LaTeX is an open source typesetting system that allows you to create professional quality printed documents and PDF files. Difficulties in mastering such a powerful and complex tool can initially discourage the user. This book makes it easy to get started with LaTeX: there are many step-by-step examples to help you quickly achieve tangible results. You will learn how to create perfectly formatted texts and page layouts, professional-looking tables, embed images in a document, write bulky mathematical formulas, and manage documents with a complex structure. You will also learn to make full use of macros and styles so that you don't have to do the extra work of typing and styling.