LaTeX packages

LaTeX packages

Since LaTeX is actually a programming language, extensions can be made by users. You may not have the interest, the knowledge, or the time to write sophisticated LaTeX code, but many users have contributed their work to the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), where you can find many packages that perform common tasks.

Examples of packages that you may already have seen are the amsmath package for formatting mathematical equations and the graphics package for including images in LaTeX documents.

Here are some further examples of how to locate, download, install, and use LaTeX packages. 

• Example: examination packages
• A sampler of other packages
• A thesis package at Texas A&M University

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LaTeX packages