Quote From satchi:
hi and help
its satchi again
I have got proTexT and Jabref; I'm a bit confused, so this means I can get started, I dont have to get the texnicenter download, right? It is enough with just protext and jabref for windows?
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satchi
I think so :p Although that's not the programmes I use, from a quick google search it seems that proTexT contains everything you need (the Latex package plus something to view it in - I use winedt, which seems to be included as part of proTexT). And jabref is for your bibliography. I've only ever used bibtex, so can't say much about jabref.
I think that should be enough to get you started. If you have winedt as part of the proTexT package, you just need to open it up to start a new document. You need some preamble at the beginning, say
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
Document text here
\end{document}
Then you click the Latex button in the top panel. You'll be asked to save the document, then a black box appears and will run the programme. Any error messages will show up here. If all's ok, the box will disappear, and you then click the dvi button - the magnifying glass under the Latex button, and you should see your document.
To create a pdf, you click the pdflatex rather than the latex button, and then the red kind of triangle adobe symbol under the pdf latex button to see the document. You can also do all of this from the accessories menu.
I'll stop rambling - hope this makes some sort of sense, although if you're not using winedt, then just ignore what I've said! Two useful things:
- Clicking the capital Greek sigma button gives a nice set of shortcuts for all sorts of symbols, useful in equations and so on
- If you're using bibtex (and I presume the same will hold for jabref), you need to save the bibtex/jabref file in the same folder as your Latex file, otherwise Latex won't be able to find it.
Hope all goes well! :-)
