Title: Great introduction to LaTeX
Review: I bought this book, tried to read it with no prior interest in or need for LaTeX and found it not that helpful. A few months later, though, I had to submit a paper in LaTeX format. I sat down with my .doc file, opened this book to the first page, and converted the file over to LaTeX. The book was in a logical order and provides plenty of side-by-side examples of syntax and the output typesetting. Working through a real situation when I needed LaTeX made me realize that this is a very helpful reference. I continue to find it a useful general reference when I have questions, though I have found that I sometimes need to go online to resolve particular puzzles - which is to be expected.
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