About MiKTeX

MiKTeX (pronounced mick-tech) is an up-to-date implementation of TeX and related programs for Windows (all current variants) on x86 systems. TeX is a typesetting system invented by Donald E. Knuth.

MiKTeX s main features include:

• easy to install
• complete: 1108 packages (fonts, macros, ...) are included
• living: the package repository is updated periodically (last update: Jul 14, 2005 )
• easy package management: missing packages can be installed automatically; a wizard helps you to keep your MiKTeX system up-to-date
• fast previewing: the TeX output viewer Yap allows for an optimized edit-compile-view cycle (if the TeX authoring system in use supports source specials)
• MiKTeX is open source

The MiKTeX distribution consists of the following components:

• TeX : the classic TeX compiler
• pdfTeX , e-TeX , pdf-e-TeX , Omega , e-Omega , NTS : various TeX variants
• Dvipdfm/Dvipdfmx: converts TeX output into PDF documents
• MetaPost: converts picture specifications into PostScript commands
• a complete set of macro packages and fonts (e.g., ConTeX t , LaTeX , ...)
• Yap: a viewer for TeX output
• TeX ify: a TeX compiler driver
• MiKTeX Options: assists in configuring MiKTeX
• Lots of utilities: tools for the creation of bibliographies & indexes, PostScript utilities, and more.