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If you have never used TeX before, then it is recommendable to work through one of the TeX/LaTeX tutorials. A good starting point is this entry in the UK TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tutorials*.
MiKTeX doesn't differ very much from any other TeX system you might have used before. Typesetting with MiKTeX involves these steps:
Edit the LaTeX source with your favourite text document editor.
Compile the LaTeX source into a DVI file,
i.e., say something like
latex MyMastersThesis
.
Open the result by double-clicking the DVI
file (e.g., MyMastersThesis.dvi
) in
Windows Explorer.
You usually use a LaTeX editor to carry out these steps. The most prominent ones are listed here: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=editors.