

There are several editors, but since you are at you can probably guess :-) that we recommend our tool, LaTeX Editor (LEd). To this end, please start any text editor (e.g., Notepad), type the text shown in the following frame, and save the file under the name test.tex.Ī box showing "pdflatex test.tex" text Installing And Configuring LaTeX Editor (LEd)Įditing documents in Notepad is possible, but a specialized editor would make this task much easier. Checking Whether TeX Is Installed CorrectlyĪfter a successful installation, and likely also after a computer restart, it is a good idea to check whether TeX is installed correctly. Then, TeX should be installed using an included installer (unfortunately, currently, the newest TeXLive version, TL 2004 does not contain an installer, and the installation has to be done manually). The TeX/LaTeX distribution is needed to work with TeX, so the first step is to download one of them (we recommend that LEd's users choose one of these two, since LEd has been tested to work correctly with them). Some of the most popular are MiKTeX and TeXLive. Therefore, they are usually offered in distributions. TeX and LaTeX are rather small programs, but they can be extended by external packages. What Do I Need To Start TeXifying? Choosing A TeX Distribution The document can be then converted to PostScript, PDF, or other file types. The textual source is then compiled to obtain the document in an intermediate DVI format. Nevertheless, some editors make this process easier. TeX/LaTeX are languages and a document is prepared in textual form, so any text editor can be employed. it is easy to work on a document of almost any size.


