General ⇒ Unused global options - font size

[simojoki]

I am trying to set a non-default font size for my document as follows:

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\documentclass[a4paper,16pt]{report}

However, when I run pdflatex, I get the following warning:

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Latex warning: Unused global option(s):
         [16pt].

Obviously, no 16pt font is produced.

I am running MikTeX 2.6 and TeXnicCentre.

Any help much appreciated.

[localghost]

Without any special package, standard (pdf)latex only accepts options for 10pt, 11pt or 12pt font size. Use the extsizes package for extended font sizes.

[simojoki]

Marvellous! Thank you.