<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">thank you Lars<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">\usepackage[ascii]{inputenc}<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">solved the main problem; I can now assemble my main document via a test-doc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Now I have to work my way back through my various \input and *.sty files</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">to see which character generates this error:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">
<p style="margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">! Package inputenc Error: Keyboard character used is undefined</p>
<p style="margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap">(inputenc) in inputencoding `ascii'.</p><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Ron Fehd Atlanta GA USA<br></div></div>