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Installing Tools for LaTexing 23 April 2013

Dive into the essentials for setting up LaTeX to enhance your scholarly writing experience. This guide covers the tools you need, including a LaTeX distribution, user-friendly writing environments like TeXstudio, Java Runtime Environment, and various reference managers such as Jabref and Mendeley. Learn to install vital components like PostScript interpreters and viewers. With a curated collection of resources, including figure drawing software, you’ll have everything you need to get started with LaTeX seamlessly. Visit my blog for more details and resources.

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Installing Tools for LaTexing 23 April 2013

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  1. Installing Tools for LaTexing23April 2013 SaeidAbolfazli, Faculty of Computer Science and IT, University Malaya Malaysia. Email: Abolfazli.s@gmail.com www.mobilecloudfamily.com http://www.mobilecloudfamily.com/blog

  2. What FREEtools and programs do we need to start? • Tex Implementation including its executable Files, Styles, and Packages which is called LaTeX distribution. • A user-friendly writing environment (similar to the Microsoft Word) • Java Runtime Environment • A Reference Editor (Like Endnote) • A PS (PostScript) interpreter • A PS and Pdf viewer • A Figure Drawing Tool (Like Office Tools) • A Formula Writing Tool • I have created a section in my LaTeX Blog to collect all tools very conveniently. Please log on to www.mobilecloudfamily.com/latex Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  3. Java Runtime Environment • Install JRE from the Java Portal. Just Search Java Runtime in Google and download the file matching with your OS or follow the link http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  4. Tex Implementation(Files, styles, …) Tex Implementation or distribution • It is recommend to use: • 2.9 • The file size is more than 1 GB (but it has many good things). • The latest release is 2.9 as of now. Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  5. Writing Environment or Editor • Now you can prepare and run a Tex manually, but is very hectic job. You need a graphical user interface to do the job easier. • Among all options, I personally do like TexStudio. The current version is 2.5.2 Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  6. BibTex Reference Manager • Jabref is a reference management software for formatting lists of references • Mendeley is another free reference manager that I prefer. Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  7. Post Script Interpreter • PostScript (PS) is a computer language for creating Vector graphics. • Vector graphics is the use of points, lines, curves and shapes based on mathematical expressions to represent images. • LaTeX uses vector graphics for higher quality • JPEG is a bitmap file and so has low quality • More information can be found at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/understanding-vector-graphics-and-bitmap-images-HA001154903.aspx • You can install Ghost-script from its portal Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  8. Post Script Viewer • Install the postscript viewer from • There are quiet a lot of PS viewer, but I prefer Sumatra which is open source and free. You can download from my LaTex Blog or source forge • You can download from my website or the Sumatra page in Source force website Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  9. Open Office: Figure Drawing Tool • One of the simplest free tools to draw simple and easy figures is OpenOffice. • It may looks abit ugly, but it can help you. • OpenOffice is the product of Apache. • The latest version is 3.4.1 • The file size is 145 MB. Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

  10. Congratulations…. You are ready to do Texing Prepare Scholarly Articles Using LATEX - By Saeid Abolfazli

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