Skeleton for long/short 'special write-up' for Advanced Lab LATEX source: besondere.tex besondere.toc references created by LATEX (don't edit) besondere.dvi LATEX output, is input for dvips/dvipdf. [may be viewed with xdvi directly besondere.ps postscript besondere.pdf PDF file (ususally much smaller!) *.aux, *.log temporary LATEX file (don't edit) Figures used as examples *.eps, *.ps Two were created with xfig (LINUX), sources *.fig (don't edit source, open with xfig: > xfig nnn.fig Sequence for crating document with LATEX: 1. edit file.tex (not too much at a time. Makes it easier to find and correct errors 2. 'compile' LATEX [..] means: may be omitted > latex file[.tex] In case of (severe) errors, back to 1. and correct errors If success: 3. compile once more (like 2.) for references (will appear as ?, if not resolved) 4. generate postscript file > dvips file[.dvi] [-o outputfile] or PDF > dvipdf file[.dvi] [-o outputfile] 5. View file on screen > gv file[.ps] If the text is not well centered on the page, edit \hoffset= -20mm \voffset= -25mm in .tex PDF: open with acroread If not yet done completely: back to 1. You find a 46 page introduction here Please read comments in the LATEX file, too (after %