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In my earlier blog on LaTeX I mentioned that at the Journal of Maps we use MikTex. As with any other LaTeX distribution, MikTeX just processes the LaTeX code, typesets it and produces (if you use pdftex) into a PDF. The crucial stage is actually creating the LaTeX code in the first place and I mentioned earlier the benefits of using AbiWord. Ultimately you will need to produce your LaTeX code and this will typically be within a standard text editor. There are many freeware text editors available, however the one I regularly use for all text editing tasks is Notetab Pro. This relatively inexpensive editor (which can run directly from a USB stick) is as feature packed as you can get, including regular expressions, handling of large files, is very fast and incorporates a very good scripting language. All good traits and, thankfully, someone has programmed a NoteTab front-end called TeXlips that speeds up editing and PDF generation.