Files with tex file extension can be mainly found as special documents prepared using the TeX/LaTeX document preparation software.
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.TEX file extension - TeX/LaTeX text document
What is tex file? How to open tex files?
File type specification:
The tex file extension is most notably associated and used for TeX/LaTeX text document files.
LaTeX is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. The tex file is a plain text that contains markup conventions, which define document structure.
It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing (computer science, electrical engineering, economics, statistics, etc.)
MIME types used for tex files:
application/x-tex
application/x-texinfo
The default software associated to open tex file:
Company or developer:
LaTeX Project Development Team
A document preparation system for high-quality typesetting, LaTeX is used to create medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing.
Company or developer:
Jonathan Kew
XeTeX is Unicode-based TeX using platform fonts and font technologies (e.g. AAT on Mac OS X or OpenType features on Mac/Linux/Windows) to provide typesetting for all the world's scripts.
Company or developer:
Christian Schenk
An up-to-date implementation of TeX and related programs for Windows.
Company or developer:
TeX Users Group
TeXworks is application used to create documents with TeX/LaTeX document markup language.
List of software applications associated to the .tex file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open tex file, edit tex file, convert tex file, view tex file, play tex file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
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Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting tex files.
Software that open tex file - TeX/LaTeX text document
Programs supporting the exension tex on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open tex file action.
