Mike Eklund, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Using LaTeX is often a very good idea. But not always. My general suggestions are:

papers: use LaTeX
thesis: use LaTeX
reports: use something else, e.g. OpenOffice or Word
proposals: use something else, e.g OpenOffice or Word
presentations: I would like to start using LaTeX, but haven't gotten around to it yet and am using PowerPoint.

So if you are going to use LaTeX, chances are you will do so in a Windows environment, so you will need:

So, go ahead and install those. Another common editor is WinEDT, but I haven't used it.

Here are some sample files, they used the IEEEtran style, which TexNicCenter should download automatically:

In addition to that, I would suggest looking at Jon Sprinkles How to do stuff with LaTeX page, which is where I started.

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