LaTeX Related Questions
This is an collection of Answers to Frequently Asked Questions for
the UC Davis Math Dept.
How do I do TeX under OSX?
TeXShop is nice and can be found at http://math.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html
It is also possible to install TeTeX which is used from the
terminal window. It can be installed with fink which can
be found at http://fink.sourceforge.net
How do I generate a PDF version of a LaTeX document?
Use the latex command to generate a DVI file, then use dvipdf to convert
the DVI file into a PDF file.
example:
# latex file.tex
# dvipdf file.dvi file.pdf
or
# latex file.tex
# dvips -o file.ps file.dvi
# ps2pdf file.ps file.pdf
[Zachariah Johnson]
or
# pdflatex file.tex #usually produces more attractive fonts,
#allows doccument navigation to work, and
#URL's to work, and cut and paste.
[Bill Broadley]
How do I make TeX do ______ ?
The UCDavis Galois Group has written a great tutorial for using LaTeX
in the Math Department:
In addition, here are two LaTeX references on the web:
The Department of Mathematics sometimes has books available for short term loan.
However, if you're looking for a book to get you started, many faculty recommend books
written by Leslie Lamport. Lamport was the author of the original LaTeX package.
This book in particular is a good introduction:
LaTeX: A Document Preparation System (2nd Edition) by Leslie Lamport
ISBN: 0-201-52983-1
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
For more breadth and a better depth of references, consider the following:
Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition) by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly
ISBN: 0-321-17385-6
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
The LaTeX Companion, (2nd Edition)
by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams David Carlisle
and Chris Rowley
ISBN: 0-201-36299-6
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Where can I find the UCD letterhead in latex format?
The UCD letterhead is available in /opt/tex/ucdletter/ on our
main application servers.
Why does the PDF I made with ps2pdf or dvipdf look so blurry in Adobe Acroread?
Because Adobe Acrobat Reader does a bad job of displaying bitmaped Type3 fonts.
Solution: Force dvips to use Type1 fonts.
Example:
[52]zjohnson@point:~$ dvips -o talks.ps -Ppdf talks.dvi
[53]zjohnson@point:~$ ps2pdf talks.ps
[54]zjohnson@point:~$ acroread talks.pdf
[Zachariah Johnson]
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