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assafwe
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Compilation not possible

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Hi,

I'm trying to download TeXworks editor on my windows pc, and although the .tex file and pdf open fine, when I try to compile i get a message that the file "pdflatex" was not found (or something like this)..

Thanks!

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Current versions of the common TeX distributions (MiKTeX 2.9, TeX Live 2010) have TeXworks incorporated in a ready-to-use configuration. It might be necessary to install it subsequently by the corresponding package manager. So there actually should be no need to download it separately.


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Stefan Kottwitz
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Could it be that you installed only the editor but no TeX distribution? In that case you have to install one, you can download it here:
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