<a href="http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/latex/novices/">http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/latex/novices/</a><br><br>Is my guide of choice, and I've found it useful for everything from getting started to some more tricky bits and bobs.<br>
<br>Maybe it's of help to you.<br><br>HTH<br><br>^Tom<br><br><br>On Wednesday, 14 December 2011, Zoe Stephenson <<a href="mailto:zoe@daeghnao.com">zoe@daeghnao.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 03:46:48PM +0000, Harry Mills wrote:<br>
>> Knowing Zoe she may still have the slides...<br>><br>> I have many different sets of slides for LaTeX. However, I don't really<br>> have anything all that introductory. The stuff I recall from many years<br>
> ago was messing about with fonts.<br>><br>> I'm currently pondering taking a course that I helped with in the CS<br>> department and turning it into an 8-part introductory thing. It requires<br>> some decent time to put into it though, and other commitments have<br>
> gotten in the way.<br>><br>> The main trouble with learning LaTeX these days is that it's been around<br>> for nearly 30 years and a lot of stuff that you read about it is from<br>> the early days; getting hold of good recent information can be tricky if<br>
> you don't already know the landscape. Something to bear in mind if<br>> you're just starting out.<br>><br>> My personal recommendation is to grab a recentish copy of Kopka and<br>> Daly's book and go through that. Meanwhile, I'll see if I can find any<br>
> time at all to do things.<br>><br>> --<br>> -- zoe<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> York mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:York@lists.lug.org.uk">York@lists.lug.org.uk</a><br>
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