially STEM documents (e.g., having mathematical equations and formulae). LaTeX is the (often required) standard for writing professional papers and books.The author of this book could not be more highly qualified on LaTex, and his pedagogical style is ideal for the goal of introducing and leading newcomers.

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