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<title>About &MiKTeX;</title>

<para>&TeX; is a typesetting system invented by D.&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Knuth.
<indexterm>
<primary>Knuth</primary>
<secondary>Donald E.</secondary>
</indexterm>
&MiKTeX; (pronounced
<emphasis>mik-tech</emphasis>) is an implementation of
<indexterm>
<primary>MiKTeX</primary>
<secondary>how to pronounce</secondary>
</indexterm>
&TeX; and related programs.</para>

<para>&MiKTeX; is available for &Windows;, &macOS; and selected
&Linux; distributions. Its main features include:
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<primary>MiKTeX</primary>
<secondary>features</secondary>
</indexterm></para>

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<listitem><para>Easy to install</para>
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<listitem><para>Integrated package management:
&MiKTeX;'s integrated package manager installs missing components from the Internet, if required.
This allows users to keep the &TeX; installation as minimal as possible (“Just enough TeX”).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Complete: the &MiKTeX; distribution contains almost
all packages that are freely redistributable.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Always up-to-date: the &MiKTeX; package repository is updated regularly
and &MiKTeX; provides tools to easily install package updates.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Open source</para></listitem>
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