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 LaTeX is a typsetting system commonly used by the physics community for scientific papers, formal letters, or other uses where a regular word processor just doesn't cut it. Examples See how much nicer you can type a lab writeup or a thesis Now you know how your professors make those quizzes for you each week Formal letters look much better in LaTeX To Install LaTeX on Ubuntu Linux In a command line, type sudo apt-get install texlive For a graphical LaTeX program instead, type sudo apt-get install kile To Install LaTeX on Another Linux Distribution/FreeBSD/BSD Search your distribution's package manager (ports) for texlive or kile and install it, or else Google the packages and install from binary/source. To Install LaTeX on Windows Follow these directions for installation and use. To Install LaTeX on a Mac Download and install MacTeX. Warning: download exceeds 1GB Learn LaTeX Always start by playing around with the syntax yourself. To get started, make a file called hello_storrs.tex and open it with a basic text editor (not Word or Open Office). Enter the following three lines in the file: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \end{document} Now enter Hello Storrs in between lines 2 and 3. If you installed texlive, type pdflatex hellow_storrs.tex in the command line, and then open hello_storrs.pdf. If you are running Kile, MacTeX, or another graphical based program, follow the directions for compiling the code and opening the pdf. Remember to wrap your math text in two money signs. For example: $$\vec{\nabla}\cdot\vec{E}=\frac{\rho}{\epsilon_0}$$ Some links: LaTeX Tutorial Getting Started with LaTeX Getting to Grips with LaTeX