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What is This page describes the fundamentals of using ConTeXt? What . It includes hands-on examples, and the instructions assume that you have ConTeXt [[Installation hints|installed]]. If you don't want to install it yet, you can I do with [http://live.contextgarden.net try it? Let’s seeon the web]. Take your favourite  Start by typing the following into a [[Text text editor]], type in the following document and save saving it as a file <code>hello.tex</code>.:

It shows already a ConTeXt essential: everything's between <tt>\startsomething</tt> and <tt>\stopsomething</tt>. If you don't have ConTeXt [[Installation hints|installed]] (yet), you can first try out the latest version using the web interface http://live.contextgarden.net. If you already installed it, you can Then go to the shell/command -line and type in:

and now ConTeXt will startthen process your document. It will give you output some information, such as follows—this output on your terminal does ''not'' indicate an error:

Don’t be worried. This is the way it should look. Once <tt>texexec </tt> has finished, it will leave behind a file called <tt>hello.pdf</tt>. Open it and you will see a "Hello world" on a virtual A4 paper and a page numberdocument.