
    A not very Short Introduction to LaTeX  (59 Pages) V1.1
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    by Tobias Oetiker 22/11/1994 <oetiker@dmu.ac.uk>
    
    If you want to learn how to write your documents with LaTeX,
    this introduction is for you. It is not about setting up a
    LaTeX system. While it is not as comprehensive as Lamport's book,   
    it should be sufficient in most cases.

    To print the document, there are several possibilities:

    a) Copy one of the ps files to your printer. There is a version
       for 300 dpi printers (lshort2e_300.ps) and one for 600 dpi  
       printers (lshort2e_600.ps)

    b) Print the lshort2e.dvi file with a dvi-driver. (You need to 
       have the AMS math fonts installed your system. If you don't
       your dvi-driver will complain.)

    c) Rebuild the whole document from scratch by LaTeXing
       lshort2e.tex. (If you don't have the AMS fonts installed, the
       relevant parts of the document will be left out, but it
       will format without problem. If you want the AMS stuff printed, 
       make sure that the files eufrak.sty  and euscript.sty from 
       the mfnfss bundle get removed. The proper versions are supplied 
       with the AMS 1.2 Package.) 
       
       If you just reformat with the twoside option, you can use the
       lshort2e.idx file supplied.  Otherwhise you should run makeindex
       (makeidx) before the third LaTeX run. In total you will need four
       runs to rebuild from scratch.

    The preformatted versions of the document are set for single sided 
    printing on A4 paper. If you want a double sided version, you need
    to add  "twoside" to the parameters of the \documentclass command in
    lshort2e.tex. To produce a small booklet (A5) , I suggest using
    the dvi-driver to shrink the output and the using pstops to paste 
    the resulting pages together in the right order.

    To produce a A5 Booklet, I recommend the following procedure, 
    on the twoside reformated lshort2e.dvi:

    *) dvips -x800 -P?? -olshort2e.ps lshort2e.dvi
       (?? is the name of the printer you want to print the booklet)

    *) pstops "4:-3L(27.8cm,-1.5cm)+0L(27.8cm,13.3cm)" lshort2e.ps p1.ps
       (p1.ps now contains the front pages)
 
    *) pstops "4:1L(27.8cm,-1.5cm)+-2L(27.8cm,13.3cm)" lshort2e.ps p2.ps 
       (p2.ps contains the back pages)


    Good luck
    tobi
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