November 7, 1995 The file mil.pdf provides an introduction to LaTeX: Math into LaTeX Short Course based on the book Math into LaTeX An Introduction to LaTeX and AMS-LaTeX by George Gratzer, published by Birkhauser Boston, ISBN 0-8176-3805-9. The following parts are reproduced from the book: 1. Short contents 2. Contents 3. List of tables 4. List of figures 5. Preface 6. Introduction 7. Part I, A short course 8. Appendix A, Math symbol tables 9. Appendix B, Text symbol tables 10. Afterword In addition, there is an Index but it is not the full index for the whole book but the index for the parts reproduced here. Please note that this material is copyrighted by Birkhauser Boston; the copyright information and isbn number is on page 4 of mil.pdf. mil.pdf is a portable document format (pdf) file. To view the pdf file (it cannot be printed), you need the Acrobat Reader; it is available (free of charge) from Adobe Inc. for the following platforms: DOS Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95 Macintosh Silicon Graphics Irix Sun Sparc and HP If you do not have the reader, you can download it from the ftp site: ftp.adobe.com or from the WWW site: www.adobe.com Ask an Adobe dealer for a free copy. To see the thumbnail sketches of the pages, choose the Thumbnails and Page option in the View menu. Some pages on the Macintosh do not read correctly on the computer monitor; it seems then preferable to read the printed version of mil.pdf. If the System file contains only Adobe licensed fonts, all the significant problems go away. The subdirectory templates contains the templates and sample documents for Part I of the book. This directory contains two more files: errors.txt is a listing of the errors in the book; gratzer is a file added to the distribution, so that people looking for it with quote site index gratzer would find it. Please direct your comments concerning the Math into LaTeX, Short Course to George_Gratzer@umanitoba.ca