WinEdt
The facts below are what the maker publishes about WinEdt, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From WinEdt's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Student License | $50, paid once | Named personal license · single individual use · does not expire · free upgrades for up to five years · US $50 registration fee |
| Educational License | $80, paid once | Named personal license · single individual use · does not expire · free upgrades for up to five years · US $80 registration fee |
| Business/Govt License | $150, paid once | Named personal license · single individual use · does not expire · free upgrades for up to five years · US $150 registration fee |
| Multi-user or subscription license | Priced on request | Organizations · pricing depends on license type and number of users · Contact WinEdt for a quote; organizational subscription licenses are renewable annually. |
The facts
Each one read from WinEdt's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Editing features
- WinEdt 11 supports customizable auto completion, code folding, customizable highlighting schemes, and multilingual spell checking with dictionaries for over 20 languages.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Installation and integrations
- The installer is prepared to make installation and integration with MiKTeX or TeX Live automatic.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Notable limitation
- WinEdt 11 cannot automatically import settings from older versions, and some customizations may need to be imported manually.checked 11 Oct 2001
- PDF and SyncTeX
- WinEdt 11 includes a PDF viewer based on PDFium with built-in SyncTeX forward and inverse search for PDFs compiled by TeX.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Personal license terms
- A named personal license is for single individual use, does not expire, and entitles new registrants to free upgrades for up to five years.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Portable installation
- The installer can create a portable installation without user profiles or an uninstall feature.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- WinEdt states that user data is not accessible to its team and that collected registration information remains private and confidential.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Product
- WinEdt is a Unicode (UTF-8) text editor for Windows, commonly used as a front end for compilers and typesetting systems.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Support
- Technical support is offered by email, the team does not provide telephone support, and the site says response times may vary because of question volume.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Support resources
- WinEdt provides a Quick Guide, built-in help, and a public GitHub discussion forum for WinEdt-related issues.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Typical use
- WinEdt is mostly used as a LaTeX editor and is designed to integrate with TeX systems such as MiKTeX and TeX Live.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Upgrade limit
- Major upgrades may require a new license, while minor upgrades are free.checked 11 Oct 2001
The company
- Founded
- 1993checked 28 Sep 2001
- Headquarters
- Nova Scotia, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2001
- Maker and history
- WinEdt says it was originally developed in 1993; its site copyright identifies Aleksander Simonic, and its About page refers to its HQ in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia.checked 11 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Supported platform
- WinEdt 11 is a 64-bit application for Windows 11 and Windows 10.checked 11 Oct 2001
Money
- Trial
- The fully functional evaluation copy may be used for 31 days; further use requires a license.checked 11 Oct 2001
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