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## Related software

The following software should be available from the same distributor as your copy of LATEX2e. You should obtain at least the graphics and tools collections in order to have all the files described in LaTeX: A Document Preparation System. The `amsmath` package (part of amslatex and formerly known as `amstex`) and babel are also mentioned in the list of `standard packages' in section C.5.2 of that book.

amslatex
  Advanced mathematical typesetting from the American Mathematical Society. This includes the `amsmath` package; it provides many commands for typesetting mathematical formulas of higher complexity. It is produced and supported by the American Mathematical Society and it is described in The LaTeX Companion.
babel
  This package and related files support typesetting in many languages. It is described in The LaTeX Companion.
cyrillic
  Everything you need (except the fonts themselves) for typesetting with Cyrillic fonts.
graphics
  This includes the `graphics` package which provides support for the inclusion and transformation of graphics, including files produced by other software. Also included, is the `color` package which provides support for typesetting in colour. Both these packages are described in LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
psnfss
  Everything you need (except the fonts themselves) for typesetting with a large range of Type 1 (PostScript) fonts.
tools
  Miscellaneous packages written by the LATEX3 project team.

These packages come with documentation and each of them is also described in at least one of the books The LaTeX Companion and LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.

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