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<head><title>Overview of LaTeX and Local Guide</title></head>
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<h1>Overview of LaTeX and Local Guide</h1>
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The LaTeX command typesets a file of text using the TeX program and the
LaTeX Macro package for TeX. To be more specific, it processes an input
file containing the text of a document with interspersed commands that
describe how the text should be formatted. It produces at least three
files as output:
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A "Device Independent", or <TT>`.dvi'</TT> file. This contains commands that
can be translated into commands for a variety of output devices. You
can view the output of LaTeX by using a program such as <CODE>xdvi</CODE>,
which actually uses the <TT>`.dvi'</TT> file.
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A "transcript" or <TT>`.log'</TT> file that contains summary information and
diagnostic messages for any errors discovered in the input file.
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An "auxiliary" or <TT>`.aux'</TT> file. This is used by LaTeX itself, for
things such as sectioning.
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For a description of what goes on inside TeX, you should consult
<CITE>The TeXbook</CITE> by Donald E. Knuth, ISBN 0-201-13448-9, published
jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company.
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For a description of LaTeX, you should consult:
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<CITE>LaTeX: A Document Preparation System</CITE>, by Leslie Lamport,
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2nd edition, 1994.
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<CITE>The LaTeX Companion</CITE>, by Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, and
Alexander Samarin, Addison-Wesley, 1994.
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