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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+% This is part of the book TeX for the Impatient.
+% Copyright (C) 2003 Paul W. Abrahams, Kathryn A. Hargreaves, Karl Berry.
+% See file fdl.tex for copying conditions.
+
+\input macros
+\frontchapter{Read this first}
+
+% We don't need anything but \rm here.
+{\font\rm = cmr10 scaled \magstephalf \baselineskip = 1.1\baselineskip
+If you're new to \TeX:
+\ulist
+\li Read Sections \chapternum{usebook}--\chapternum{usingtex} first.
+\li Look at the examples in \chapterref{examples}
+for things that resemble what you want to do.
+Look up any related commands in ``Capsule summary of commands'',
+\chapterref{capsule}.
+Use the page references there to find the more complete descriptions of
+those commands and others that are similar.
+\li Look up unfamiliar words in ``Concepts'', \chapterref{concepts},
+using the list on the back cover of the book to find the
+explanation quickly.
+\li Experiment and explore.
+\endulist
+\bigskip
+\noindent
+If you're already familiar with \TeX, or if you're editing or
+otherwise modifying a \TeX\ document that someone else has created:
+\ulist
+\li For a quick reminder of what a command does, look in
+\chapterref{capsule}, ``Capsule summary of commands''. It's
+alphabetized and has page references for more complete descriptions of
+the commands.
+\li Use the functional groupings of command descriptions
+to find those related to a
+particular command that you already know, or to find a command that serves a
+particular purpose.
+\li Use \chapterref{concepts}, ``Concepts'', to get an explanation of
+any concept that you don't understand, or need to understand more
+precisely, or have forgotten.
+Use the list on the inside back cover of the book to find a concept quickly.
+\endulist
+}
+\pagebreak
+
+\byebye