[texhax] LaTeX Student

[Axel E. Retif]

On  29 Aug, 2008, at 02:50, Kazuo Yamazaki wrote:

> Dear TUG:
>
> My name is Kazuo Yamazaki. I am a math student at Stanford  
> University. I am a typical math student type who has dove into more  
> theoretical side of studies and spent most of my days on blackboard  
> rather than on computer. Consequently, I have had much trouble  
> understanding how to use LaTeX. I really want to understand how to  
> use this program; I have recently written a research paper with a  
> professor and he prefers that I write the draft using LaTeX.

You're professor is quite right, and you won't regret learning LaTeX.  
Please download Prof. Grätzer's Short Course in

http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Math_into_LaTeX-4/

and start by reading Appendix A. You can say MiKTeX is both a  
distribution of TeX and friends (LaTeX, etc.) as well as the program  
that installs said distribution.

Then read ``The not so Short Introduction to LaTeX'':

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

Feel free to post your questions here ---this is a mailing list where  
users try to help other users.

And if you can join TUG, it would be great.


Best regards,

Axel