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LaTeX person anyone?

post #1 of 5
5/27/07 at 11:20pm
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Hi, I was wondering if someone here knows - or deals with - some kind of typesetting. I'm going to finish college/univ. this week, but post-graduation will be even more picky on presentation of paperworks.

That said, I'm thinking about learning LaTeX. I've read some stuff already (so, I'm one step ahead of the complete noob), but somehow there is NOT a complete LaTeX documentation on Net, only a few pieces (intros, commented examples etc.) here and there, which I found quite suprising for any thing computer-related.

Time to buy book(s). Which one(s) do you guys recommend?

Thanks!

ps.: or even worse: should I learn something else? people told me about LaTeX, but is there a better alternative (as you can see, clueless newbie here)?
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post #2 of 5
5/28/07 at 12:55am
I'd say find a TuG nearby if there is one. SGML is my doc of choice but there are better ones out there. I've not had much experience beyond SGML or DocBook. In my mind I'd go for something more extensible or more connected to your field of work/study.
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post #3 of 5
5/28/07 at 1:24am
Honestly, I'd say to only worry about learning TeX (or LaTeX) if the place you're going to be working for requires it. It's only useful if you're willing to spend a lot of time tweaking and researching. There is an endless number of commands.

Stick with WYSIWYG unless you really have a need for learning TeX. If you do, I'd suggest getting a good GUI for it like LEDitor or one of the good ones that you can apt-get.

Also, if you're using Ubuntu, make sure that you install the en_US locale, or all your dvi/pdf documents will be in A4 paper size.

I did my capstone research paper in it. http://www.cs.westminster.edu/~cdean/capstone. The link to the paper should be there somewhere.
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post #4 of 5
5/28/07 at 10:08am
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Thanks... so maybe it's better for me to stick with OOo and its styles. I was only unhappy about some things that even the styles can't do, and some people were bothering me about the presentation.

Ah, and btw... A4 is the default overseas
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post #5 of 5
5/30/07 at 1:51am
Yeah, yet another thing we 'Mericans are all differenty about. I'd prefer A4, too, just like I prefer the metric system.
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