How can I view the results of my LaTeX code without saving it first?

[desmond iking]

i am a newbie to Latex. i have downloaded TeXWorks from the Internet. i copied and paste some text directly from the Internet to test it. Unfortunealy i can't see the 'results' when i saved it as a file. Which type of file should I save in order to see the 'results' . Can someone help please?

 

[Vagn]

i am a newbie to Latex. i have downloaded TeXWorks from the Internet. i copied and paste some text directly from the Internet to test it. Unfortunealy i can't see the 'results' when i saved it as a file. Which type of file should I save in order to see the 'results' . Can someone help please?

Do you mean it didn't create the pdf? If so you need to savew it ( a .tex file will do) and click the green button at the top. This should generate a pdf and automatically open it.

 

[desmond iking]

Do you mean it didn't create the pdf? If so you need to savew it ( a .tex file will do) and click the green button at the top. This should generate a pdf and automatically open it.

can i view the result without saving it first? how to view the result? i copied and paste some example from the internet as above but it didnt work! i tried to save it as .tex files and opened it again. But , the things same as in the pic appeared. I didn't see the results.