Installing WinEDT

1. Download the installer here (You only need one file, the highest-numbered one)
2. Double-click on the installer
3. Follow the on-screen instructions

Installing MiKTeX

1. If you have a previous version of MiKTeX installed on your computer, remove it via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. You may also want to remove everything in your current TEXMF root, e.g. C:\texmf\miktex.
2. Download an installer from the MiKTeX website, preferrably the "Basic" installer.
3. Double-click on the installer
4. Follow the on-screen instructions
5. The "Basic" installer gives you a basic MiKTeX system, then lets you download other packages as needed. You can install packages easily by using the MikTeX Update Wizard, which can be found on the Start Menu under Programs->MikTeX->MiKTeX Update Wizard.

Installing MiKTeK components:

How to Install New Styles in MiKTeX

1. The computer should presently have a folder C:\texmf
2. If not, then create folder C:\texmf
3. Create a subfolder in C:\texmf called tex
4. Create another subfolder in C:\texmf\tex called latex
5. Finally, create a subfolder in C:\texmf\tex\latex called texinput
6. Copy style files into folder C:\texmf\tex\latex\texinput
7. Run Winedt
8. Press the command prompt icon on the top right corner of the toolbars
9. In DOS prompt, type:  initexmf –u   (This refreshes the filename database)
10. The DOS prompt window should close automatically after you type in the above command. If not then retype the command and make sure your directory structure is exactly like in step #5.
11. Your styles have been installed.

Current List of "Style" files on Data lab Systems

(files available in texinputs.zip ):
amsfonts.sty
amssymb.sty
bib.sty
dectab.sty
eepic.sty
endnotes.sty
footnote.sty
fullpage.sty
harvard.sty
html.sty
letterl.sty
letterla.sty
nowidow.sty
nsf.sty
psfrag.sty
setspace.sty
stats.sty
thmdefs.sty
titlepage.sty
twocolumn.sty

How to Install New "pro" files in MiKTeX

1. In order for MikTex/Winedit to recognize new .pro files they must be inserted into folder C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\dvips\base.
2. .pro files in any other directory will not be read or detected

Current List of "Pro" files on Data lab Systems

psfrag.pro

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Last updated
June 20, 2007