On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote: > Open a DOS prompt (anywhere, the directory does not matter) and run > 'pdflatex --version'. If > MiKTeX spits up some version information, at least we know it is installed. > If > Windows says it has no clue what 'pdflatex' is, add the MiKTeX bin > directory to > your system path. (I seem to recall pointing you to the PathEdit utility > earlier.) > > If pdflatex is present (and on your command path), export a small test > document > (preferably a one-liner using article class) in LaTeX (pdflatex) format, > open a > DOS prompt in the directory where the .tex file landed, run 'pdflatex > <filename>.tex' and report any errors. Maybe that will give clues. >
I successfully added the MiKTeX bin directory to the system path and exported a file. Running pdflatex gave this message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 <MiKTeX 2.8> initexmf.exe: No formats.ini exists. I can't find the default format file! Interestingly, LyX is also saying (in Document > Settings) that all document classes are unavailable. Jane -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov Ecology Ph.D. candidate, University of Georgia co-founder, www.worldbeyondborders.org "All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born." --Francois Fenelon, theologian and writer (1651-1715)
