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
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- Download Complete Package
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- Installation Guide
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MAC
- Download Complete Package
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- Text Editor + Compiler - MacTeX
- Other Text Editors (Optional)
LINUX
- Download Complete Package