How to create PDF documents and write in LaTex?

quasar987

What do I need to do to be able to create PDF documents and be able to write in LaTex in them like on this forum?

Thanks.

Astronuc

One way is to write text in MS Word or other word processor, do equations in a LaTeX interpreter, and copy the equations and paste them as a bitmap into the Wordprocessor text file.

If Adobe Acrobat is installed and integrated properly, one should be able to convert the Word (or other wordprocessor) file into a pdf. This is the method I use at work.

Or one can do text and equations in LateX, but I don't know if the file can then be imported into Acrobat.

graphic7

Try using pdflatex. Instead of rendering to a dvi file, it renders to a pdf.

Integral

Check out this PDF printer

krab

If you want to write something that is mathematically-intensive, use LaTeX directly, not any other kind of word processor. Then process the document with pdflatex, as graphic7 advises. LaTeX is not just a formula writer; you can write whole articles, papers, books,... with it.

coalquay404

Type your paper in a text editor and save it with the extension .tex You can then compile this source file to a DVI file by typing

latex <filename.tex>

The DVI can be converted to a pdf file by using dvipdfm:

dvipdfm <filename.dvi>

ComputerGeek

you could get a mac... Os X has system wide save as PDF :-)