Freeware for tex under win32? MikTeX is not the only one. I use fptex which is Fabrice Popineau's WIN32 installation of Karl Berry's web2c tex system. For unix freaks, this means fptex is tetex for windows. I used MikTeX a few years ago when it was new and found it acceptable, although there were a few minor things that bothered me. Fptex did not have these, so I switched. Fptex supports all the extra software that one expects of a full tex installation, including pdftex, tex4ht, and many others that I do not use. I can only recommend it heartily. Available on ctan under systems/win32/fptex or from the source ftp.ese-metz.fr/pub/tex/win32 By the way, I have only heard good things about MikTeX so I do not want to criticise it at all. I just do not have any more experience with it myself and the things that bothered me long ago were really minor and may even no longer be there. Regards, Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Patrick W. Daly Tel. [+49] 5556-979-279 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie Fax. [+49] 5556-979-240 Max-Planck-Str. 2 D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau Internet: [log in to unmask] Germany -----------------------------------------------------------------------------