1. Using PICTEX with plain TEX \input pictex \beginpicture ... additional PICTEX commands ... \endpicture basic command \put {text} [[[0x][0y]]] [] at xcoord ycoord 2. Using PICTEX with LATEX You must \input the auxilliary files in this order \input prepic \input pictex \input postpic \beginpicture ... additional PICTEX commands ... \endpicture basic command \put {text} [[[0x][0y]]] [] at xcoord ycoord 3. Using LatexPic Objects with plain TEX \input pictex \input latexpic