John Jordan wrote: >I might be able to learn TeX if there were actual hands-on classes >with instructors to show me step by step how to do it. But the >online documentation is hopeless for me. I couldn't understand >even the first sentence. I would have to ask a question online for >each paragraph of the instructions and then wait several days for >someone to answer it. I'd be dead before I figured it out to the level >you have achieved. My brain is not equal to yours. > > Like Christoph was saying, you really need a *text* on LaTeX. The online stuff is only going to be useful as a quick reference when you already know what you're doing, you just forgot the syntax or tag.
What I have done over the years is create some example files in LaTeX to accomplish various conceptual ideas, which I modify or just get a quick reminder about how to do various things. Greg
