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WillAdams · 07-30-2014, 08:59 AM

Using Plain TeX is not really recommended for the typical user, esp. if one needs to interchange w/ others, or make use of pre-made code / formats.

LaTeX is the most prevalent TeX macro package, and well-suited for most users who need math. Read over _The not so Short Introduction to LaTeX_ to get a feel for using it directly: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/

Alternately, there's a very good graphical front-end, LyX: http://www.lyx.org/ which has had some work done recently on making it round-trip w/ Word --- might be you could import the files into it and then export them from that.

07-30-2014, 08:59 AM	#18
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,270 Karma: 3574558 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Scribe and Paperwhite (300ppi)	Using Plain TeX is not really recommended for the typical user, esp. if one needs to interchange w/ others, or make use of pre-made code / formats. LaTeX is the most prevalent TeX macro package, and well-suited for most users who need math. Read over _The not so Short Introduction to LaTeX_ to get a feel for using it directly: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/ Alternately, there's a very good graphical front-end, LyX: http://www.lyx.org/ which has had some work done recently on making it round-trip w/ Word --- might be you could import the files into it and then export them from that. Last edited by WillAdams; 07-30-2014 at 11:09 AM.