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| − | To create your first LaTeX document, start by opening a new file in TeXnicCenter. Start TeXnicCenter if you haven't already done so. To open a new file in TeXnicCenter, click File in the upper left, then click New. A blank document should open. Type the following lines (or copy and paste them):
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| − | <pre>
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| − | \documentclass{article}
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| − | \begin{document}
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| − | Hello, world!
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| − | \end{document}
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| − | </pre>
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| − | Note that it is curly braces surrounding the words "article" and "document" in the above example, not parentheses. As you will see, curly braces are used everywhere in LaTeX.
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| − | Save the document (press Ctrl-S or click File, then Save) as 'Hello' (don't include the quote marks in the name) in a folder of your choice.
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| − | The file will appear in your folder as 'Hello.tex.' We will call this the source file.
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| − | In order to create a finished LaTeX document, we need to compile the source file. First, make sure that the bar near the top of the TeXnicCenter window reads "LaTeX => PDF"; if it doesn't, change it so that it does. Then to compile the file, do any one of the following:
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| − | *Select "Build" -> "Current File" -> "Build" from the top menu bar
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| − | *Click on the "Build Current File" icon (it's the down-pointing arrow over the stack of papers, just to the right of the "LaTeX => PDF" bar)
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| − | *Press Ctrl-F7
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| − | You'll see some system messages scroll in the "Output" panel at the bottom of the window, and then eventually you should (hopefully) see the line "0 Error(s), 0 Warning(s), 0 Bad Box(es), 1 Page(s)". This means that your document (a PDF file) is ready.
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| − | To view your document, do any one of the following:
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| − | *Select "Build -> "View Output" from the top menu bar
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| − | *Click on the "View Output" icons (it's the magnifying glass over the sheet of paper, just to the right of the "Build Current File" icon from above)
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| − | *Press F5
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| − | This will open up Adobe Reader and show your finished document. You can print the document from Adobe Reader if you like.
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| − | [[LaTeX:Math | Next: Math]]
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