PCTeX 6 New Features
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Page Style Wizard * Professional
Only *
The Page style Wizard allows easy configuration of font size, paper size,
equation numbering, and any other available options. The wizard can currently
configure the standard LaTeX styles, and also AMS, KOMA-script, memoir and
beamer (slide presentations). |
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Package Options Wizard *
Professional Only *
The Package Options Wizard displays a list of all available LaTeX packages.
These may be sorted by Name, Title, or Category. Once a package has been
selected, the Package Options Wizard will allow configuration of all available
options. |
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Graphics Wizard * Professional
Only *
The Graphics Wizard allows easy sizing and placement of graphics images into
your documents. Choose Insert Graphic and the wizard will allow you to configure
your graphics and the wizard will add the necessary graphics commands and
parameters to the preamble. The Graphics Wizard will also automatically convert
graphics files to the formats needed for regular TeX output or for PDF output.
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Language Wizard
The Language Wizard will select languages to be used in your documents, and
the appropriate hyphenation patterns will be installed in the LaTeX format. The
spell check word list for that language will be used in the editor as well.
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LaTeX Command Completion
When you begin typing, PCTeX will complete recognized LaTeX commands
automatically. If there is more than one command that starts with the same
characters, you will be presented with a dropdown list of commands.
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Other New Features:
| PDF and DVI typesetting and
viewing
Choose to typeset and view your document as a DVI or a PDF. The typeset mode
is saved with each project. This is useful, for example, if one project works
better in PDF mode and another in DVI mode. |
Spell check as you type
PCTeX uses a well-known spell checker (ISpell) to check spelling as you edit.
Once you have typed a word, it will spell-check it and highlight the word if
misspelled. There are word lists available in several languages. |
| Just-in-Time Package Loader
As you typeset a LaTeX file, and a package or file is discovered missing, the
Just-in-time (JIT) installer will automatically fetch the package, install it
and typeset again. |
View Documentation
The Package Manager, the Insert Package dialog, and the Documentclass dialog
all have a View Documentation button to allow viewing of package documentation.
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| Insert Menu
This new menu item provides some automatic editor insertions for graphics,
lists, languages, and packages. |
Vertical scrolling in DVI viewer
The dvi viewer will display pages that can be scrolled vertically, similar to
Acrobat Reader. |
PCTeX 6 Feature Comparison
| Key Features |
Reader |
PCTeX 6 |
PCTeX 6 Pro |
| DVI Viewer |
O |
O |
O |
| DVI Printer |
O |
O |
O |
| PS Export |
O |
O |
O |
| CM PS Fonts |
O |
O |
O |
| TeX Engine |
X |
O |
O |
| Editor |
X |
O |
O |
| AI Export |
X |
O |
O |
| Projects |
X |
O |
O |
| LaTeX Templates |
X |
O |
O |
| PS/EPS/PDF Viewer |
X |
O |
O |
| DVI-to-PDF Distiller |
X |
O |
O |
| PS-TO-PDF Distiller |
X |
O |
O |
| Font & Package Installer |
X
|
O
|
O
|
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Just-in-Time Package loader
|
X
|
O
|
O
|
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Spell check as you type
|
X
|
O
|
O
|
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PDF and DVI typesetting and viewing
|
X
|
O
|
O
|
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LaTeX command completion
|
X
|
O
|
O
|
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Language configuration
|
X
|
O
|
O
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Page Style Wizard
|
X
|
X
|
O
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Package Options Wizard
|
X
|
X
|
O
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Graphics Wizard
|
X
|
X
|
O
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| MathTime Pro 2 Lite Fonts |
X |
X |
O |
| Support |
X |
O |
O |
System Requirements for PCTeX 6
The minimum system requirements state the minimal specification your computer must have to be able to use the software. A more powerful system may be required for certain tasks or larger projects.
- Requires Windows 2000, XP, Vista.
- Athlon/Pentium or compatible computer.
- Any Windows supported monitor, graphics card, and printer.
- 64MB RAM and 50MB disk space.
- Internet connection required for license activation
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