LaTeX Tutorial 01 your first "hello world" document

A brief how-to in creating your very first document in LaTeX.

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Windows: http://miktex.org/

Mac: http://www.tug.org/mactex/2011/

Linux: http://www.tug.org/texlive/

Originally recorded here: http://www.screenr.com/H9Ls

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[nilantha3]

I get this error

"! Undefined control sequence.



[mathteacher1729]

@nilantha3 Ah, yes... that error means it likely you have spelled a command incorrectly. \bgin{document} vs \begin{document}. I am planning to extend this series with a video on common LaTeX errors -- this is one of them that will be featured. :) Hope this helps.

[nilantha3]

@mathteacher1729 Thank you I think the issue was in the title where you typed { \LaTex {} Document} I deleted the \LaTex{} and now it works. This is a good video can't wait to follow the next one on this series.

[mathteacher1729]

@nilantha3 LaTeX is VERY picky... :-p The last letter should be X not x. \LaTeX{} not \LaTex Give that a try and see how it goes. :)

[Baldurpet]

Thank you for an excellent series! Linux/BSD users may use the package `pdflatex' to typeset .tex files:

$ pdflatex Assignment.tex

Best of luck!

[anthonymtrk]

Very interesting golden chicken.

[bewertow69]

Thanks for the tutorials!

[nilantha3]

l.10 \maketitle"



[daraveung]

I really like your tutorials. I hope to see more videos soon. Thanks!