Resources

Économiste Monétaire

Just some links that I can think of off-hand, fell free to add more...

Basic package for Windows:
ProTeXt

For Mac:
MacTeX

TeXnicCenter comes with ProTeXt as an editor; for Mac I use TeXShop (works with Snow Leopard).

Wikibook on Latex. A (very large) list of LaTeX symbols, here.

Beamer user guide. Beamer themes.

Martin Osborne's game theory packages:
http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/osborne/latex/index.html

For anyone working with Stata, 'outtex' help:
http://membres.lycos.fr/aterracol/outtex_help.pdf

Best Guide:
A Not so Short Guide to Latex, http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf

Really handy quick maths references, http://web.ift.uib.no/Teori/KURS/WRK/TeX/symALL.html

leninbenjamin

My own personal setup:

MiKTeX and TeXnicCentre

I know protext is based on MiKTeX, but I'd actually recommend doing the manual setup. Makes it easier to set up and use more advanced features within your GUI if ever need them.

Flamed Diving

Thesis template here.

Time Magazine

Chad Jones' format (link) for papers is awesome.

leninbenjamin

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Chad Jones' format (link) for papers is awesome.

I have to say your latex preferences are horrid man. Recommending a template that uses blue, purple and green in the same sentence? :P

Time Magazine

leninbenjamin wrote: »

I have to say your latex preferences are horrid man. Recommending a template that uses blue, purple and green in the same sentence? :P

To each their own!

For CVs done in LaTeX, I suggest Ted Pavlic's site. Let's see what you think of that one, lenin :P

lostinsuperfunk

jabref, bibliography manager for bibtex with graphical user interface.
Written in Java, so it should run on (nearly) anything.

pwd

http://www.lyx.org/

I use this on top of MiKTeX. It lets you make basic LaTeX documents straight away with no knowledge of the markup. Then if you do anything a little less basic it gives zillions of snippets of error messages that give no hint as to what the actual problem is. Dunno whether to recommend it or not.

leninbenjamin

Time Magazine wrote: »

To each their own!

For CVs done in LaTeX, I suggest Ted Pavlic's site. Let's see what you think of that one, lenin :P

It's actually fairly similar to the template I use. I prefer more of a distinction between sections though, so i use horizontal rules and distinct section headings.

Specifically I used this one as the basis for me own (although I fairly heavily modify it, in particular the flow of the tables is pretty awful). Note, it uses Xetex though but the compiler's in MikTex since 2.7? i think.

Flamed Diving

Don't have LaTeX in work/college? Don't have admin rights? No problem.

http://eiu.edu/~cfdmb/LocalGuide/USB-CD/techinfo.pdf

Some reviews from other forums:

-Includes help.
-Includes Wizards!!!!! Really great for LaTeX begginers like me!!!!!
-Includes special buttons for math functions, symbols, etc.
-Highlights syntax.
-Generates DVI, PDF...
-Generates info on compiling and making output files, and highlights errors (when they are).
-A lot of features more (I`ve only tested for a while).
-And it's for free!!!!!

Yesterday I've downloaded USBTex from http://www.exomatik.net/LaTeX/USBTeXEnglish,
and my first impressions are very good. Comparing USBTex with the one I've introduced sometime ago
I see the following:
+ There are no functional differences in the end-result;
+ Although both do not require local admin rights, the installation of USBTex is simpler;
+ My installation is easier to use in a fairly stable situation, as the start- and stop-scripts are not required.
But these script may have advantages if you change often between machines.
+ Personally I do not like PDFsumatra, since it has a somewhat hazy rendering of files. Ghostview is much better I think,
which is also included in the USBTex installation.

LaTeX in a can...

Time Magazine

Flamed Diving wrote: »

LaTeX in a can...

Or LaTeX on a website...