% This is a simple sample document. For more complicated documents take a look in the exercise tab. Note that everything that comes after a % symbol is treated as comment and ignored when the code is compiled. \documentclass{article} % \documentclass{} is the first command in any LaTeX code. It is used to define what kind of document you are creating such as an article or a book, and begins the document preamble \usepackage{amsmath} % \usepackage is a command that allows you to add functionality to your LaTeX code \title{Simple Sample} % Sets article title \author{My Name} % Sets authors name \date{\today} % Sets date for date compiled % The preamble ends with the command \begin{document} \begin{document} % All begin commands must be paired with an end command somewhere \maketitle % creates title using information in preamble (title, author, date) \section{Hello World!} % creates a section \textbf{Hello World!} Today I am learning \LaTeX. %notice how the command will end at the first non-alphabet charecter such as the . after \LaTeX \LaTeX{} is a great program for writing math. I can write in line math such as $a^2+b^2=c^2$ %$ tells LaTexX to compile as math . I can also give equations their own space: \begin{equation} % Creates an equation environment and is compiled as math \gamma^2+\theta^2=\omega^2 \end{equation} If I do not leave any blank lines \LaTeX{} will continue this text without making it into a new paragraph. Notice how there was no indentation in the text after equation (1). Also notice how even though I hit enter after that sentence and here $\downarrow$ \LaTeX{} formats the sentence without any break. Also look how it doesn't matter how many spaces I put between my words. For a new paragraph I can leave a blank space in my code. \end{document} % This is the end of the document % From https://guides.nyu.edu/LaTeX/sample-document