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Now go If ConTeXt is not installed on your system, check the [[Installation|installation]] page for installation instructions. Follow the steps below to create a simple document using ConTeXt: == Create a ConTeXt file == Open a [[Text Editors|text editor]], type the following content, and save the shellfile as <code>hello.tex</code>: <texcode>\starttext\startsection[title={Testing ConTeXt}] This is my {\em first} ConTeXt document.\stopsection\stoptext</texcode> Words starting with a backslash (such as <code>\starttext</code>) are called '''command line sequence''' or '''macros'''. The macros <texcode>\starttext....\stoptext</texcode> mark the content to be typeset. The material before <code>\starttext</code> (called ''preamble'') is used to change the style of the output; any material after <code>\stoptext</code> is ignored.  The macros <texcode>\startsection[title={...}]...\stopsection</texcode> mark the title and type the content of a section.  The macro <code>{\em ...}</code> is a [[Font Switching| font switch]] that emphasizes the content (by showing it inslanted font). 

Go to the command-line and now ConTeXt will start. It will give you some output on your terminal type:

<pre>context hello<nowiki/pre> TeXExec 4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004

executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test ConTeXt will then process your document, display some logging information on the console, and generate a <tt>hello.pdf</tt> output : standard interface : en options : once nonstop current mode : nonefile.

This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3<pre><nowiki>mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/opt/context-minimals/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" --jobname="hello" --lua="/opt/context-minimals/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.141592lui" --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=1--c:fulljobname=".11a/hello.tex" -2-c:input="./hello.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 (Web2C 7"cont-yes.mkiv"This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.574.20-2012122511 (rev 4541)

%&-line parsing enabled. (/opt/texlivecontext-minimals/8texmf-context/texmftex/web2ccontext/cp8bit.tcx)entering extended mode(.base/test.tex{pdftexcont-yes.cfg}mkiv

ConTeXt ver: 20042013.401.9 27 21:24 MKIV fmt: 20042013.41.16 28 int: english /english......mkiv lua stats mes> current memory usage - 23 MB (ctx: english23 MB)mkiv lua stats > runtime - 0.316 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 3.165 pages/second

language system | total runtime: language en is active<protectionstate 0>...468

Don’t be worried. This is == View the way it should look. Once texexec has finished, it will leave behind a generated PDF file called == Open the generated <tt>hello.pdf</tt>PDF file using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software#Viewers PDF viewer]. Open it and you will see a It should look as follows: <context mode="Hello worldmkiv" >% Draw a white frame so that the page is not truncated. % But it does not seem to work :( \setupbackgrounds[text][frame=on ]\starttext\startsection[title={Testing ConTeXt}] This is my {\em first} ConTeXt document.\stopsection\stoptext</context> Note that the section has been numbered, the section number and the section title appear in a virtual A4 paper slightly larger fonts, and the emphasized word comes out in a page numberslanted font. == Modifying the output style == It is possible to change the style of the output by using appropriate ''setup'' commands in the preamble. For example, to make the section titles bold and to use italic (rather than slanted) font for emphasized words, use <context mode="mkiv" source="yes" text="which gives">\setuphead[section][style=\bfa]\setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \starttext\startsection[title={Testing ConTeXt}] This is my {\em first} ConTeXt document.\stopsection\stoptext</context>