Noobish LaTeX Question

[TheBoneIII]

For those who don't know, LaTeX is a word formatting program downloadable for free. It's more HTML than MSWord in the sense that you format your document with tags. Google it.

Anyway, I'm somewhat of a latex noob, and I am having trouble saving my document in PDF format so that I can actually view the end product. By that I mean I don't have any clue how to do it.

Any seasoned users who can help me out?

[Dimitri13]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

Yes, some people are allergic to latex. The contraceptive can make your reproductive organs swell up because of an allergic reaction. It's not pretty.

[g4z33b0]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

adobe.com

trials

acrobat reader

[TheBoneIII]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

adobe.com

trials

acrobat reader

I am not that stupid. When I try to open it in Acrobat it gives an error message saying: "Acrobat could not open 'filename.tex' because it is either not a supported file type or the file has been corrupted (for example, it was sent as an emial attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)." I also tried saving it as filename.pdf, but it wouldn't take that either.

[korny]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

Ask the trojan man

[akuma696]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

Have you ever thought about lamb-skin?

[stlunatic0124]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

how about getting cutePDF so you just do print and choose cutepdf writer as the printer?

[stlunatic0124]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

**** sorry

[TheBoneIII]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

Wait, what? I just want to view the file, not print it.

[Enginuity]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

You have to save it as a .pdf... you cant just load a .tex file with adobe reader. [Renaming blah.tex to blah.pdf definitely wont work]
I do not actually have it on this computer now, but yeah, it depends on what programs you are using... eg MikTeX or wahtever.
At least, when I was using it, there was a way to save, or convert, or whatever the terminology is, to either a .pdf or a postscript file (.ps).

[TheBoneIII]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

You have to save it as a .pdf... you cant just load a .tex file with adobe reader. [Renaming blah.tex to blah.pdf definitely wont work]
I do not actually have it on this computer now, but yeah, it depends on what programs you are using... eg MikTeX or wahtever.
At least, when I was using it, there was a way to save, or convert, or whatever the terminology is, to either a .pdf or a postscript file (.ps).

Well, ya, the site I heard about it from said "press the corresponding button" to convert the file from .tex to .pdf. Location of said button deemed a mystery. And I do use MikTex.

[bluguerrilla]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

You have to compile it using whatever program it is you're using to write it.

[Dimitri13]

Re: Noobish LaTeX Question

Have you ever thought about lamb-skin?

Lamb skin doesn't protect against pregnancy/STDs. It's too porous for that.