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|Welcome to this tutorial on how to write letters using latex
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|Welcome to this tutorial on how to write letters using latex.
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|You can see three windows:
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|You can see three windows.
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|These correspond to the three distinct phases in typesetting through latex:  
 
|These correspond to the three distinct phases in typesetting through latex:  
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|creation of source file, compilation to produce the pdf file and viewing it through a pdf reader.  
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|creation of '''source file''', compilation to produce the pdf file and viewing it through a '''pdf reader'''.  
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|I am using the free pdf reader “Skim” in Mac OSX because it automatically loads the latest pdf file after every compilation.
 
|I am using the free pdf reader “Skim” in Mac OSX because it automatically loads the latest pdf file after every compilation.
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|There are pdf browers in Linux and also in windows that have this capability.
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|There are pdf browsers in Linux and also in Windows that have this capability.
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| Let us go through the source file and see what each command does.  
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|Let us go through the '''source file''' and see what each '''command''' does.  
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|The first line says that this belongs to letter document class.
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|The first line says that this belongs to 'letter document' class.
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|12 point is the text size.
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|'''12 point''' is the text size.
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| The first component of the letter is the ‘from address’. It appears between the braces here
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|The first component of the letter is the ‘from address’. It appears between the braces here.
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| The result of this is seen in the top right hand corner of the output file.
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|The result of this is seen in the top right hand corner of the output file.
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|Two consecutive slashes start a new line.
 
|Two consecutive slashes start a new line.
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|If I remove the double slashes from here –  
 
|If I remove the double slashes from here –  
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|save, compile using pdflatex –  
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|'''save''', compile using pdflatex –  
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|you can see that these two lines get merged in one line.
 
|you can see that these two lines get merged in one line.
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| Previously with a double slash we asked latex to split the line.
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|Previously with a double slash we asked latex to split the line.
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| Now these reverse slashes are no longer there, so latex does not know that it has to break the line there.  
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|Now these reverse slashes are no longer there, so latex does not know that it has to break the line there.  
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| Let me put the slashes back.
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|Let me put the slashes back.
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|Save, Compile.
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|'''Save''', Compile.
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|It is to be understood, that after every change we need to save before compilation.  
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|It is to be understood that after every change we need to '''save''' before compilation.  
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|-
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|02:15
 
|Let us see what happens when we give an empty address.
 
|Let us see what happens when we give an empty address.
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|-
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|02:21
 
|Let me just come here,  
 
|Let me just come here,  
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|mark it,  
 
|mark it,  
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|go to the end of the line, delete it, save it, compile it.
 
|go to the end of the line, delete it, save it, compile it.
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|02:37
 
|You can see that the from address has disappeared from here.  
 
|You can see that the from address has disappeared from here.  
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|02:44
 
|Note that today’s date appears automatically in American style: month, date and then year.
 
|Note that today’s date appears automatically in American style: month, date and then year.
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| This is obtained throught the command slash date slash today.
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|This is obtained through the command '''slash date slash today'''.
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|03:02
 
|We can prevent the automatic appearance of the date with an empty list, as we do now.
 
|We can prevent the automatic appearance of the date with an empty list, as we do now.
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|Save.  
 
|Save.  
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|Compile.
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|Compile,The date has gone.
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| The date has gone.
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|Suppose that we want to put our own date, let us enter it with date first as follows.
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| Suppose that we want to put our own date, let us enter it with date first as follows.
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|9th July 2007, Save, Compile.
 
|9th July 2007, Save, Compile.
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|03:40
 
|Got the date.
 
|Got the date.
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| This is the date on which this tutorial was created the first time.
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|This is the date on which this tutorial was created the first time.
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| On compiling it, we see this Indian format appearing in the output file.
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|On compiling it, we see this Indian format appearing in the output file.
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| Let us put the address back.  
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|Let us put the address back.  
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|And the document is back to the previous state by recompiling.  
 
|And the document is back to the previous state by recompiling.  
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|The signature commands argument appears at the bottom of the letter.
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|The '''signature''' command's argument appears at the bottom of the letter.
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| We begin the document and then the letter.
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|We begin the document and then the letter.
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|The ‘to address’ comes first. It appears in the top left hand corner of the output.
 
|The ‘to address’ comes first. It appears in the top left hand corner of the output.
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|I have addressed this to Mr. N. K. Sinha.
 
|I have addressed this to Mr. N. K. Sinha.
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|The command ‘slash opening’ is used to address the recipient.
 
|The command ‘slash opening’ is used to address the recipient.
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|You may have already noticed that all latex commands begin with a reverse slash.  
 
|You may have already noticed that all latex commands begin with a reverse slash.  
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|The text of the letter comes next.
 
|The text of the letter comes next.
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| One starts a new paragraph in latex through a blank line as we show now.
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|One starts a new paragraph in latex through a blank line as we show now.
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| Let me come here. Right now this sentence starting at ‘we are’ is here.
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|Let me come here. Right now this sentence starting at ‘we are’ is here.
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| Let’s open. Let's take this to the next line.
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|Let’s open. Let's take this to the next line.
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| I have left a blank line. Let me save this.
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|I have left a blank line. Let me '''save''' this.
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| Compile this.
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|Compile this.
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| You can see that this has gone to a new paragraph
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|You can see that this has gone to a new paragraph.
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|With a new paragraph, the letter has gone to two pages.
 
|With a new paragraph, the letter has gone to two pages.
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| Let us see if the font size is reduced to 10, we can bring the letter back to one page.
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|Let us see if the '''font size''' is reduced to 10, we can bring the letter back to one page.
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| Let me do that now
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|Let me do that now.
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|Save.  
 
|Save.  
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|Compile.  
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|Compile,You can see that the whole letter has come into one page.
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| You can see that the whole letter has come to one page.
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|Let me put this back to '''12 pt'''.
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|Let me put this back to 12 pt.
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|And let me also remove this paragraph bit.
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| And let me also remove this paragraph bit.
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|And let me compile this.
 
|And let me compile this.
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| Okay.  
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|Okay.  
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|I now want to explain the itemize environment which is created with a pair of begin and end itemize commands.
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|I now want to explain the itemize environment which is created with a pair of 'begin' and 'end itemize' '''commands'''.
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| Every piece of text that starts with a ‘slash item’ appears in a bulleted form.
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|Every piece of text that starts with a ‘slash item’ appears in a bulleted form.
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| Can I get numbers in the place of bullets here?  
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|Can I get numbers in the place of bullets here?  
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|You just have to change the itemize into enumerate as I do now.
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|You just have to change the "itemize" into "enumerate" as I do now.
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| Let me just change this to enumerate.  
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|Let me just change this to "enumerate".  
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|Save it.
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|'''Save''' it.
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| Of course! It is always a good idea to save as often as possible.
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|Of course! It is always a good idea to save as often as possible.
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| Let me compile this again.
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|Let me compile this again.
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|You can see that the bullets have become numbers now.  
 
|You can see that the bullets have become numbers now.  
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|In closing, I have included, ‘Yours sincerely’, which comes here.
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|In closing, I have included, ‘Yours sincerely’ which comes here.
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|We have already talked about the signature.  
 
|We have already talked about the signature.  
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| Finally, the command cc helps mark this letter to other recipients.
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|Finally, the command 'cc' helps mark this letter to other recipients.
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| I end the letter with ‘end letter’ command and then the document is completed with the ‘end document’ command.  
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|I end the letter with ‘end letter’ command and then the document is completed with the ‘end document’ command.  
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|Feel free to modify the content and try them out.
 
|Feel free to modify the content and try them out.
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|07:48
 
|Until you become confident, change only one thing at a time and make sure by immediate compilation that whatever you have done is correct.  
 
|Until you become confident, change only one thing at a time and make sure by immediate compilation that whatever you have done is correct.  
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|07:58
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|Although I talked about the letter writing process in a Mac, the same source file will work in all Latex systems including those in Linux and Windows operation systems.  
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|Although I talked about the letter writing process in a Mac, the same source file will work in all Latex systems including those in Linux and Windows operating systems.  
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|08:10
 
|This brings us to the end of this tutorial.  
 
|This brings us to the end of this tutorial.  
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|08:13
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|Thanks for listening.
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|Thanks for listening,This is Kannan Moudgalya from CDEEP, IIT Bombay, signing off. Good bye.  
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| This is ---------------(your name) from ---------------------(Affiliation and name of the place) signing off. Good bye.  
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Latest revision as of 11:15, 24 March 2017

Time Narration
00:00 Welcome to this tutorial on how to write letters using latex.
00:06 You can see three windows.
00:08 These correspond to the three distinct phases in typesetting through latex:
00:13 creation of source file, compilation to produce the pdf file and viewing it through a pdf reader.
00:22 I am using the free pdf reader “Skim” in Mac OSX because it automatically loads the latest pdf file after every compilation.
00:34 There are pdf browsers in Linux and also in Windows that have this capability.
00:42 Let us go through the source file and see what each command does.
00:47 The first line says that this belongs to 'letter document' class.
00:54 12 point is the text size.
00:57 The first component of the letter is the ‘from address’. It appears between the braces here.
01:07 The result of this is seen in the top right hand corner of the output file.
01:14 Two consecutive slashes start a new line.
01:19 If I remove the double slashes from here –
01:25 save, compile using pdflatex –
01:37 you can see that these two lines get merged in one line.
01:43 Previously with a double slash we asked latex to split the line.
01:49 Now these reverse slashes are no longer there, so latex does not know that it has to break the line there.
01:56 Let me put the slashes back.
02:04 Save, Compile.
02:08 It is to be understood that after every change we need to save before compilation.
02:15 Let us see what happens when we give an empty address.
02:21 Let me just come here,
02:24 mark it,
02:27 go to the end of the line, delete it, save it, compile it.
02:37 You can see that the from address has disappeared from here.
02:44 Note that today’s date appears automatically in American style: month, date and then year.
02:54 This is obtained through the command slash date slash today.
03:02 We can prevent the automatic appearance of the date with an empty list, as we do now.
03:12 Save.
03:17 Compile,The date has gone.
03:20 Suppose that we want to put our own date, let us enter it with date first as follows.
03:30 9th July 2007, Save, Compile.
03:40 Got the date.
03:43 This is the date on which this tutorial was created the first time.
03:47 On compiling it, we see this Indian format appearing in the output file.
03:53 Let us put the address back.
04:02 And the document is back to the previous state by recompiling.
04:08 The signature command's argument appears at the bottom of the letter.
04:17 We begin the document and then the letter.
04:22 The ‘to address’ comes first. It appears in the top left hand corner of the output.
04:30 I have addressed this to Mr. N. K. Sinha.
04:34 The command ‘slash opening’ is used to address the recipient.
04:40 You may have already noticed that all latex commands begin with a reverse slash.
04:48 The text of the letter comes next.
04:53 One starts a new paragraph in latex through a blank line as we show now.
05:00 Let me come here. Right now this sentence starting at ‘we are’ is here.
05:07 Let’s open. Let's take this to the next line.
05:12 I have left a blank line. Let me save this.
05:17 Compile this.
05:19 You can see that this has gone to a new paragraph.
05:25 With a new paragraph, the letter has gone to two pages.
05:29 Let us see if the font size is reduced to 10, we can bring the letter back to one page.
05:37 Let me do that now.
05:42 Save.
05:48 Compile,You can see that the whole letter has come into one page.
05:54 Let me put this back to 12 pt.
06:00 And let me also remove this paragraph bit.
06:06 And let me compile this.
06:12 Okay.
06:14 I now want to explain the itemize environment which is created with a pair of 'begin' and 'end itemize' commands.
06:29 Every piece of text that starts with a ‘slash item’ appears in a bulleted form.
06:37 Can I get numbers in the place of bullets here?
06:41 You just have to change the "itemize" into "enumerate" as I do now.
06:46 Let me just change this to "enumerate".
06:53 Save it.
07:00 Of course! It is always a good idea to save as often as possible.
07:05 Let me compile this again.
07:09 You can see that the bullets have become numbers now.
07:15 In closing, I have included, ‘Yours sincerely’ which comes here.
07:22 We have already talked about the signature.
07:26 Finally, the command 'cc' helps mark this letter to other recipients.
07:35 I end the letter with ‘end letter’ command and then the document is completed with the ‘end document’ command.
07:44 Feel free to modify the content and try them out.
07:48 Until you become confident, change only one thing at a time and make sure by immediate compilation that whatever you have done is correct.
07:58 Although I talked about the letter writing process in a Mac, the same source file will work in all Latex systems including those in Linux and Windows operating systems.
08:10 This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
08:13 Thanks for listening,This is Kannan Moudgalya from CDEEP, IIT Bombay, signing off. Good bye.

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