LaTeX: Utilities

LaTeX
Draw desired symbols, then it gives the LaTeX commands
http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
All Symbol list
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/
All TeX archive
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive
LaTeX commands summary
http://www.bu.edu/math/files/2013/08/LongTeX1.pdf
TeX: page layout
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Page_Layout


IMAGES, FIGURES

PLOT IMAGES for scientific papers and reports

• Adobe Illustrator (Paid)
• Adobe FreeHand (Paid)
• eazydraw (Paid)
• VectoDesigner 
• ConceptDraw OFFICE (more on nice presentation)
• Xfig
• LineForm (included LaTeX Equation)
• Intaglio 
• GIMP, Image Manipulation Program, http://www.gimp.org/ 
• Imagemagick, edit, covert bitmap images (Linux, Window, Mac, iOS) http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
• Inkscape, a professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It's free and open source. http://inkscape.org/en/
• Tikz, Create nice diagram, http://www.texample.net/tikz
• OmniGraffle (iPad)

• Free online converter: http://www.sciweavers.org/free-online-image-converter
• Eps to pdf, http://www.zamzar.com/convert/eps-to-pdf/
• Pstill (Paid) generate, reprocess, normalize and extract content for PDF, EPS and PS, http://www.pstill.com

LaTeX only work well with .png, .pdf, .eps image format, so it is better to convert from other format to those format.

• Free software to convert image (available in all platform), imagemagick http://www.imagemagick.org/

Tools:

List of the best TeX editor for LaTeX

FREE

• Online LaTeX editor, ShareLaTeX https://www.sharelatex.com/
• Infty Project:  InftyEditor, InftyReader, ChattyInfty, LaTeX Install Kit
• LyX, (Linux, Window, Mac), http://www.lyx.org/ 
• WinEdt, http://www.winedt.com/
• TeX Maker, www.xm1math.net/texmaker/
• TeXlipse
• Kile
• TeXworks
• Emacs
• Vim (Linux)
• TeXstudio
• TeXnicCenter (Window)
• Led (Window)
• WinShell

Need TeX System

• MiKTeX
• TeX Live

PAID

• Scientific Workplace, Mackichan, http://www.mackichan.com/index.html?products/swp.html~mainFrame
• Bakoma Tex, WYSIWYG, (Linux, Window, Mac), http://www.bakoma-tex.com/

Bibtex

Convert text file reference to bibtex, http://text2bib.economics.utoronto.ca/index.php/index

New style or library: manually
Copy .bst, .sty to local folder, e.g.,
Restart the TeX processor
In MiKTeX:   MiKTeX version > Maintenance (Admin) > Settings (Admin) > General > Refresh FNDB
MiKTeX


Packages:

• Add lines to the documents: \usepackage{lineno}   \linenumbers