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diff --git a/Latex/Latex2/latex_intro_script.rst b/Latex/Latex2/latex_intro_script.rst index e9ca8c3..67a4eaf 100644 --- a/Latex/Latex2/latex_intro_script.rst +++ b/Latex/Latex2/latex_intro_script.rst @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Internal Reviewer : Kiran Isukapatla < kiran [at] fossee [dot] in > External Reviewer : Langauge Reviewer : - Checklist OK? : <put date stamp here, if OK> + Checklist OK? : 25-Feb-2012 Script ------ @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ team along with the logo of MHRD }}} .. R1 -Hello Friends and welcome to the tutorial on introduction to LaTeX. +Hello Friends and welcome to the tutorial on 'Introduction to LaTeX'. .. L2 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ At the end of this tutorial, you will #. Know why we prefer LaTeX? #. Know the advantages and disadvantages of typesetting documents using the LaTeX approach. -#. Have a description, of a typical work flow; which uses LaTeX to typeset +#. Have a description of a typical work flow; which uses LaTeX to typeset documents. #. Recognize and differentiate between LaTeX commands, LaTeX comments and special characters, spacing and actual document content. @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ At the end of this tutorial, you will .. R3 Before beginning this tutorial, we would suggest having a working installation of -LaTeX on your computer. You can do this by completing the tutorial titled +LaTeX on your computer. You can do this by completing the tutorial on "Installing LaTeX". .. L4 @@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ LaTeX began as TeX, a computer program originally created by Donald E. Knuth. Its was designed mainly to aid typesetting of text and mathematical formulae. -LaTeX is a typesetting program that produces excellently typeset documents. +It is a typesetting program that produces excellently typeset documents. Typesetting is placing text onto a page with all the style formatting defined, -so that content looks as intended. It is extensively used for producing high +so that the content looks as intended. It is extensively used for producing high quality scientific and mathematical documents. It may also be used for producing other kinds of documents, ranging from simple one page articles to complete books. @@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ technology. .. R5 -Below are some of the reasons we prefer LaTeX +Why we prefer LaTeX? (a) LaTeX offers excellent visual quality. -(b) It handles typesetting and lets you focus on content. -(c) Its makes writing complex math equation extremely simple. +(b) Handles typesetting and lets you focus on content. +(c) Makes writing complex math equation extremely simple. (d) It is also a standard used widely, especially by the scientific community. .. L6 @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ The resultant PDF files can be viewed using standard tools on most platforms .. R10 LaTeX, like most utilities in Linux, LaTeX is case sensitive. Commands begin -with a backslash.LaTeX environments have a begin and end marker. The begin and +with a backslash. LaTeX environments have a begin and end marker. The begin and end document commands, mark the beginning and the end of the content of the LaTeX document. The text in between the begin and end commands is typeset in the output document.Any content after \end{document} is ignored. The type of @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ are treated as a single space. .. R12 -Now, we try to create a simple LaTeX document. Pause the tutorial and type the +Now, try to create a simple LaTeX document. Pause the tutorial and type the content shown on the screen in a text editor. Save the file as temp.tex .. L13 @@ -296,11 +296,9 @@ same. And the answers, -1. We can use the following command to convert temp.dvi to temp_1.ps -dvips -o temp_1.ps temp.dvi +1. dvips -o temp_1.ps temp.dvi -2. We can use the following command to convert temp.dvi to temp_1.pdf -dvipdfm -o temp_1.pdf temp.dvi +2. dvipdfm -o temp_1.pdf temp.dvi .. L18 |