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\title{A not very Short Introduction to \LaTeXe} 
\author{Tobias Oetiker\\[1.5ex]
Hubert Partl\\ Irene Hyna\\ Elisabeth Schlegl} 
\date{Version~1.1\\ November 21, 1994}

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\noindent\LaTeX{}\cite{manual} is a typesetting system which is most suited to
producing scientific and mathematical documents of high typographical
quality. The system is also suitable for producing all sorts of other
documents, from simple letters to complete books.  \LaTeX{} uses
\TeX\cite{texbook} as its formatting engine.

This short introduction describes \LaTeXe{} and should be sufficient
for most applications of \LaTeX. For a complete description of the
\LaTeX{} system refer to~\cite{manual,companion}.

\LaTeX{} is available for most computers from the IBM PC upwards.
On many university computer networks the system is already installed,
ready to operate. Information on how to access the local \LaTeX{}
installation should be provided in the \guide. If you have problems
getting started, ask the person who gave you this booklet. The
scope of this document is \emph{not} to tell you how to install and
set up a \LaTeX{} system, but to teach you how to write your
documents so that they can be processed by~\LaTeX{}.

\vfill \noindent If you need to get hold of any \LaTeX{} related
material, have a look in one of the |CTAN| ftp archives. For the US it
is at |ftp.shsu.edu|, for Germany it is |ftp.dante.de| and for the UK
it is |ftp.tex.ac.uk|. If you are not in one of these countries,
choose the archive closest to you.
 
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