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Why is TeXworks generating corrupted PDFs in Adobe Reader?
Nonetheless, executing pdflatex myFile.tex on the windows command line creates a pdf that Adobe Reader can reliably open. Why can’t I create such pdfs through the TexWorks IDE? The .pdf output of a TeX file is obtained after being compiled with one of the many compiling methods such as PDFTeX, PDFLatex, XeTeX etc.
What should I set pdfLaTeX to run when compiling?
You should also set pdflatex to run when compiling, not pdftex. I had the same problem, using a portable version of MiKTeX and TeXmaker on USB. It worked fine on my laptop (Windows 8.1) but then it stopped compiling and generating new PDFs on my work PC (Windows 7).
Why does my USB stick say pdflatex.exe?
For me, the simple solution was to got to Options –> Configure TexMaker and re-select the correct file path to pdflatex.exe in the second field (called “PdfLaTeX”). For some reason, this file path (for me this was E:/MikTex/miktex/bin/pdflatex.exe) had disappeared, even though my USB Stick is defined as drive E:/ on both computers.
How can I get the output of a TeX file?
The .pdf output of a TeX file is obtained after being compiled with one of the many compiling methods such as PDFTeX, PDFLatex, XeTeX etc. This is analogous to any other programming language, the source code cannot be saved as an .exe file to make it an executable.
How can you convert Tex to PDF in TeXworks?
Click it and TeXworks will start compiling the TEX file. A PDF file, which is more popular for viewing, will be exported in the folder of the original TEX file. Open Example 3 in TeXworks, click the Typeset button.
How to compile.tex document in TeXworks?
In TeXworks one can use the play button to compile the .tex document with a compiler that can be set next to it. However, as Peter Grill mentions, there are some peculiarities concerning the output and auxillary files during the source code compilation especially in Windows environment.