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<chapter id="intro">

<title>Introduction</title>

<section id="aboutmanual">

<title>About this Manual</title>

<para>This manual is about &MiKTeX;, a modern implementation of
&TeXnFriends;.</para>

<para>If you are not yet familiar with using &TeX; (&LaTeX;), then
please consider reading one of the tutorials available on the
Internet.</para>

</section>

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<section id="howtoget">

<title>How to Get &MiKTeX;</title>

<indexterm>
<primary>MiKTeX</primary>
<secondary>getting</secondary>
</indexterm>

<para>The &MiKTeX; installer for &Windows; and &macOS; can be
downloaded from the <ulink url="&hqbaseurl;download">&MiKTeX; download
page</ulink>.</para>

<para>For selected &Linux; distributions, you can install &MiKTeX; via
the system package manager frontend.  The <ulink
url="&hqbaseurl;download">&MiKTeX; download page</ulink> has relevant
information available.</para>

</section>

<section id="registering">

<title>Give Back</title>

<para>If you enjoy &MiKTeX; and want to support the project, then
please become a known &MiKTeX; user by giving back something.  It
encourages me to continue, and is the perfect way to say thank
you!</para>

<para>Visit <ulink
url="&hqbaseurl;giveback">the &MiKTeX; Give Back page</ulink>,
for more information.
<indexterm>
<primary>MiKTeX project</primary>
<secondary>how to support the</secondary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>give back</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>registration</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>MiKTeX</primary>
<secondary>registering</secondary>
</indexterm></para>

</section>

<section id="projectpage">

<title>The &MiKTeX; Project Page</title>

<para>The <ulink url="&hqbaseurl;">&MiKTeX; Project Page</ulink>
is the address to turn to for &MiKTeX; related news &amp; information.
<indexterm>
<primary>project page</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>MiKTeX Project Page</primary>
</indexterm></para>

</section>

<section id="otherdoc">

<title>Documentation</title>

<para>Use the &mthelp; utility to quickly access general &TeX; related
documentation.  For example, run
<indexterm>
<primary>mthelp</primary>
</indexterm>
<userinput>mthelp memoir</userinput> to view documentation of the
<filename>memoir</filename> package.</para>

</section>

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