Converting From LaTeX 2.09
Converting from LaTeX 2.09 to LaTeX 2e
Converting from LaTeX 2.09 to LaTeX2e is pretty simple in most cases; all you have to do is to change the \documentstyle line to a corresponding \documentclass line. Packages (but not document style options) included in brackets in the \documentstyle line will need to be split off and declared in a separate \usepackage line, however. For example,
\documentstyle[12pt,cyrillic]{article}
should be changed to two lines:
\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{cyrillic}
You will also often need to replace some old control sequences to their newer equivalents. Most of these concern fonts:
LaTeX 2.09 | LaTeX 2e |
\Bbb R | \mathbb R |
{\bf bold text} | \textbf{bold text} |
{\it italicized text} | \textit{italicized text} |
{\smc small-cap text} | \textsc{small-cap text} |
(Note, however, that \emph{...} is preferred over \textit{...}.)