INTRODUCTION TO L^ATEX
AND SCIENTIFIC WORKPLACE

Read the workshop announcement.

Handouts and sample TEX files

• "L^ATEX with Tears." Presentation slides by Robert McDonald.

  The same presentation is available as:

  • Two slides per page format
  • Postscript
  • Download the TEX file

  The sample files can also be downloaded:

  • Sample file created in MikTEX, test1.tex
  • Same sample created in Scientific WorkPlace, test2.tex
  • Sample TEX document (graphtest.tex) with different graphic formats: Encapsulated postscript (EPS), windows meta file (WMF) and bitmap (BMP).
• Kooning, Ruud H. (2001). "A Comparison of Different L^ATEX Programs", Journal of Applied Econometrics, 16, pp. 81-92. A review article that compares Scientific WorkPlace, MiKTEX and pcTEX32.

Related pages in Research Computing:

• L^ATEX and TEX resources
• Scientific WorkPlace
• Text Editors

L^ATEX programs links

• MiKTEX
• pcTEX32
• Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific Word (MacKichan Software)