[texhax] HELP - packages

[Axel E. Retif]

On Aug 20, 2008, at 17:06, Lilian Teixeira wrote:

> Hi,
> I am sorry if seem so stupid, but I used Latex only once and I can  
> not remember how to get those packages, such as:
> \usepackage{a4wide}
> \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
> \usepackage[portuges]{babel}
>
> I am totally lost.

Please remember that even the most advanced LaTeX users started as  
complete newbies.

First, you need a TeX & friends distribution, like TeXLive, MacTeX or  
MikTeX: see in http://www.tug.org/ the software section as well as  
``Gettiing started''.

See also The not so Short Introduction to LaTeX (in various languages):

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/

If you already have a TeX et al. distro, then

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\usepackage[portuges]{babel}
\begin{document}

<Your text>

\end{document}

Best,

Axel