Instructions for using LaTeX on your personal computer.

1. Download a program that transform LaTeX formulas into images.
   • Linux often already comes with LaTeX. For Windows, try MiKTeX; for Mac, try MacTex.
   
   
2. You can create a LaTeX file with any editor.
   • I (Yael) use the editor vi (or vim) on a Linux terminal, and I love it.
     Once you learn it, it's faster to use than many other editors.
   • A colleague that I trust uses Kile.
   • For Windows, many people use TeXworks, which comes with MikTeX.
     Or you can use TeXmaker, which also works with Unix or Mac.
   
   
3. The command "pdflatex" processes the LaTeX file and creates a PDF file.
   
   • Copy the sample document latex-samplefile.tex to your computer.
   • Run the program "pdflatex" on it (e.g., by clicking PDFLaTeX" in TeXmaker).
   • View the PDF file that got created (e.g. by "View PDF" on TeXmaker or by opening the PDF file
     directly); it should be similar to the file latex-samplefile.pdf.
   
   
4. Save a copy of the document latex-samplefile.tex under a new name (say, assignment1.180104.tex).
   Modify this new file, preferably one small change at a time. After each change:
   • click "PDFLaTeX";
   • click "View PDF";
   • if you're happy then save the modified file.
   
   
5. Here are Instructions for including graphics in a LaTeX document.