LaTeX Related Information

<H1>LaTeX Related Information</H1> This page provides links to tutorials and other information relating to LaTeX, a format of the TeX typesetting language. Some of the external links may also include information about other TeX formats. If you have any comments or suggestions relating to this page, you are welcome to <A HREF="../contact-noframes.html" >contact me</A>, but please don't send me general TeX/LaTeX queries, instead try the links in the <A HREF="#problems">troubleshooting section</A>. Please note that I am not responsible for any pages whose URL does not start with <A HREF="http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/" >http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/</A>. <H2>Contents</H2><UL> <LI><A HREF="#tutorials">Tutorials on this site</A> <LI><A HREF="#articles">Other articles on this site</A> <LI><A HREF="#offsitearticles">Other LaTeX related articles by me not on this site</A> <LI><A HREF="#packages">Class files and packages on this site</A> <LI><A HREF="#ltxapps">LaTeX related applications on this site</A> <LI><A HREF="#links">Useful resources</A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#info">General information</A> <LI><A HREF="#latexbooks">LaTeX Books</A> <LI><A HREF="#install">Installation guides</A> <LI><A HREF="#guides">General guides</A> <LI><A HREF="#pdf">Creating PDF documents</A> <LI><A HREF="#presentations">Presentations</A> <LI><A HREF="#otherapps">Using LaTeX with other applications</A> <LI><A HREF="#graphics">Graphics</A> <LI><A HREF="#access">Accessibility</A> <LI><A HREF="#problems">Troubleshooting</A> <LI><A HREF="#publishing">Publishing</A> <LI><A HREF="#otherlinks">Other useful links</A> </UL> </UL> <H2><A NAME="tutorials">Tutorials on this site</A></H2> <UL> <LI> <EM>LaTeX for Complete Novices.</EM> Nicola L. C. Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. Version 1.3, 15 Jan 2008. <P> This tutorial covers the very basics with exercises along the way to get you started. It also provides links to related topics in the <A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes" >List of Frequently Asked Questions</A>. The HTML version uses bitmaps to display sample output. (All bitmaps have alternative text or are linked to a page describing them in more detail.) If you have problems viewing bitmaps, you may find it easier to download one of the PDF versions instead. If you are partially sighted, you may find the <A HREF="novices/novices_scr.pdf" >on-line viewing PDF</A> easier to read. (It looks best in full screen mode, if your PDF viewer has that function). <UL> <LI> <A HREF="novices/novices.html" >HTML</A> version. (Designed for accessibility and browser independence. Download one of the PDF versions if you prefer a more aesthetically pleasing document.) <LI> <A HREF="novices/novices_a4.pdf" >A4 PDF</A> version. <LI> <A HREF="novices/novices_scr.pdf" >on-line viewing PDF</A> version. <LI> <A HREF="novices/exercises/index.html" >Solutions</A> to the exercises. <LI> <A HREF="novices/novices1_2.zip">Source code</A> (2.1M zip archive) </UL> <P> <LI> <EM>Using LaTeX to Write a PhD Thesis.</EM> Nicola L. C. Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. Version 1.2, 6 November 2007. <P> This document is aimed at PhD students who want to use LaTeX to typeset their PhD thesis. It assumes some familiarity with LaTeX. (See also <A HREF="lms/index.html" >Writing a Thesis in LaTeX: hints, tips and advice</A>.) <UL> <LI><A HREF="thesis/thesis.html" >HTML</A> version. <LI><A HREF="thesis/thesis_a4.pdf" >A4 PDF</A> version. <LI><A HREF="thesis/thesis_screen.pdf" >on-line viewing PDF</A> version. <LI><A HREF="thesis/examples/index.html" >Examples</A> <LI>Source: <A HREF="thesis/thesis.tar.gz">thesis.tar.gz</A> or <A HREF="thesis/thesis.zip">thesis.zip</A> </UL> <P> The previous version of this tutorial was translated into Vietnamese by Thái Phú Khánh Hòa and is available in PDF either formatted in <A HREF="thesis_viet/thesis_a4.pdf" >A4</A> or for <A HREF="thesis_viet/thesis_screen.pdf" >on-line viewing</A>. Note that some information in that version is now out-of-date. <LI> <EM>LaTeX for Administrative Work.</EM> Nicola L. C. Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. 11 Sept 2004. <P> This document is aimed at lecturers and administrative support staff who need to use LaTeX to typeset exam papers, assignments, correspondence etc. It assumes some familiarity with LaTeX. <UL> <LI> <A HREF="admin/admin.html" >HTML</A> version. <LI> <A HREF="admin/admin_a4.pdf" >A4 PDF</A> version. <LI> <A HREF="admin/admin_scr.pdf" >on-line viewing PDF</A> version. <LI> <A HREF="admin/admin.tar.gz">Source code</A> (tar.gz archive) </UL> <P> <LI> <EM>Creating a PDF Document using PDFLaTeX.</EM> Nicola L. C. Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. 17 July 2004. <P> This is a brief introduction to PDFLaTeX. <UL> <LI> <A HREF="pdfdoc/pdfdoc/pdfdoc.html" >HTML</A> version <LI> <A HREF="pdfdoc/pdfdoc-a4.pdf" >A4 PDF</A> version <LI> <A HREF="pdfdoc/pdfdoc-screen.pdf" >on-line viewing PDF</A> version </UL> <P> <LI> <EM>Converting LaTeX .sty Style Files to LaTeX2HTML .perl Style Files.</EM> Nicola L. C. Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. 9 June 2004. <P> This document describes how to create LaTeX2HTML style files. It assumes a familiarity with both LaTeX and Perl. <UL> <LI> <A HREF="l2h/index.html" >HTML</A> version <LI> <A HREF="l2h/l2h.pdf" >PDF</A> version </UL> <P> <LI><EM>Creating Technical Posters with LaTeX.</EM> Nicola L. C. Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. 23 January 2007. <P> This document describes how to create posters using LaTeX and the flowfram package. (See also <A HREF="../jpgfdraw/manual-noframes/postertutorial.html" >JpgfDraw tutorials: a poster</A>.) <UL> <LI> <A HREF="posters/index.html" >HTML</A> version. <LI> <A HREF="posters/posters.pdf" >PDF</A> version. </UL> <P> <LI><EM>Creating a LaTeX minimal example.</EM> Nicola L. C. Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. 14 November 2008. <P> This document illustrates how to create a minimal (or minimum) example, which can be used as a debugging aid when you encounter errors in your LaTeX documents. <UL> <LI><A HREF="minexample/index.html" >HTML</A> version. <LI><A HREF="minexample/minexample.pdf" >PDF</A> version. </UL> </UL> Please note that some of the above tutorials were written several years ago to accompany my <A HREF="../teaching.html" >teaching</A> materials, and may therefore now be out of date. For a list of obsolete packages and commands, see Mark Trettin's <A HREF="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf" >l2tabu</A> (PDF) document available from <A HREF="http://www.ctan.org/" >CTAN</A>. <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="articles">Other articles on this site</A></H2> <UL> <LI><EM>Upgrading from the glossary to the glossaries package.</EM> Nicola Talbot. School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia. 14 January, 2009. <P> This document provides advice if you want to convert a LaTeX document from using the obsolete glossary package to the replacement glossaries package. <UL> <LI> <A HREF="packages/glossaries/glossary2glossaries.html" >HTML</A> version <LI> <A HREF="packages/glossaries/glossary2glossaries.pdf" >PDF</A> version </UL> <P> <LI><A HREF="csed/" >An Introduction to LaTeX.</A> (A short course briefly introducing LaTeX.) </UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="offsitearticles">Other LaTeX related articles by me not on this site</A></H2> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.latex-community.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=342%3Awriting-a-latex-class-file-to-produce-a-form&catid=54%3Alatex-document-classes&Itemid=112" >Writing a LaTeX Class File to Produce a Form</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.latex-community.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263:glossaries-nomenclature-lists-of-symbols-and-acronyms&catid=55:latex-general&Itemid=114" >Glossaries, Nomenclature, Lists of Symbols and Acronyms</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://tug.org/pracjourn/2007-4/talbot" >Teaching LaTeX for a staff development course</A> </UL> <HR> <H2><A NAME="packages">Class files and packages on this site</A></H2> You can download <A HREF="packages/index.html" >class files and packages</A> written by me from this site. Some of the packages are also available on <A HREF="http://www.ctan.org/" >CTAN</A>, but you can find the latest versions here. Class files and packages specific to UEA now have their own separate <A HREF="packages/uea.html" >page</A>. <P> If you have a bug report regarding one of my LaTeX packages, please check you are using the <A NAME="tex2html4" href="packages/index.html" >latest version</A> as it may have been fixed, and also check the <A NAME="tex2html5" href="packages/faq/faq.html" >list of frequently asked questions</A> and <A HREF="minexample/index.html" >creating a minimal example</A>. </p> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <HR> <P> </p><H2><A NAME="ltxapps">LaTeX related applications on this site</A></H2> I have written some <A HREF="apps/index.html" >LaTeX related free software</A>, that may be downloaded, but remember to read the relevant licence before installing. <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> </p> <HR> <H2><A NAME="links">Useful resources</A></H2> <H3><A NAME="info">General information</A></H3> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.tug.org/" >The TeX Users Group Web Site</A> </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.tug.org/begin.html" >Getting started with TeX, LaTeX, and Friends</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.tug.org/interest.html" >TeX Resources on the Web</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.latex-project.org/" >LaTeX - A document preparation system</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/" >The TeX Showcase</A> </li> <LI><A HREF="http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/%7Esmcpeak/latex/whatislatex.html" >What the heck is Latex?</A> <LI><A HREF="http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-3/walden-whatis/" >What is TeX?</A> <LI><A HREF="http://nitens.org/taraborelli/latex" >Dario Taraborelli: The beauty of LaTeX</A></li> <LI><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX" >LaTeX</A> entry from <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" >Wikipedia</A></li> <LI><A HREF="http://texblog.net/" >TeXblog - Typography with TeX and LaTeX</A></li> </UL> You can search for TeX/LaTeX packages on <A HREF="http://tug.ctan.org/" >CTAN</A> or, in the UK, <A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/" >The UK TeX Archive</A> is closer. If you know the name of the package, you can obtain information from the address <TT>http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/</TT><EM>package-name</EM> where <EM>package-name</EM> is the name of the package. For example, to find information on the glossaries package, go to <TT>http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/glossaries</TT>. If you don't know the exact name, you can browse <A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/brief.html" >The TeX OnLine Catalogue</A> or <A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html" >The TeX OnLine Catalogue Topic Index</A> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <H3><A NAME="latexbooks">LaTeX Books</A></H3> <UL> <LI> Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly. <EM>A Guide to LaTeX.</EM> Addison-Wesley. <LI> Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach and Alexander Samarin. <EM>The LaTeX Companion.</EM> Addison-Wesley. <LI> Leslie Lamport. <EM>LaTeX: a Document Preparation System.</EM> Addison-Wesley. <LI> Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz and Frank Mittelbach. <EM>The LaTeX Graphics Companion: Illustrating Documents with TeX and PostScript.</EM> Addison-Wesley. <LI>Michel Goossens and Sebastian Rahtz with Eitan Gurari, Ross Moore and Robert Sutor. <EM>The LaTeX Web Companion: Integrating TeX, HTML and XML.</EM> Addison-Wesley. </UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> </p><H3><A NAME="install">Installation guides</A></H3> <P> The easiest way of installing TeX is to install it from the TeX Live DVD which is distributed to members of <A HREF="http://www.tug.org/" >TUG</A>. However, TeX distributions can also be downloaded from the internet. <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire.html" >Obtaining TeX Live</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.tug.org/protext/" >proTeXt - MiKTeX-based distribution for Windows</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeNOj_Ulys8" >YouTube - MikTeX and TeXnicCenter Installation</A> </UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> </p><H3><A NAME="guides">General guides</A></H3> <P> </p><UL> <LI><A HREF="http://latex.silmaril.ie/veryshortguide/veryshortguide.pdf" >The very short guide to typesetting with LaTeX</A> (PDF)</li> <LI><A HREF="http://ctan.org/pkg/first-latex-doc" >Getting something out of LaTeX</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/latex/ltx-2.html" >NASA GISS: Help on LaTeX Commands</A> </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/LaTeX_intro.html" >Text Processing using LaTeX</A> </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/software/tex/amslatex.html" >AmS-LaTeX Version 1.0 User's Guide</A> </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/teaching_staff/Smith/LaTeX/" >LaTeX for Logicians</A> </li><LI> <A HREF="http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/external/clmt/latex4ling/" >LaTeX for Linguists</A> </li><LI> <A HREF="http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/%7Etoms/latex.html" >LaTeX style and BiBTeX Bibliography Formats for Molecular Biologists: TeX and LaTeX Resources</A> </li><LI> <A HREF="http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex/" >Getting to Grips with LaTeX</A> </li> <LI><A HREF="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX" >Wikibooks: LaTeX</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/comprehensive.html" >The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List</A> (Required reading for anyone who asks "how do I get the symbol for ...?")</li> <LI><A HREF="http://latex.silmaril.ie/sampler/fontsampler-a3.pdf" >Typefaces with TEX: a selection of those distributed with TEX Live 2008</A> (PDF) <LI><A HREF="http://tug.org/fonts/" >Fonts and TeX</A> <LI><A HREF="http://ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/survey.html" >A Survey of Free Math Fonts for TeX and LaTeX</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chroma.html" >Chroma: a reference book of LaTeX colours</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/clsguide.html" >Documentation of LaTeX class and package writing</A> </UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> </p><H3><A NAME="pdf">Creating PDF documents</A></H3> <P> </p><UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://chaos.fiz.uni-lj.si/~horvat/publishing/latex/general/latex2pdf.pdf" >How to Create PDF from LaTeX</A> (PDF document) </li><LI> <A HREF="http://www.math.uakron.edu/%7Edpstory/latx2pdf.html" >Using LaTeX to Create Quality PDF Documents for the World Wide Web</A> </li></UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> </p><H3><A NAME="presentations">Presentations</A></H3> <P> </p><UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.miwie.org/presentations/presentations.html" >Tools for Creating Screen or Online Presentations</A> </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/" >The LaTeX Beamer Class Home Page</A> </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://prosper.sourceforge.net/" >Prosper</A> </li></UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <H3><A NAME="otherapps">Using LaTeX with other applications</A></H3> <H4>Format conversions</H4> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/mn.html" >TeX4ht</A> Converts LaTeX and TeX to HTML (as well as other formats.) <LI> <A HREF="http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/" >TtH</A> Translates either plain TeX or LaTeX documents to HTML. <LI> <A HREF="http://www.latex2html.org/" >LaTeX2HTML</A> Converts LaTeX documents to HTML (Perl script.) <LI> <A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~maranget/hevea/" >Hevea</A> Converts LaTeX to HTML (written in Objective Caml.) <LI> <A HREF="http://latex2rtf.sourceforge.net/" >LaTeX2rtf</A> Converts (limited) LaTeX to RTF. <LI> <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdftohtml/" >pdftohtml</A> Converts PDF to HTML. </UL> <H4>Bibliography management</H4> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://jabref.sourceforge.net/" >JabRef</A> Java application <LI> <A HREF="http://refdb.sourceforge.net/" >RefDB</A> Light weight portable application which can run on a variety of platforms <LI> <A HREF="http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/kbibtex/" >KBibTeX</A> BibTeX editor for <A HREF="http://www.kde.org/" >KDE</A>. <LI> <A HREF="http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xbibfile.html" >xbibfile</A> written in C under Linux using the X Window System </UL> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <H3><A NAME="graphics">Graphics</A></H3> <H4>LaTeX graphics packages</H4> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgf/" >PGF/TikZ</A> (works with LaTeX and PDFLaTeX.) <LI> <A HREF="http://www.fauskes.net/pgftikzexamples/" >PGF/TikZ examples</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.nabble.com/pgf-users-f3583.html" >pgf-users forum</A> <LI><A HREF="http://tug.org/PSTricks/" >PSTricks</A> (works with LaTeX, but requires pdftricks package to work with PDFLaTeX.) <LI> <A HREF="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pstricks" >PSTricks mailing list</A> </UL> <H4>Graphics applications</H4> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/jpgfdraw/index-noframe.html" >Jpgfdraw</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://inkscape.org/" >Inkscape</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/" >Dia</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://tpx.sourceforge.net/" >TpX</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.xfig.org/" >xfig</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.das-gelbe-rechenbuch.de/Texcad32/index.html" >TeXCAD32</A> </UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> </p> <H3><A NAME="access">Accessibility</A></H3> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://brltex.sourceforge.net/" >BrlTex</A> Open source LaTeX to braille translator. <LI><A HREF="http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/laspeak/" >LaSpeak: LaTeX conversion to XML-based speech</A> <LI><A HREF="http://latex-access.sourceforge.net/" >latex-access</A> Realtime translation of a line of LaTeX into braille. <LI><A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/accsupp.html" >accsupp package</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindmath_nfbnet.org" >Blindmath</A> This newsgroup isn't specifically TeX-related, but there are TeX users on this list who may be able to help with related TeX queries. <LI><A HREF="http://dots.physics.orst.edu/csun94.html" >Accessibility to Scientific Information by the Blind</A> <LI><A HREF="http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/aster/aster-toplevel.html" >Mathematics For Computer Generated Spoken Documents</A> (T.V Raman's Audio System for Technical Readings) </UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <H3><A NAME="problems">Troubleshooting</A></H3> <P> If you want to post a query to any <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup" >newsgroup</A>, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_(internet)" >forum</A> or <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_mailing_list" >mailing list</A>, make sure you first read <A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=askquestion" >How to ask a question</A>. Remember that you're more likely to get a prompt response if you provide a <A HREF="minexample/index.html" >minimal example</A>. </p><UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes" >TeX Frequently Asked Questions</A> Got a query about TeX/LaTeX? This is the first place to go! </li> <LI> <A HREF="news:comp.text.tex" >comp.text.tex</A> newsgroup. (Make sure you search the <A HREF="http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.text.tex" >archives</A> before asking a question to see if anyone else has already asked it.) If English isn't your first language, there's also <A HREF="http://groups.google.co.uk/group/fr.comp.text.tex" >fr.comp.text.tex</A>, <A HREF="http://groups.google.co.uk/group/hun.comp.text.tex" >hun.comp.text.tex</A> and <A HREF="http://groups.google.co.uk/group/de.comp.text.tex" >de.comp.text.tex</A>. </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax" >texhax</A> mailing list. (Remember to search the <A HREF="http://tug.org/pipermail/texhax/" >texhax archives</A>.) </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex" >pdftex</A> mailing list. (Remember to search the <A HREF="http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/pdftex/" >pdftex archives</A>.) <LI> There are various other <A HREF="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo" >TUG mailing lists</A> in addition to the texhax and pdftex mailing lists. <LI><A HREF="http://www.latex-community.org/" >LaTeX Community</A> A forum for LaTeX users covering various topics. <LI> <A HREF="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex" >MacOSX-TeX Mailing List</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.toolscenter.org/18.html" >TeXnicCenter FAQ</A> </li><LI> <A HREF="http://www.winedt.org/Doc/FAQ/" >WinEdt FAQ</A> </li><LI> <A HREF="http://docs.miktex.org/faq/" >MiKTeX FAQ</A> </li> </UL> Some of the big packages (for example <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgf/" >pgf/tikz</A>) also have their own mailing lists or forums. If you look up the package in the <A HREF="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/brief.html" >TeX Catalogue</A>, it will provide a link to the package's home page, if one exists. (However most packages don't have one.) <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <H3><A NAME="publishing">Publishing</A></H3> LaTeX is great at producing good quality documents, but a well typeset document isn't a guarantee that you will have instant success in publishing it. If you are thinking of publishing, be aware of the pitfalls. <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2007-1/walden/" >Travels in TeX Land: The post-typesetting phase of producing a book</A> In this article from <A HREF="http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/index.html" >The PracTeX Journal</A>, Dave Walden provides some useful advice on what to do once you have typeset your book and are thinking about publishing it. See also Dave Walden's <A HREF="http://www.walden-family.com/public/notes-on-self-publishing.pdf" >Notes on Self-publishing</A>. <LI> <A HREF="http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Self-Publishing/" >Self Publishing Group</A> A forum for self-publishers. <LI><A HREF="http://www.spannet.org/" >Self Publishing and Independent Publishing Trade Association</A> In particular, read their <A HREF="http://www.spannet.org/Faq.htm" >FAQ</A>. <LI> If you're trying to submit a manuscript to a publisher or literary agent, remember that most publishers and agents require manuscripts in a certain format. This format usually includes double-spacing, single-sided, single spaces between sentences (<CODE>\frenchspacing</CODE>), ragged right and wide margins so you'll need to convert your nicely typeset document into something that looks like it's been created on a typewriter. The <A HREF="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/sffms" >sffms</A> class file is a good place to start. See also <A HREF="http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/" >Preditors and Editors</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sfwa.org/beware/" >Writer Beware</A>. <P> Books: <UL> <LI> Renni Browne and Dave King. <EM>Self-Editing for Fiction Writes: How to Edit Yourself into Print.</EM> Collins 2004. <LI> Sandra Newman and Howard Mittelmark. <EM>How Not To Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to Avoid at all Costs if You Ever Want to Get Published.</EM> Penguin 2009. <LI> Pat Walsh. <EM>78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never be Published and 14 Reasons Why it Just Might.</EM> Penguin 2005. </UL> </UL> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> <H3><A NAME="otherlinks">Other useful links</A></H3> <P> </p> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.mathtran.org/" >MathTran</A> This is for all those who want to put high quality mathematical bitmaps on their webpages. <LI><A HREF="http://manas.tungare.name/software/isbn-to-bibtex/" >ISBN to BibTeX Converter</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html" >MS-Word is <EM>Not</EM> a document exchange format</A> This is a must-read for those people who <EM>insist</EM> on sending word document attachments or putting only word documents on their websites ;-) </li> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" >We Can Put an End to Word Attachments</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/" >Donald Knuth's Home Page</A> This should really be the first link! </UL> <P> <A HREF="#top">Top</A> </p> <HR> <ADDRESS><A HREF="http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/" >Nicola L. 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