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Begin LaTeX in minutes

Acknowledgement: Everything written below is from my own experience in college and after reading various materials. I am neither a professional nor expert, but a student who has great passion for the language. Anyone can open a discussion in the issue section, or a pull request in case something should be modified or added. If you consider my work valuable, a donation is much appreciated.

Table of Contents

• What is LaTeX?
• Why use LaTeX?
• Set up for LaTeX
• First LaTeX file
• A deeper look
• Multilingual usage
• Lists
• Paragraph and section
• Making a table of contents
• Footnotes
• What is a package?
• Table
• Adding images
• Insert code into LaTeX
• Multiple files in LaTeX
• Additional Tools

What is LaTeX?

LaTeX, which is pronounced «Lah-tech» or «Lay-tech» (to rhyme with «blech»), is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing.

Why use LaTeX?

• LaTeX is free, multiplatform.
• LaTeX is just a text document (which can be opened by any text editor), readily converted to PDF.
• LaTeX separates content and style. Style once, then focus on content.
• The workflow is faster compared to MS Word.
• LaTeX is widely used for scientific topics.
• LaTeX is simply the best option when it comes to typesetting math expressions.

LaTeX doesn't come without drawbacks, but is still worth learning.

Set up for LaTeX

You will need the following things:

1. LaTeX Distribution. I am using MiKTeX for Windows.
2. LaTeX Editor. I am using TeXMaker for easy editing, although any text editor can create or change a LaTeX file.
3. PDF viewer. (optional) Any PDF viewer out there is fine. This is for viewing your result.

In addition, you need to choose a compiler. The default compiler of most editors is pdfLaTeX, but if you need support for Unicode or TTF/OTF fonts from your system, use LuaLaTeX.

Or you can choose a simple online solution like ShareLaTeX. Please look at Additional Tools for a wider variety of choices.

First LaTeX file

Let's do the traditional Hello World in LaTeX. If you have installed TexMaker, first create a new file with ending .tex. Then type in the following code below to render "Hello World!" and run "quick build". For other LaTeX editors, it should also be easy to follow the same procedure.

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\begin{document}

Hello World !  % This is your content

\end{document}

It should look like this in TexMaker:

A deeper look