A Quick Introduction to LaTeX

In this video, you will get a quick introduction to LaTeX—what it is, why you might want to use it, and what some of its features are. By the end of the video, you will be ready to create your own beautiful LaTeX documents. Here are some quick links to certain parts of the video.

0:00 Start
0:16 What is LaTeX, and why should I use it?
4:20 The structure of a typical LaTeX document
6:30 Entering basic (nonmathematical) text
8:05 Special characters (#, %, \, etc.)
8:42 Stylized text (italics, boldface, and underlined)
9:53 Itemized and enumerated lists
10:46 Comments
11:17 Labels and references
13:05 Inline and display style mathematics
14:42 Typesetting mathematics
18:39 Common problems
22:42 Matrices, tables, etc.
28:14 Figures
29:35 Bibliographies
31:37 Compiling your document
33:28 What next?

Other resources:
• Download the printable 2-page "A Quick Guide to LaTeX": http://users.dickinson.edu/~richesod/...
• Download a zip file containing a sample LaTeX file that you can compile and play with: http://users.dickinson.edu/~richesod/...
• A more detailed introduction, "The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e": http://tug.ctan.org/info/lshort/engli...
• To begin using LaTeX, try the free online site Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/