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ISBN:  0201134489 Title:  The Texbook Author:  Donald Ervin Knuth Publisher:  American Mathematical Society Date Published:  March 1984 URL:  The Textbook Format:  Trade Paper This is the definitive and complete user manual to the TeX computerized typesetting system. TeX software offers both writers and publishers the opportunity to produce technical text, with the speed and efficiency of a computer system.

ISBN:  0201134470 Title:  The Computers & Typesetting, Vol. A: The Texbook Author:  Donald Ervin Knuth Publisher:  Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Date Published:  April 1986 URL:  Computers & Typesetting, Vol. A: The Texbook Format:  Trade Cloth

ISBN:  0821829971 Title:  Joy of TEX Author:  Michael Spivak Publisher:  American Mathematical Society Date Published:  July 1997 URL:  Joy of  TEX Format: Trade Paper The Joy of  TeX; is the user-friendly guide to AMSTeX;, a software package based on the computer typesetting language TeX.  AMSTeX; was designed to simplify typesetting of mathematical quantities, equations, and displays, and to format the output according to any of various preset style specifications. This second edition of Joy reflects the changes introduced on Version 2.0 of the AMSTeX; macro package. The first two parts of the manual, 'Starters' and 'Main Courses', teach the reader how to typeset the kind of text and mathematics one ordinarily encounters. 'Sauces and Pickles', the third section, treats more exotic problems and includes a 60-page dictionary of special TeXniques. The manual also includes descriptions of conventions of mathematical typography to help the novice technical typist. Appendices list handy summaries of frequently used and more esoteric symbols. This manual is useful for technical typists as well as scientists who prepare their own manuscripts. For the novice, exercises sprinkled generously throughout each chapter encourage the reader to sit down at a terminal and learn through experimentation.

ISBN:  0849371597 Title:  Text Primer for Scientists Author:  Stanley A. Sawyer,Steven G. Krantz Publisher:  CRC Press, Inc. Date Published:  November 1994 URL:  Text Primer for Scientists Format:  Cloth Text

ISBN:  019509686X Title:  TEX Unbound: Latex and TEX Strategies for Fonts, Graphics, and More Author:  Alan Hoenig Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Incorporated Date Published:  December 1997 URL:  TEX Unbound: Latex & TEX Strategies for Fonts, Graphics, & More Format:  Trade Paper LaTeX is the premiere software of choice for writers who need to prepare technical information in a clear and elegant manner. This unique book tells how to use LaTex or Tex with files prepared with everyday office software such as Lotus or Wordperfect and how to set up software links with Acrobat and hyper-text using LaTex for Internet communication. Illustrated. 640 pp.

ISBN:  0387945563 Title:  The Advanced Texbook Author:  David Salomon Publisher:  Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated Date Published:  August 1995 URL:  Advanced Texbook Format:  Trade Paper A complete course in TeX that will be suitable for users of TeX who want to advance beyond the basics. The initial chapters introduce the essential workings of TeX and the later chapters cover a wide range of advanced topics such as macros, conditionals, tokens, leaders, file I/O, the line- and page-break algorithms, and output routines.

ISBN:  0201529831 Title:  Latex: A Document Preparation System User's Guide and Reference Manual Author:  Leslie Lamport,Duane Bibby (Illustrator) Publisher:  Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Date Published:  July 1994 URL:  Latex: A Document Preparation System User's Guide & Reference Manual Format:  Trade Paper This authoritative user's guide and reference manual for the LaTeX computer typesetting system has been revised to document features now available in the new standard software release LaTeX2e. Other parts of the book have been revised, as well, reflecting several years of user comments and suggestions.

ISBN:  0201541998 Title:  The Latex Companion Author:  Michel Goossens,Frank Mittelbach,Alexander Samarin Publisher:  Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Date Published:  September 1993 URL:  Latex Companion Format:  Trade Paper A companion to Leslie Lamport's original user's guide to Latex.

ISBN:  0201854694 Title:  The LaTex Graphics Companion Author:  Michel Goossens,Frank Mittelbach,Sebastian Rahtz Publisher:  Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Date Published:  December 1996 URL:  LaTex Graphics Companion Format:  Trade Paper Complementing The Latex Companion, this new graphics companion book addresses one of the most common needs among users of the LaTeX typesetting system: the incorporation of graphics into text. In addition to packages for general drawing, the book also describes more specific tools for mathematicians, physicists, chemists, engineers, and people interested in business graphics, games and music typesetting.

ISBN:  0201433117 Title:  The Latex Web Companion Author:  Michel Goossens,Sebastian Rahtz Publisher:  Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Date Published:  February 1999 URL:  The Latex Web Companion Format:  Trade Paper

ISBN:  020142777X Title:  Guide to Latex2 (Epsilon): Document Preparation for Beginners and Advanced Users Author:  Helmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly Publisher:  Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Date Published:  June 1995 URL:  Guide to Latex2 (Epsilon): Document Preparation for Beginners & Advanced Users Format:  Trade Paper Kopka and Daly provide a highly accessible tutorial for users new to LaTeX. Fully revised to cover the latest version of LaTeX, this second edition presents a thorough explanation of the internals of the system. LaTeX commands not available within the earlier version of LaTeX are highlighted, making the book useful for users still working with the earlier release.

ISBN:  0817638059 Title:  Math into Latex: An Introduction to Latex and AMS-Latex Author:  George Gratzer Publisher:  Birkhauser Boston Date Published:  November 1995 URL:  Math into Latex: An Introduction to Latex & AMS-Latex Format:  Trade Paper

ISBN:  0131209736 Title:  Latex Notes; Practical Tips for Preparing Technical Documents Author:  J. Kenneth Shultis,Designed by Kenneth Shultis Publisher:  Prentice Hall Date Published:  February 1994 URL:  Latex Notes: Practical Tips for Preparing Technical Documents, Version 1.4 Format:  Trade Paper A guide for engineers and scientists who are currently using LATEX, this volume provides recipes and tricks--including shortcuts and extensions not found elsewhere--for the most useful operation of LATEX for preparing technical documents. Covers the full range of LATEX topics--fonts, text formatting and lists, formatting pages, math and equations, tables, graphics, large documents, useful styles, macros, and miscellaneous tricks.

ISBN:  0136059082 Title:  Latex for Everyone: A Reference Guide and Tutorial for Typesetting Documents Using a Computer Author:  Jane Hahn Publisher:  Prentice Hall Date Published:  February 1993 URL:  Latex for Everyone: A Reference Guide & Tutorial for Typesetting Documents Using a Computer Format:  Trade Paper Full of easy-to-understand examples, this is a complete reference guide and tutorial for typesetting documents using Latex software. It covers matters of style; typesetting mathematics; customization; preparing large documents; and more.

ISBN:  0471934712 Title:  Latex Line by Line; Tips and Techniques for Document Processing Author:  Antoni Diller Publisher:  John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated Date Published:  January 1993 URL:  Latex Line by Line: Tips & Techniques for Document Processing Format:  Trade Paper

ISBN:  0898713838 Title:  Learning Latex Author:  David F. Griffiths,Desmond J. Higham Publisher:  Soc Indus- Date Published:  December 1996 URL:  Learning Latex Format:  Trade Paper A short book that covers the essentials without getting lost in details.