By Diem M.

Nguyen

February 2, 2004

How to install LaTeX on Microsoft Windows

1) Download MiKTeX from: http://www.miktex.org/setup.html To get start, simply download the basic MikTeX system, click on small-miktex-2.4.1477.exe to start the download process: a) Select to download the file from the nearest location b) Save the file to C:\Temp folder c) After download completed, go to C:\Temp folder and double-click on the small-miktex-2.4.1477.exe to start install d) Simply go through the installation with default options 2) Download Ghostscript from: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get813.htm For window users, please scroll the page down to Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, or XP section, click on gs813w32.exe to download a) Save the file to C:\Temp folder b) After download completed, go to C:\Temp folder and double-click on the gs813w32.exe to start install c) Simply go through the installation with default options 3) After you download Ghostscript, then download GSView, click on gsv46w32.exe. Follow the same instruction as in Ghostscript. 4) After you have successfully downloaded and installed MikTeX, you need to get the TeX editor TeXnicCenter from: http://www.toolscenter.org/front_content.php?idcat=50 Download TeXnicCenter Setup, Version 1 Beta 6.20 (Fawkes) by a) Click on the server SourceForge.net to go to the download page b) On the download page, select to download the file from the nearest location, for example, I download it from Reston, VA c) Save the file to C:\Temp folder d) After download completed, go to C:\Temp folder and double-click on TXCSetup_1Beta6_20.exe to start install

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Install TeXnicCenter is easy, but after install, you need to configure it to use MikTeX. a) To start TeXnicCenter for the first time, click on Start->Programs->TeXnicCenter->TeXnicCenter b) A screen will come up asking you to configure TeXnicCenter, see Figure 1 c) Click next start configuration

Figure 1 - Configuration Wizard

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d) The Yes, configure TeXnicCenter with MikTeX should have already been selected for you. If not, you need to re-install MikTeX, see Figure 2

Figure 2 - MikTeX and TeXnicCenter

e) The next screen asks you to configure DVI-viewer. Type the following line into the first Text Box: C:\texmf\miktex\bin\yap.exe See Figure 3 & 4

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Figure 3 - Configure DVI viewer

Figure 4 - Configured DVI viewer

f) The next couple screens ask you to confirm PDF and PS viewers. You can just click on next to continue the installation. The PDF viewer should be your Acrobat reader, and the PS viewer should be GS View. g) Its ready for use!