Page Layout ⇒ prosper | Paper Size A4 not available

[mimiga123]

I tried to use prosper to make a presentation. Here is a simple template I tried:

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\documentclass[a4paper,pdf]{prosper}

\begin{document}
\begin{slide}{Starting slide}
show me something;
\end{slide}
\end{document}

However, error occurred

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! Class prosper Error: unknown Prosper style file: PPRa4paper.sty.

See the prosper class documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.381   Sorry, no additional help}}
                                   
? 

Process has been terminated ...

If I delete a4paper and use LaTeX -> dvips -> ps2pdf to compile, the page layout is not symmetric as follows. Anyone could help me? I am just a beginner of LaTeX, thanks in advance.

[localghost]

The A4 paper size for a presentation makes no sense. Therefore this option is simply not defined. Furthermore the prosper class and the bug fixing HA-prosper package are obsolete. There are more sophisticated classes for presentations.

• beamer
• powerdot (direct successor of prosper)

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[mimiga123]

Thanks for your reply. However, I still cannot run powerdot, could you please help me?

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\documentclass{powerdot}

\begin{document}
\begin{slide}{a slide}
Contents of the slide.
\end{slide}
\section{first section}
\begin{slide}[<slide options>]{another slide}
Contents of the slide.
\end{slide}
\begin{note}{personal note}
The note.
\end{note}
\end{document}

Error message:

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Latex Warning: File 'powerdot-default.ps' not found on input line 56
Latex Error: File 'powerdot-default.ps' not found.

I checked the package manager of MIKTeX, powerdot is installed. Thanks a lot.

[localghost]

[…] Error message:

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Latex Warning: File 'powerdot-default.ps' not found on input line 56
Latex Error: File 'powerdot-default.ps' not found.

I checked the package manager of MIKTeX, powerdot is installed. Thanks a lot.

The mentioned file seems to be missing in your TeX installation. Happened perhaps due to a packaging failure (by the maintainer). Make sure that you have the current version by running an update on your TeX installation and try again. I have no problem with your code sample.

Addendum:
I was able to comprehend the problem on an up-to-date MiKTeX 2.9 system. It really seems that there is a packaging failure. Hence I suggest to write a note to the MiKTeX maintainer.