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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Tug<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am writing a book on mathematics using the TechnicCenter with MiKTeX 2.9 AMSBOOK and running under Windows 7.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As I write, I build (compile) the current .tex file as dvi – because it renders reasonably and is quite quick.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have named all my figures without specifying the file extension; both eps and pdf versions of each figure exist in the appropriate folder.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the final version, I would like the best possible quality of rendering and I believe that to be a pdf file.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My two questions are, first…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>which of the options:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(i)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Latex => DVI (not this one)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(ii)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Latex => DVI => PDF<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(iii)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Latex => PDF<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>(iv)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Latex => PS => PDF<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>should I use, and second…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>is the final quality dependent on the software already present on my PC?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To put it another way… would I benefit, for example, by having the latest version of Adobe Acrobat or whatever on my PC in the final instance?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>