{"id":3221,"date":"2020-02-06T11:15:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/?page_id=3221"},"modified":"2020-02-06T11:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:25:18","slug":"latex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/home\/training-research-and-resources\/other-resources-and-skills\/research-skills\/software\/latex\/","title":{"rendered":"Software: Latex"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\tUsing Latex\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

Latex is an open-source (free) software that many economists, mathematicians, and scientists use for type-setting.<\/p>\n

It takes a little big of finagling to set up, and some time to learn, especially for folks with a little less experience in coding.<\/p>\n

Once you’ve paid the up-front cost of setting it up and starting to use it, though, it is a nice type of software to have if you frequently write equations, or if you prefer a more aesthetically pleasing and professional-looking document than what Microsoft Word’s default settings would get you.<\/p>\n\tGetting Latex:
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Guide to downloading and understanding a little more about what is Latex<\/a><\/p>\n

Using Latex:<\/p>\n

Professor Kuttner’s beginner guide to Latex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using Latex Latex is an open-source (free) software that many economists, mathematicians, and scientists use for type-setting. It takes a little big of finagling to set up, and some time to learn, especially for folks with a little less experience in coding. Once you’ve paid the up-front cost of setting it up and starting to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2197,"featured_media":0,"parent":3091,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3224,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3221\/revisions\/3224"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}