Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition) 4th by Kopka, Helmut, Daly, Patrick W. (2003) Paperback

by Helmut Kopka

If you are a user with little or no experience of computers or text formatting and you want to master LATEX to produce documents of high quality, then this book is essential reading. Fully revised to cover the most up-to-date versions of LATEX this accessible and practical tutorial contains all of the information you will need to get up and running with LATEX, and is an essential reference tool to users at all levels.This book will enable you Master the basics of LATEX and explore more advanced topics including user-defined extensions Get up to speed with the latest LATEX extensions for adaptations to other languages Explore numerous practical examples and pick up handy tips for avoiding common problems Benefit from detailed appendices including the Command Summary and Summary Tables New to this Edition Completely updated to cover the latest releases and upgrades of LATEX Covers new features including graphics importation and PostScript font installation Section on LATEX and the World Wide Web Section on LATEX on Windows & Windows NT Section on installations for 32 bit PC Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly are both scientific staff members at the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie in Germany.

Genres: Reference, Programming, Computers, Nonfiction, Computer Science, Writing, Technical

Unknown Binding

First published November 30, 1992

Reviews

[Waqar Saleem · Rating 4 out of 5]

While excellent online resources make any printed, non-free guide to Latex such as this book quite obsolete, I must say that it was through this book that I first came to grips with Latex. That being said, this book is by no means a beginners book only. Having now used Latex for more than 2 years, I have often found myself returning to this book as a reference whenever I require some advanced functionality, e.g nested tables, figure placement, that I could not easily find documentation on over the Internet.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a one stop reference for Latex. It will help you up through your Latex infancy and prove a worthy companion as your expertise grows.

[Ira Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a must have for anybody who does LaTeX type setting for any purpose. While most (all?) of the information is available online, having it all in one compact and mobile tome is worth every penny this book costs.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was a programmer writing papers in college and wanting to use my Linux machine for everything, so I learned LaTeX -- the results were always beautifully typeset, and this book taught me everything I needed to know. The print copy of my resume is still done in LaTeX.

[Nick Black · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can never find a damn thing in this book. I know precious little more LaTeX, it feels, having read it than I did before.

[Darin]

This book provides good, broad coverage of the features available in LaTeX. It can answer most of the questions that occur on a day-to-day basis when using LaTeX.

[Bruno Fernandes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good as a reference, not for learning.

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't help myself: I find I refer back to this book constantly. It covers nearly everything I've needed, very succinctly, with great examples.

[Dave Peticolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you ever have need to use the quirky document preparation program latex, this book is a good reference to have.