First Steps in LaTeX [Paperback]

George Grätzer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0817641327 | ISBN-13: 978-0817641320 | Publication Date: October 1, 1999 | Edition: 1

Written by one of the world's leading experts in TeX, this concise handbook is a truly accessible introduction for the novice. Presenting well-organized material, enriched by practical examples, the book introduces the principles of LaTeX in a user-friendly and systematic manner, making the subject fun and approachable. Many helpful features such as a formula gallery, sample files, templates, and a useful QuickFinder, make this book an indispensable tool for beginners and instructors of TeX.

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From the reviews: "The author lays a clear structure to guide the newcomer through the process of preparing a text with LaTeX…. Besides the comprehensive index at the end of the book, there is a useful Quick Finder at the beginning of the book; the reader can hardly get lost. The book fulfills the claim of the title…. With its clear structure and the well-organized index and quick finder [it] may also serve the more experienced TeXie as a reference." —Zentralblatt Math  "Fortunately, there are some excellent books for learning LaTeX. Grätzer’s book is one of these superb books. Readers who work through this book are likely to reuse it frequently as a reference while writing papers with mathematical content." —Journal of Mathematical Psychology “The book is very well organized, contains many practical examples and, undoubtedly, will become an indispensable tool for a novice who is in a hurry to write his first LaTeX paper.”—(REVUE D’ANALYSE NUMÉRIQUE ET DE THÉORIE DE L’APPROXIMATION)

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston; 1 edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817641327
• ISBN-13: 978-0817641320
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short, but concise,primer, October 7, 1999

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This review is from: First Steps in LaTeX (Paperback)

This rather inexpensive book is an excellent introduction to LaTeX and AMSLaTeX. While the author boasts that a friend of his typeset a mathematics article in one weekend with a copy of the book manuscript--a dubious claim that could not possibly be true except for the simplest of articles--it is still a nice first book on the macro language. In a lot of ways it is like "Learning LaTeX" and has similar coverage. I like that one too. If given the choice, I'd have to pick one of these two or Diller's book to start. Diller, though longer and more comprehensive, is just as easy to understand and may be the choice for the person with needs more ambitious than producing that weekend article.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book...get "Math into Latex" instead, October 26, 2005

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This review is from: First Steps in LaTeX (Paperback)

This is basically just a subset of Gratzer's larger book. Not to say this book isn't good, but it's worth spending a few extra dollars to get the complete book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Start, August 13, 2005

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This review is from: First Steps in LaTeX (Paperback)

I found LaTeX produces documents with a quality that is at least an order of magnitude greater than MS Word. This book gave me a fine start and helped in discovering that realization.