Re: Beamer question

"Taylor, Robert" <[email protected]>
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Which I guess is why people who just want something that actually works without needing a degree in computer science and unlimited free time to get it working buy packages like scientific word or tex writer!! 

On 21 Sep 2016, at 00:01, "Thompson,Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:

> MikTeX is just a distribution. They don't test, reconcile, or otherwise coordinate. It's a huge system. Since it's open source, there is also an implied notion that folks check alternative explanations. 
> ________________________________________
> From: Taylor, Robert [[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 5:28 PM
> To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions.
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Beamer question
> 
> Thanks Paul.  I should stress that all the files were downloaded via the miktex easy installer from the CTAN website meaning if there is a conflict in the Beamer and geometry files then it is a conflict present in the versions that the miktex easy installer is downloading from the central repository.    There is a response in this Google link you give suggesting the matter is closed and resolved but since I obviously downloaded all the files using the miktex easy installer that suggests the problem is not actually resolved at all and still persists.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Rob
> 
>> On 20 Sep 2016, at 22:36, Thompson,Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> As usual, google is your friend.
>> 
>> Google  \Gm@rmargin ->\Geom@rmargin bug
>> 
>> Result:
>> https://bitbucket.org/rivanvx/beamer/issues/35/beamer-and-geometry
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Taylor, Robert [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:31 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [MiKTeX] Beamer question
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have been trying to use beamer on MikTex.  Any help/experience you have on this would be greatly appreciated.  I seem to get errors depending on which theme I use.  For example, when using \usetheme{CambridgeUS} I get the following error when I compile:
>> 
>> (C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex\latex\beamer\base\themes\outer\bea
>> merouterthemeinfolines.sty
>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>> \Gm@rmargin ->\Geom@rmargin
>> 
>> l.52 ...ext margin left=1em,text margin right=1em}
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>> So, unable to do much else, I hit return ....
>> 
>> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
>> <to be read again>
>>                  \relax
>> l.52 ...ext margin left=1em,text margin right=1em}
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>> And hit return again ...
>> 
>> ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
>> <to be read again>
>>                  \relax
>> l.52 ...ext margin left=1em,text margin right=1em}
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>> And again and it now carries on as below from the log file.  The PDF is created but is not aligned correctly (the PDF is chopped off at the top and has white space  at the bottom).  So it seems to be suggesting a problem in a particular .sty file but that was just downloaded from CTAN so it seems odd ....  I have processed this same file on the ios TexWriter package and also on Scientific Word and it processes fine on both with no errors and looks like it should.
>> 
>> 
>> )
>> (C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex\latex\beamer\base\themes\color\bea
>> mercolorthemebeaver.sty)) (taylorcommentstest.aux) (C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex\context\base\supp-pdf.mkii
>> [Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
>> ) ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\oberdiek\epstopdf-base.sty"
>> ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\oberdiek\grfext.sty"))
>> ABD: EveryShipout initializing macros
>> *geometry* driver: auto-detecting
>> *geometry* detected driver: pdftex
>> ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\hyperref\nameref.sty"
>> ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\generic\oberdiek\gettitlestring.sty"))
>> (taylorcommentstest.out) (taylorcommentstest.out) (C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex\latex\beamer\base\translator\dicts
>> \translator-theorem-dictionary\translator-theorem-dictionary-English.dict)
>> (taylorcommentstest.nav)
>> 
>> LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmss/m/n' in size <4> not available
>> (Font)              size <5> substituted on input line 35.
>> 
>> [1{C:/Users/Rob/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/pdftex/config/pdftex.map}] [2] [3] [4] ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\psnfss\omlzplm.fd") ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\psnfss\omszplm.fd") ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\psnfss\omxzplm.fd") ("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\psnfss\ot1zplm.fd") Overfull \vbox (17.1405pt too high) detected at line 162 [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] (taylorcommentstest.aux)
>> 
>> LaTeX Font Warning: Size substitutions with differences
>> (Font)              up to 1.0pt have occurred.
>> 
>> )<C:/Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb><
>> C:/Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmss10.pfb><C:
>> /Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmss12.pfb><C:/P
>> rogram Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmss8.pfb><C:/Prog
>> ram Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmssi10.pfb><C:/Progr
>> am Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmssi8.pfb><C:/Program
>> Files (x86)/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy10.pfb>
>> Output written on taylorcommentstest.pdf (10 pages, 139537 bytes).
>> SyncTeX written on taylorcommentstest.synctex.
>> Transcript written on taylorcommentstest.log.
>> 
>> 
>> With the Hannover style, similar warnings and again problems with layout when just repeatedly hitting return to get an output
>> 
>> (C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\tex\latex\beamer\base\themes\outer\bea
>> merouterthemesidebar.sty
>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>> \Gm@rmargin ->\Geom@rmargin
>> 
>> l.128 ...\beamer@sidebarside=\beamer@sidebarwidth}
>> 
>> ?
>> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
>> <to be read again>
>>                  \relax
>> l.128 ...\beamer@sidebarside=\beamer@sidebarwidth}
>> 
>> ?
>> ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
>> <to be read again>
>>                  \relax
>> l.128 ...\beamer@sidebarside=\beamer@sidebarwidth}
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>> And so on .....
>> 
>> Many thanks for your help everyone.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Robert Taylor
>> University of Essex
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