*.dvi
document using xdvi and print it using
plotview, but if postscript is implicated at all (if you load in
graphics, use postscript fonts, scale, use color, or rotate) then you should
convert your *.dvi
document to postscript. A typical sequence of
commands to process doc.tex would be latex doc latex doc dvips doc.dvi -o doc.ps ghostview doc.ps lp -dljmr1 -opostscript doc.ps
Writing a LATEX document is rather
like writing a program. This makes using
LATEX more difficult in some respects
than using a word processor, but there are advantages too. For instance creating
a table of contents is trivial. Beginners often use unnecessary
`\\
' sequences and write `{\large \textbf{2.1
Method}}\\
' when `\subsection{Method}
' would be much better.
Users who think they know more about typesetting than
LATEX (those who, for example, like
underlining) will waste a lot of time too.
Avoid repeating constructions. Instead, write your own macros and commands, and familiarise yourself with the packages described in the packages section of the online LATEX page.