LaTeX Resources

INTRODUCTION

LaTeX is pronounced as either 'lay-tech' or 'lah-tech'. It is used to generate high quality typesetting outputs (reports, articles, theses, research papers etc.) Usually a LaTeX package contains:

• Text Editor
• Used to write the text and the mark-up commands.
• Since LaTeX does not follow What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) like Microsoft Word, a text editor is required to make changes to the content of your document.

• Compiler
• Reads the text file, changes it into a format which computer understands and then generates a DIV (Device Independent) file.
• This DIV file could be directly viewed on a screen, printed or used to generate a PDF file.

DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION

The Text Editor and Compiler can be downloaded separately or together as a package for different OS(s) as follows,

WINDOWS

• Download Text Editor & Compiler separately
  

• Text Editor - TeXnic Center -   http://www.texniccenter.org/download/
• Compiler -       MikTeX   http://miktex.org/download
  

• Download Complete Package
  

• Text Editor + Compiler - ProText   https://www.tug.org/protext/
  

• Installation Guide
  

• MikTeX Installation Guide   
  

MAC

• Download Complete Package
  

• Text Editor + Compiler - MacTeX   http://www.tug.org/mactex/

• Other Text Editors (Optional)

• TeXnicle   https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39985/texnicle
• Aquamacs   http://aquamacs.org/

• Installation Guide

• MacTeX Installation Guide
  

 LINUX

• Download Complete Package

• Text Editor + Compiler - TeX Live  https://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html
  

• Installation Guide
  

• TeX Live Installation Guide