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How to learn LaTeX

To learn LaTeX, you can read this chapter and/or read the LaTeX Manual. This section provides fundamental information to get you started using LaTeX and acquaint you with LaTeX's capabilities. The LaTeX Manual does an excellent job at giving more detailed help and more thorough examples. The LaTeX Manual is the comprehensive document describing LaTeX; it provides everything from basic information to specifics on setting up your own document formats.

The LaTeX Manual often refers to the TeX book. This is the book that describes TeX. This comprehensive book, written by Donald Knuth (as was TeX itself), is available Library.

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