How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX? 1076 How does one insert a "\" (backslash) into the text of a LaTeX document? And how does one insert a "~" (tilde)? (If you insert \~, it will give you a tilde as an accent over the following letter ) I believe \backslash may be used in math formulae, but not into text itself
How do I use literally in LaTeX? - LaTeX Stack Exchange Possible Duplicate: How to look up a symbol? Escape character in LaTeX In the itemize environment, how do I use the ampersand symbol amp; without LaTeX trying to use it as a command?
What are good learning resources for a LaTeX beginner? The Art of LaTeX is a 100-page intro to the subject with a lot of parallel " LaTeX -code : typeset-result" examples throughout the text A companion book, The LaTeX Math Companion, does the same with math in LaTeX