Popular book shows you how to begin using LaTeX to create high quality documents. They go beyond the core installation to describe the key contributed packages that have become essential to LaTeX processing. Inside, you'll find: Complete coverage of LaTeX fundamentals, including how to enter text, symbols, and mathematics, how to produce lists and tables; how to incorporate graphics and colors, and how to organize and customize documents Discussions concepts more advanced such as bibliographies and BibTeX database, math extensions with AMS-LaTeX, drawing, slides, and letters Helpful attachments in the installation, an error message, create packages, using LaTeX with HTML and XML, and fonts An extensive alphabetical list of commands and use them New in this edition: More emphasis on LaTeX as a markup language that separates content and form - consistent with the essence of XML Detail discussion contribution package together topics that are relevant standard-depth information on PDF output, including extensive coverage of how to use the hyperref package to create links, bookmarks, and buttons active As did the three best-selling editions that preceded it, Guide to LaTeX, Fourth Edition, will prove indispensable for anyone who wants to get the benefits of LaTeX. CD-ROM that accompanies is part of the TeX Live set distributed by TeX User Groups, containing a full LaTeX installation for Windows, MacOSX, and Linux, as well as many extensions, including those discussed in this book. 0321173856B10162003