The Output Wizard

The Output Wizard leads through the configuration of some basic output profiles step by step. If the MiKTeX distribution is installed, the Output Wizard canl do nearly all the work without user interaction.

Invoking the Output Wizard

After TeXnicCenter has started, it checks to see whether output profiles are already defined. If this is not the case, TeXnicCenter will then start the Output Wizard automatically.

To start the Output Wizard manually, please select the menu item 'Build|Define Output Profiles...' and click on the button 'Wizard' in the next dialog.

Using the Output Wizard

At first the Wizard will look for an installed MikTeX distribution. If MikTeX is found on the system, the Wizard asks for permission to configure TeXnicCenter accordingly or to use another distribution.

To configure TeXnicCenter to use MikTeX, the Wizard will perform the following steps:

1. It will look for the TeX compiler. If no compiler can be found, the path to the compiler can be entered in a dialog.
2. Afterwards the Wizard will look for the registered DVI-viewer. If the registered viewer is YAP, TeXnicCenter will be configured to YAP as default viewer. If another viewer is found, command line parameters to start the viewer, to view documents and to perform a forward search, can be entered in a dialog.
3. Now the wizard will test if DVIPS (a tool that convert DVI documents into PostScript files) is installed. If DVIPS is found, the path for command line arguments can be entered in a dialog.
4. Finally the Wizard will test if pdfLaTeX is installed. If this test is successfull, the Wizard will look for the viewer registered for PDF files. If the viewer is the Adobe AcrobatReader, the wizard will do the configuration, otherwise the path and the command line arguments for a different PDF viewer can be entered in a dialog.
5. Now TeXnicCenter will create the following output profiles:
   - LaTeX => DVI (only if LaTeX has been found);
   - LaTeX => PS (only if DVIPS and LaTeX have been found);
   - LaTeX => PDF (only if pdfLaTeX has been found).
   If one of the above mentioned output profiles already exists, the Wizard will ask permission to overwrite or to keep the existing one.

To check, what the Wizard has created, open the dialog Manual Configuration.