I want to write a paper in latex but I don't know how to write in latex

Question

I am a new user of latex tool. Up till now I have installed WinEdt for that. I want to write my own paper in Latex. Please Give me some suggestions where to start.

Answer 1

Written guides about getting started with LaTeX

Online ressources

there are a lot of "Getting-started-with-latex" guides and pages in the internet, e. g. you can have a look at http://latex-project.org/guides/ :

In the section "Contributed Documentation" there are 2 pdf guides for beginners:

• http://www.techscribe.co.uk/ta/latex-introduction.pdf and
• http://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf .

Good old paper

There are also lots of good books about LaTeX for beginners and advanced users and many of them are available in university libraries. Please have a look at this overview here:

• http://latex-project.org/guides/books.html

LaTeX courses for beginners

If you are a student, you could also see if your university offers LaTeX courses or if you find a more experienced user among your friends/colleagues who can help you.

LaTeX templates

You say you want to write a paper in LaTeX, so it might be a good idea to see if the publisher of the journal you're targeting already has a LaTeX template which you can use and which already contains the necessary formatting.

Other ressources

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