 pdflatex filename
Creation of a PDF document from a Latex or Tex file is easy. If there are
no figures you may use the command

     pdflatex filename

If your document has embedded postscript figures you must
first convert it to postscript, then to pdf, using the sequence of commands:

     latex filename
     dvips -o filename.ps filename
     distill filename.ps > filename.pdf
 NOT USE AN OLD DVI OR PS FILE; LATEX YOUR DOCUMENT FROM SCRATCH!

If you made your figures with xfig by exporting both latex and postscript
then it may be necessary to re-export the figure. For best results, do this
on the same system (server) where you run latex, dvips, and distill.

To check whether your pdf file makes proper use of scalable fonts, print
it from within the pdf reader (started by the command "acroread filename").
Files without scalable fonts may look fine on the monitor, but they won't
print well.

Please report any problems, as usual, to comment@cims.nyu.edu.


