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Is there a LaTeX Documentation similar to Java Documentation, showing the packages, the classes to use and a sample example?

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    Actually, almost every packages and document classes was distributed with its documentation in your TeX distribution. You can type texdoc <package or documentclass name> in system terminal window to find them. However, since the packages were written by many different authors, there is not and will not be a document that shows how to use all of them. Fortunatelly, tutorials, such as 'lshort.pdf' (texdoc lshort to open it) and The LaTeX Companion, introduce most frequent used packages and documentclasses.
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Well, this is going to be a long discussion.

I don't know what are the packages a full miktex has?

You can find all the packages installed in the folder C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex for miktex. There must be a similar folder for texlive too, but I use miktex.

Further, the editor inlage can list all the packages installed in your system as in the following image.
enter image description here But inlage is only for windows.

I have found the package, but don't know how to use it.

  1. From command prompt/terminal, type texdoc <package name> For example texdoc geometry. The manual comes up. Almost every package is accompanied with a manual. In rare cases, if it is not the case, try to locate the source file (usually a file with .sty extension). Most of times, these source files will have comments at the top.appropriate places on how to use.

  2. Your editor may also have a provision to open help files. In texmaker, it looks like this: enter image description here And in texshop: enter image description here Kile has this elaborate menu: enter image description here Finally winedt: enter image description here

Hope this will be helpful. Happy TeXing :-)

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