LaTeX Help

1. Starter LaTeX files to try:
   • latex1.tex, a first LaTeX file
     (this is a portion of Mr. Hyatt's source code from below)
   • Latex with an image - produces this pdf, 2 column with an image - produces this pdf
2. LaTeX tutorial links:
   • NASA help with LaTeX
   • Getting Started With LaTeX
   • Beginning LaTeX
   • Images into LaTeX
   • Word Processing Using LaTeX and Text Processing using LaTeX
   • LaTeX Tricks
   • Mr. Hyatt's LaTeX Help,
     (Note that he has the source code also listed)
   • Latex with an image - produces this pdf, 2 column with an image - produces this pdf

1. "Compile" the latex file: "latex filename.tex"
   If there are no errors, this will create a ".dvi" file: filename.dvi

2. You can view this .dvi file using xdvi filename.dvi

3. Convert your file to PDF format: pdflatex file.tex
   or
   • dvi file to pdf (dvi to pdf):
   • "dvipdf filename.dvi" (our current image doesn't support dvipdf, use pdflatex)

4. To convert the latex file to html:
   "latex2html filename.tex"
   This creates a directory "filename" with an index.html file

5. Convert to "PS" (postscript) format, use "dvi to ps ":
   "dvips filename.dvi"

6. To see the postscript (".ps") file, run Ghostview:
   "gv filename.ps"