Recently I downloaded MiKTeX on my Hewlett Packard laptop having Windows 10 operating system. But I don't know its version. How I can find it out? a) Is it necessary to install portable edition and command-line installer on my laptop? Is it necessary to download and install Texmaker on my laptop for preparing documents in Chemistry? What is the meaning of pdfLaTeX + MakeIndex + BibTeX? If any member knows the correct answers to these questions may reply.

Version question of MiKTex along with TeXworks on Windows 10

TeX - LaTeX Asked by Dhamnekar Winod on September 29, 2021

Recently I downloaded MiKTeX on my Hewlett Packard laptop having Windows 10 operating system. But I don’t know its version.

How I can find it out?

a) Is it necessary to install portable edition and command-line installer on my laptop?
Is it necessary to download and install Texmaker on my laptop for preparing documents in Chemistry?
What is the meaning of pdfLaTeX + MakeIndex + BibTeX?

If any member knows the correct answers to these questions may reply.

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