General ⇒ "Missing \begin{document}" error using prosper

[ageof]

Hello.
I have a problem in latex. I am using Texniccenter, with Miktex 2.9 (downloaded and installed today from its official page) in a Windows Vista.
I try to create a presentation using prosper, so in my document there is:

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\documentclass[pdf,autumn,slideColor,colorBG]{prosper}
\title{t}
\subtitle{s}
\author{a}
\email{e}
\institution{i}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\end{document}

But it has many errors:

"! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
1.87 ...SlideStyle[11.6cm]{t}{5.4,3}{BSquareFrame}

!Undefined control sequence.
1.90 \titleSpacing
{\vspace*{20pt}}
))
"

How is this possible? Please, can anyone help me?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the board!

This document is compilable. I tested it and did not get an error.
Did you test this example or did you get the error using different code?

Stefan

[ageof]

Hi, thank you for your quick response.

That is exactly the code that I tested. So, the problem has to be in my computer (perhaps I need some package...?).

Anyways, are you using Miktex 2.9, or Miktex 2.8?

Thanks
Ageof

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ageof,

I'm using TeX Live on Ubuntu Linux.

prosper requires LaTeX, it doesn't work with pdfLaTeX. That might be a cause, so you may check that.

By the way, prosper is old. There's the newer HA-prosper package and the even newer successor powerdot. So I suggest using powerdot, or work with the excellent beamer class.

Stefan

[ageof]

Ok, now it almost works. I've put the content of the "prosper" directory in the same directory of my .tex file. At the moment, it works.

It creates a PDF, but when I try to open the PDF, the system shows a message saying that the file is damaged. I'll keep trying.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Just checked, prosper is dated 2002 according to the ChangeLog.

I still recommend to use a newer package to avoid further problems. If you like prosper: the newer and actively maintained powerdot class builds on prosper.

Stefan