On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Robert MacDonald <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robm@shearwaterscientific.com">robm@shearwaterscientific.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I just installed Miktex 2.8 on a windows XP -SP3 machine. Miktex and TexWorks seem to run fine. But when I try to typeset a test document (see bellow), I get a spool of error messages. It seems as though the class article can not be found. I searched my harddrive for the the .cls file but could not find it.<br>
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The last time I used Latex I remember I had to have the .cls file in the same folder as the .tex files. Can anyone point me in the right direction. I also tried using some alternate .cls files which I found in the tex/latex folder of the installation. These gave the same error.<br>
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Any help appreciated.<br>
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Rob<br>
</blockquote></div><br><div>I didn't see your attached tex file (maybe my email filtered it). However, I usually get the "undefined control sequence 'document class' " error when I try to typeset a LaTeX document using a *TeX* compiler.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think pdfTeX is the default compiler used by TeXworks unless you tell it otherwise. You should be using the pdfLaTeX compiler to typeset a LaTeX document-- is this what is selected in the drop-down menu next to the "Typeset" button?</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Charlie</div>