So he decided to write his own digital typesetting language called TeX (pronounced "tech"). Similarly, if you want your regular documents to look good (especially technical documents, such as the kind with lots of equations), it's useful to learn LaTeX rather than trying to get Word to make it look good.ĭonald Knuth wrote a book (and is still writing it) but thought the publisher did a horrible job typesetting it. If you want it to look good, it's useful to learn to write HTML and CSS yourself. While you could use Microsoft Word or Publisher to make simple web pages. What HTML and CSS are to the web, LaTeX is to making print documents. is a good starting point with many tutorials. Word also supports most of the latex commands to produce formulas, because the system is fundamentally better if you need it more than once. That makes it very easy to structure the formula according to your needs. \frac for fraction and \delta for a Greek delta) to produce the required equation. Instead of searching some selection of given operating like in word, you can chain the commands (e.g. As such it allows you to define your own abbreviations and commands that are substituted before producing the PDF.Īnother area that it is known for is the way equations are written. The main difference to word and LibreOffice is that latex is not a "what you see is what you get" editor, but actually compiles to form the output document. It is definitely aimed at technical writing, like math, physics and engineering. It is aimed at helping you separate the text writing from the formatting (which is further automated as far as possible). Meme posts made outside this time will be removed. Meme posts are allowed only Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. You can be an account with a website, but not a website with an account. Trolling, posts intentionally inciting conflict, personal attacks, and spam will be removed.Īvoid posting blogspam, blog self-promotion, or personally monetized links. Racism, sexism or any other kind of intolerance or discrimination will not be tolerated. Otherwise your post may get deleted.ĭo your own research, follow basic guidelines, and be sure to google your question beforehand. If the topic of your post is currently covered in one of the megathreads/stickied posts at the top of the page, please put your content as a comment there instead. Not reading them and then complaining will not earn you any sympathy. This is a place for engineering students of any discipline to discuss study methods, get homework help, get job search advice, and find a compassionate ear when you get a 40% on your midterm after studying all night. Check out the official EngineeringStudents Discord!: discord.gg/EngineeringStudents
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