Initial Configuration of TeXnicCenter
- When you start TeXnicCenter for the first time, you will see a "Tip of the day" dialog. Close it.
- Next you will see the Configuration Wizard
- Click "Next"
- Now, you will see a dialog for configuring the path.
Enter: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin into the text entry field.
- Now, you may see a dialog for configuring the PDF viewer.
It will default to: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\mixktex-texworks.exe. Click Next
- Finally you will see a dialog listing what TeXnicCenter has configured.
- Click "Finish"
- If you need to re-run the wizard, select "Build->Define Output Profiles..." from the menu. Next, choose the "Wizard" button in the lower left corner of the "Profiles" window.
Configuring Inverse Search for Yap
Yap is the dvi previewer that is used by TeXnicCenter. Yap has an inverse search property that is quite useful. If you double-click on a word or equation in the previewer, TeXnicCenter will be opened up in the tex source on the line containing the word/equation you clicked on.
- Open Yap via Start-> All Programs->MikTeX->Previewer
- Once Yap starts, select the "View->Options" menu
- Click on the "Inverse DVI Search" tab and you should see a dialog similar to
this
- Click on "TeXnicCenter (auto-detected)" to get this
- Click "OK" and you are done
