Overview of LaTeX and Local Guide
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   The LaTeX command typesets a file of text using the TeX program and
the LaTeX Macro package for TeX.  To be more specific, it processes an
input file containing the text of a document with interspersed commands
that describe how the text should be formatted.  It produces at least
three files as output:
  1. A "Device Independent", or .dvi file. This contains commands that
     can be translated into commands for a variety of output devices.
     You can view the output of LaTeX by using a program such as xdvi,
     which actually uses the .dvi file.

  2. A "transcript" or .log file that contains summary information and
     diagnostic messages for any errors discovered in the input file.

  3. An "auxiliary" or .aux file. This is used by LaTeX itself, for
     things such as sectioning.

   For a description of what goes on inside TeX, you should consult
`The TeXbook' by Donald E. Knuth, ISBN 0-201-13448-9, published jointly
by the American Mathematical Society and Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company.

   For a description of LaTeX, you should consult:

   `LaTeX: A Document Preparation System', by Leslie Lamport, ISBN
0-201-15790-X, published jointly by the American Mathematical Society
and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1985.

   `LaTeX for Engineers & Scientists', by David J. Buerger, ISBN
0-07-008845-4, McGraw-Hill, 1990.

   `The LaTeX Cookbook', by F. Teagle, Informatics Department,
Rutherford Appelton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX, 1991.

   `LaTeX for Everyone', by Jane Hahn, available from PCTeX in
California, and from the TeX Users Group, 1991.

   `LaTeX Line by Line: Tips and Techniques for Document Processing' by
Antoni Diller, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1992.

   `A Guide to LaTeX', by Helmut Kopka and Patrick Daly,
Addison-Wesley, 1992.