LaTeX Resources for Beginners

[Stefan_K]

Introductions and Guides

• A (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e, a good tutorial for beginners by Tobias Oetiker et al., available in many languages
• Obsolete commands and packages, important recent information, available in various languages
• Formatting Information, good beginner's guide to LaTeX by Peter Flynn, also available in html
• LaTeX for Complete Novices by Nicola L. C. Talbot
• The Unofficial LaTeX2e Reference Manual
• Getting Started with LaTeX, LaTeX primer by David R. Wilkins
• Getting to grips with LaTeX by Andy Roberts
• Online tutorials on LaTeX by the Indian TEX Users Group
• latex-course, slide presentation introducing LaTeX by Engelbert Buxbaum
• The LaTeX Wikibook - containing also parts of some guides above, you can contribute to it
• LaTeX and Friends by M.R.C. van Dongen
• Apprends LaTeX! - French documentation for LaTeX beginners

See also the section References and Manuals in the TeX Catalogue Online.

Frequently Asked Questions
and answers to them:

• UK TeX FAQ, FAQ of the UK TeX Users Group
• The Visual LaTeX FAQ, more than hundred document formatting samples available through a hyperlink interface
• MacTeX FAQ, Mac OS X specific questions and answers
• de-tex-faq, FAQ of the German TeX user group DANTE e.V., written in German

Important Resources

• CTAN - The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network, the authoritative collection of materials related to TeX and LaTeX
• The TeX Catalogue Online, TeX/LaTeX package catalogue with topical, hierarchical, brief and alphabetical index
• TeX Resources on the Web, Collection by the TeX User Group
• Detexify - Symbol lookup

If you want to contribute additional links please post your suggestions into this topic.

Stefan