MiKTeX (pronounced mick-tech) is an up-to-date implementation of TeX/LaTeX and related programs for Windows. TeX is a typesetting system written by Donald Ervin Knuth to support printing and publishing of text with a lot of mathematical formulae.

For in-depth information on the usage of TeX/LaTeX, check out these community questions/discussions:

• How to look up a symbol or identify a math symbol or character?
• How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
• Question mark instead of citation number
• Why is \\[ … \\] preferable to $$ … $$?
• Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files?
• Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

Installation

To install on:

• CAS ITS-supported Dell PCs: submit request to get available software installed.

• Faculty and Staff personal laptop or home computer: download software from the MikTex website.

• Student personal laptop or home computer: download software from the MikTex website.