Links to LaTeX resources

Latex guides

  • Beginners guide: https://www.sharelatex.com/learn/Creating_a_document_in_LaTeX
  • Fuller guide http://tug.ctan.org/info/beginlatex/
  • A primer for typesetting equations in LaTeX: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/

    Special Packages

  • Beamer (for giving presentations) https://www.ctan.org/pkg/beamer?lang=en
  • Durham Thesis macros: http://maths.dur.ac.uk/Thesis/
  • BibTeX a package to deal with references http://www.bibtex.org
  • Location of most packages you might ever need. CTAN (Comprehensive Tex Archive Network) http://tug.ctan.org/

    LaTex Installations

  • MikTeX (an option for Windows machine) http://www.miktex.org/
  • MACS If you like a graphical front-end, try TeXShop from http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop
    other alternatives include Aquemacs which has LaTeX built into the editor.