i have just released version 3.12 of the faq; this is only a little more than a month later than i had originally intended.

as usual the (limping) dynamic faq is available from http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq, while sources, .pdf and other formats, and a static html version of the faq are available from ctan help/uk-tex-faq

the change file for this version is appended

Robin Fairbairns

For the FAQ and CTAN teams

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CHANGES-3.12

Changes in version 3.12

Acquiring the software Replace three finding things answers with a single Finding (La)TeX files, which covers the ground of the old questions, but with a more nearly up-to-date emphasis. This area needs more attention; hints on regular expressions from the old set is no more -- which probably doesn't matter (much) since almost no-one uses quote site index any longer.

Systems, etc. Expunge mention of the (defunct) 4allTeX CD-ROM under editors and shells (it had long since gone from CD-ROM answer). Mention the MikTeX CD from the CD-ROM answer. Tidied the answer about systems for macintoshes

Mathematics: Clarification of answer label mathsize (following c.t.t. thread)

Document structure (and similar places): Corrected stupid error in the example in Q-alreadydef

Installing (La)TeX files: Whole section moved up to before Fonts in the FAQ (rationalisation)

Macros: further explanation in Q-protect

New or revised packages (or just ones never before mentioned): MimeTeX mentioned (along with TechExplorer) in label mathml europecv mentioned in label cv highlight reference upgraded (because I now understand it better) chapterfolder mentioned in label docotherdir

Presentation: Web version now copes with tables (in a pretty simplistic way)

New answers: subsection{Common errors}: label zerochap: Why is my section numbering 0.1...? subsection{Common misunderstandings}: label tocloftwrong: Numbers too large in table of contents, etc. (providing a link from the problem to the solution in answer label tocloft) subsection{Creating bibliographies}: label buildbib: Creating a BibTeX bibliography file subsection{Creating citations}: label usebibtex: 'Normal' use of BibTeX from LaTeX label compactbib: Reducing spacing in the bibliography label bibtocorder: Table of contents rearranges 'unsrt' ordering subsection{Generic macros and techniques} label ifpdf: Am I using PDFTeX? section{The joy of TeX errors}: label altabcr: Alignment tab changed to cr label manymathalph: Too many math alphabets label normalszmiss: ormalsize not defined label missbegdoc: Missing egin{document} label divzero: Graphics division by zero section{Current TeX-related projects}: label extex: outline description of the ExTeX project label xetex: outline description of the XeTeX project subsection{Hyphenation}: label hyphexcept: use of, and pitfalls of, hyphenation exceptions subsection{Page layout}: label outszwrng: the infamous stupid acrobat reader answer subsection{LaTeX programming}: label ltxabbrv: latex abbreviations and (some of) their meanings subsection{Alternative document classes}: label slidecls: a set of hints on presentations