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\section{What is \LaTeX}
\LaTeX\ is a language that allows you to create documents in almost any text editor by focussing primarily on \emph{content} and \emph{structure}, not \emph{how it looks}.

Wikipedia describes it as:
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	\textbf{LaTeX} (\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English\#Key}{/ˈleɪtɛk/} \href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key}{LAY-tek} or \href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English\#Key}{/ˈlɑːtɛk/} \href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key}{LAH-tek}\textsuperscript{\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX\#cite_note-1}{[1]}}) is a document preparation system and document markup language. \snip LaTeX is not the name of a particular editing program, but refers to the encoding or tagging conventions that are used in LaTeX documents. Almost any editing program or word-processor may be used to write LaTeX documents \snip
	
	\hfill --- Wikipedia
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