An Introductory Course to “Beautiful Book Typesetting by LaTex : a Step to Structured Editing” Software Setup “ LaTex

An Introductory Course to “Beautiful Book Typesetting by LaTex: a Step to Structured Editing” Software Setup “LaTex under Windows” AshrafAboshosha www.icgst.com, www.icgst-amc.com, www.icgst-fze.com editor@icgst.com Tel.: 0020-12-1804952

Compiler Setup (Miktex) 2 PS Viewer Setup (Ghostscript, GSview) General (Introduction, ….) 3 1 Free editors and TNC Setup Documents and resources 6 4 Other software packages 5 Talk Overview

Introduction • LaTeX is a document typesetting system for high-quality manuscripts. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents (theses, books, technical reports etc.) but it can be used for almost any form of publishing. • LaTeX is not a word processor! Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the right content.

History • Late 1970s -> 1989: TeX by Don Knuth • Decent typesetting by the authors! • Same output now as in the future • Low level, but powerful • Frozen development • Starting early 1980s: LaTeX by Leslie Lamport • High level language (macros, really) for TeX • Easy to use! • Current version is Latex2e

What is LaTeX • How to pronounce LaTeX? (Lah-tek, or Lay-tek) • A typesetting program, not a word-processor • Macros of TeX (Donald E. Knuth) • Current version LaTeX2 • Designed for producing beautiful books, theses, papers, articles... • Standard for writing academic papers

LaTeX Vs. Word • Professional result • Cross Platform, version independent • Pre-set standard formats (for paper, thesis…) • Automated Bibliography management • Fast, professional math equations typesetting • Free available • Automated Indices and counters • Never crash, never lose your file • Can compile very big books (unless your document is more than 70,000 pages!)

Disadvantages • You need other software for pictures • Spelling/grammar checking is not as convenient as those in MS Word • Not a WYSIWYG (truetype) • Remember some commands • Not straightforward for creating complex tables • Not integrated with other MS Office products

LaTex Environment Compiler Viewer Editor LaTex

LaTexrequired software • Compiler: Miktex • Viewers: Ghostscript, Ghostview, pdf reader • Editor: TeXnicCenter • PDF Editor: Adobe professional (optional) • Image editor: Photoshop/Corel Draw/Open Office(optional) • Please, keep the order of the setup as above

Software Setup • Setup Miktex (http://miktex.org) • Setup Ghostscript (http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public) • Setup Ghostview (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get49.htm) • Setup pdf reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/reader) • SetupTeXnicCenter (http://www.texniccenter.org) • PDF Editor Adobe professional • Image editor Photoshop/Corel Draw • The software should be compatible with the operating system

Software Setup The software should be compatible with the operating system • Windows Version • Click the Start button , type winver in the search box, and then press Enter. • Earlier version of Windows, click Start, click Run, type winver, and then press Enter.

Software Setup The software should be compatible with the operating system To determine whether a computer is running a 32-bit version or 64-bit version of the Windows operating system go to Control Panel, system

Miktex Setup It is available for free under: http://miktex.org/ This guide show the setup of versions 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 More information is available under: http://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/ctan/systems/win32/miktex/doc/2.9/miktex.pdf Setup step 1

Miktex Setup It is available for free under: http://miktex.org/ This guide show the setup of version 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 Setup step 2

Ghostscript Setup It is available for free under: http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/

Ghostview Setup It is available for free under: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get49.htm

LaTex Editors Free Editors

LaTex Editors LyX: LyX is a document processor that combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX with the ease of use of a graphical interface.

LaTex Editors Texmaker is a free, modern and cross-platform LaTeX editor for linux, macosx and windows systems that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.

LaTex Editors WinShell is a free multilingual integrated development environment (IDE) for LaTeX and TeX. The program includes a text editor, syntax highlighting, project management, spell checking, a table wizard, BibTeX support, Unicode support, different toolbars and user configuration options.

LaTex Editors The TeXworks project is an effort to build a simple TeX front-end program (working environment) that will be available for all today’s major desktop operating systems—in particular, MS Windows (XP/Vista/7), typical GNU/Linux distros and other X11-based systems, as well as Mac OS X.

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ TeXnicCenter Setup Step 1

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ TeXnicCenter Configuration Notes

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ Define the directory of MikTex exe files Generally we can find them under: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\...

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ Define the directory of GSViewer (PS Viewer)

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ Define the directory of Adobe reader (pdf Viewer)

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ Confirmation that the compiler and viewer assigned successfully

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ Select pdf Viewer

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ Select PS viewer

TeXnicCenter It is available for free under: http://www.texniccenter.org/ Adjust paper size A4 (dvips.exe -t a4)

LyX Setup

An Introductory Course to “Beautiful Book Typesetting by LaTex : a Step to Structured Editing” Software Setup “ LaTex