Latex Online Help

1. Access the lecture notes from previous MathNet seminars (in PostScript format):
   • Introduction to Latex, I
     • The LaTeX source of an article
     • The PostScript version
   • Introduction to Latex, II
   • Importing Graphics in LaTeX
   • LaTeX Templates And Sample Articles from George Gratzer's book Math in LaTeX

2. Access the Not so Short Introduction to LaTeX - a tutorial written by Tobias Oetiker et. al
   • In Postscript format (will open in Ghostview)
   • In PDF format (will open in Acrobat Reader)

3. Several other online guides (again in Postscript format)
   • A LaTeX User's Guide
   • A LaTeX Fonts Reference Guide
   • The LaTeX Graphics Package
   • AMS-LaTeX User's Guide

4. For people writing their dissertations in LaTeX: customization files that will make your documents compliant with the University of Maryland thesis standards.
   • The thesis document class file Download this file to the directory where your thesis files are and make sure you save it under the name umd-thesis.cls. Then the first line of your master file should look like: \documentclass{umd-thesis} .
   • A sample thesis file that demonstrates the usage of the umd-thesis class.