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[guillaumemorgan]

Hello,

Most of you are using LateX for math and science but I wanna start using it for my theology papers. The fact I can include nice Greek and Hebrew fonts is a big plus.

-my document needs to use Times New Roman 12pt.
-the margins must be 2.54cm X 3.17cm (the default Word margins)
-I need to use double space.

Let's forget the Greek and Hebrew right now. What do I need to add to get the font to size=12 and the proper margins. Could you tell me what's missing ?

This is what I got so far

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing
\begin{document}
This is \textbf{Times New Roman}.
\end{document}

Thanks!

[mas]

Welcome to wonderful world of LaTeX

You really should read the lshort for a good introduction to LaTeX. Since you are not going to use the maths, ignore that chapter.

To get 12pt for your document,

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}

Check out the package geometry for setting up margins, paper size etc. For your case, this should help

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\usepackage[left=2.54cm, right=3.17cm]{geometry}

[Johannes_B]

After reading lshort, like mas suggested, you could take a look at koma-script. These classes and packages are more powerful than the standard classes.

In addition, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX are modern engines to set your document to pdf. Both of them natively support unicode, so you could easily write hebrew and greek charakters into your document (if you have the right keyboard).

But first of all, read lshort or LaTeX for complete novices.