[Tugindia] why is tex so complicated?

[Duvvuri Venu Gopal]

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 Sudarshan Iyengar wrote :
>Hello radhakrishnan,
>

CVR or Shri Radhakrishnan Sir is the guide to this whole list. Please address him respectfully.

>Well sounds really interesting...:-)
>
>
>  I am new to latex and am yet to explore the comforts hidden.

One of the list members has already replied. Please visit www.tug.org.in and down load the LaTeX primer (pdf format). Read it carefully. Most of your doubts will be cleared.

Without any personal guidance from any body and with the help of the LaTeX Primer and being a member of this list I learnt a lot of LaTeX. When I started learning LaTeX the Primer is being written (only screen version is available). Yes learning LaTeX is a bit hard as it is not WYSIWYG. I struggled for 3 months. Now it is fun. I also started teaching LaTeX in BHU for Research Scholars.

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>My problem is just this...
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>I would like to have something like
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>a)    Karnataka
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>b)    Tamil nadu
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>c)    Andhra pradesh
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>d)    Kerala
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>I dont' want to type a,b,c,d i need autonumbering... how do i go about????

It is very simpele. In LaTeX use the enumerate environment like below :

\begin{enumerate}
\item Karnataka
\item Tamil Nadu
\item Andhra Pradesh
\item Kerala
\end{enumerate}

You can also use the package "enumerate" for better control of the above sequences.

As your requirements/fancy's increase you have to use more and more packages. For simple documents LaTeX will suffice.

Like Word there is no need to manually number the Chapters, Sections, Equations, Tables, Figures etc. in LaTeX. All these are automatically numbered serially.


You have to carefully study  books on LaTeX Freely Available on internet.

D. Venu Gopal
TeX user No. 4091