FAQ

Installing new LaTeX classes/styles may be done in 2-3 simple steps:

1. Copy all files bundled with LaTeX document class into LOCAL tree according to standard TDS. Most common files should be placed as:
   TeX Macro Files:

   • *.TEX, *.CLS, *.STY, *.FD -> LOCAL/tex/latex/package/

2. PostScript Files: (such as PSTricks prologs)

   • *.PRO -> LOCAL/dvips/package/

3. MakeIndex and BibTeX Styles:

   • *.IST -> LOCAL/makeindex/package/

   • *.BST -> LOCAL/bibtex/bst/package/

4. Font Files:

   • *.PFB -> LOCAL/fonts/Type1/vendor/fontfamily/

   • *.TFM -> LOCAL/fonts/tfm/vendor/fontfamily/

   • *.VF -> LOCAL/fonts/vf/vendor/fontfamily/

   • *.ENC -> LOCAL/dvips/fontfamily/ or LOCAL/fonts/enc/dvips/fontfamily/

   • *.MAP -> LOCAL/dvips/fontfamily/ (Optional)

5. Replace 'package' by name of the package. Replace 'vendor' by name of company or font designer (use `public' name for public domain and TeX fonts), and 'fontfamily' by family of supplied fonts. In fact, you can choose arbitrary names.

6. Rebild ls-R file in LOCAL directory tree.
   Open dialog 'Options/Common Settings/Directories', select '$TEXMFLOCAL' entry in list, click [(Re)Build ls-R] button.

7. If your document class includes additional font files you should import MAP file by using dialog opened by 'Options/Common Settings/Install Fonts' menu command. In the dialog, click [?] button for more information, and click [Install DVIPS font MAP file...] button to install fonts.

To edit european language documents in TeXWord you should carefully set some parameters. When you create new document from template, these parameters are set properly. However, manually created documents may have not ideal parameters.

Font Encoding: european languages should be prepared with fonts in T1 encoding. Check it! Insert \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} into document preamble. When such document is edited in TeXWord font encoding should be set properly in dialog 'Options/TeX Running parameters' - 'Internal TeX Encoding'. Modern versions of TeXWord check this parameter automatically and suggest user to change it properly.

Input Encoding: choose proper input encoding in 'Options/TeX Running parameters'.

NOTE: All central european (matched CP1250) languages, and two western languages (german, french) require using inputenc or TCX.

Using inputenc:

\usepackage[cp1252]{inputenc}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[german]{babel}

% Note: Options/TeX Running Parameters ...

%       Document Input Encoding = CP1252

%       Internal TeX Encoding = T1

%   [ ] Perform Conversion between Input and Internal (TCX OFF)

Using TCX:

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[german]{babel}

% Note: Options/TeX Running Parameters ...

%       Document Input Encoding = CP1252

%       Internal TeX Encoding = T1

%   [X] Perform Conversion between Input and Internal (TCX ON)

Use hyperref package. Insert into document preamble (in source window) '\usepackage{hyperref]' and then click 'View/Refresh' (F5) command to build document outline. 

TeXWord do not support 'Save As' command for entire LaTeX document, because of multi-file nature of LaTeX documents. However, you can save any source file under another name by using 'Save As' command available in source window context menu (To see it click right mouse button in source window).

TeXWord saves only completed (closed by TeX) files. However, LOG file is never closed by TeX engine running under TeXWord. In this reason saving LOG file from under TeXWord is impossible.

So, to generate LOG file you should run TeX from Centaur or the command line.

This is because TeXword doesn't know number of pages in your document. TeXWord does not process the entire document. 

Typically, the document is processed only up to the visible page. This approach increases the performance of editing a LaTeX document.

In some cases TeXWord may have a long delay between "click and view". There are two main cases of this slow down.

1. too complex macros or too heavy page

2. imported heavy graphics by using \includegraphics command.

In the first case, I can suggest only to buy a more modern computer or edit such pages by using the Centaur text editor.

For second case, I have several efficient recommendations to improve response.

• Check that Page cache is enabled. check that image cache is enabled.

• Some types of images (WMF) avoids caching In this case you can disable drawing imported images by using menu option: 'View/Import Graphics Appearance/BBox Only'.

Eventually some users see that text displayed in TeXWord proof/preview/wysiwyg and in DVIEW look ugly (letter shapes have visible steps, like to magnified raster).

It is important to understand that BaKoMa TeX includes Type1/TrueType/OpenType fonts and ask Windows system to render them. In this reason font quality depends on settings applied to your windows system. Letters with visible steps - is result of disabled grayscaling feature of font renderer.

So, to solve the problem you should enable grayscaling:

• Windows 7, go to
  Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display > Adjust ClearType
  Following actions should be obvious ...

• VISTA, go to
  Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalization > Window Color and Appearance > Effects (button)
  Then Check on mark:
  Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:
  Then you can play with smooth method Standard or ClearType.
  NOTE: In most LCD displays ClearType can improve quality.

• Windows XP, go to
  Control Panel > Display > Appearance (tab) > Effects (button)
  Then Check on mark:
  Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:
  Then you can play with smooth method Standard or ClearType.
  NOTE: In most LCD displays ClearType can improve quality.

• WINE, no way ...
  Unfortunately only using high density display and/or scaling up text may improve the situation.

Also, Windows disables grayscaling at small font size (which depends on Windows version). In this case we recommend just to zoom in your text slightly to size when grayscaling will be enabled.