Guide to LaΤΕΧ2ε: Document Preparation for Beginners and Advanced Users

by Helmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly

Kopka and Daly provide a highly accessible tutorial for users new to LaTeX. Fully revised to cover the latest version of LaTeX, this second edition presents a thorough explanation of the internals of the system. LaTeX commands not available within the earlier version of LaTeX are highlighted, making the book useful for users still working with the earlier release.

Genres: Reference, Programming, Computers, Nonfiction, Computer Science, Writing, Technical

554 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 1992

Reviews

[Waqar Saleem · Rating 4 out of 5]

While excellent online resources make any printed, non-free guide to Latex such as this book quite obsolete, I must say that it was through this book that I first came to grips with Latex. That being said, this book is by no means a beginners book only. Having now used Latex for more than 2 years, I have often found myself returning to this book as a reference whenever I require some advanced functionality, e.g nested tables, figure placement, that I could not easily find documentation on over the Internet.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a one stop reference for Latex. It will help you up through your Latex infancy and prove a worthy companion as your expertise grows.

[Ira Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a must have for anybody who does LaTeX type setting for any purpose. While most (all?) of the information is available online, having it all in one compact and mobile tome is worth every penny this book costs.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was a programmer writing papers in college and wanting to use my Linux machine for everything, so I learned LaTeX -- the results were always beautifully typeset, and this book taught me everything I needed to know. The print copy of my resume is still done in LaTeX.

[Nick Black · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can never find a damn thing in this book. I know precious little more LaTeX, it feels, having read it than I did before.

[Darin]

This book provides good, broad coverage of the features available in LaTeX. It can answer most of the questions that occur on a day-to-day basis when using LaTeX.

[Bruno Fernandes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good as a reference, not for learning.

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't help myself: I find I refer back to this book constantly. It covers nearly everything I've needed, very succinctly, with great examples.

[Dave Peticolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you ever have need to use the quirky document preparation program latex, this book is a good reference to have.