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| ==== What is LaTeX? ==== | ==== What is LaTeX? ==== |
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| {{balloon44.jpg}} LaTeX is a TeX macro package, originally written by Leslie Lamport, that provides a document processing system. LaTeX allows markup to describe the structure of a document, so that the user need not think about presentation. By using document classes and add-on packages, the same document can be produced in a variety of different layouts. | {{balloon44.jpg}} |
| | LaTeX is a TeX macro package, originally written by Leslie Lamport, that provides a document processing system. LaTeX allows markup to describe the structure of a document, so that the user need not think about presentation. By using document classes and add-on packages, the same document can be produced in a variety of different layouts. |
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| Lamport says that LaTeX "represents a balance between functionality and ease of use". This shows itself as a continual conflict that leads to the need for such things as FAQs: LaTeX can meet most user requirements, but finding out how is often tricky. | Lamport says that LaTeX "represents a balance between functionality and ease of use". This shows itself as a continual conflict that leads to the need for such things as FAQs: LaTeX can meet most user requirements, but finding out how is often tricky. |
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