MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ DVI/PDF Output Differences

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Hello,

I'm new to LaTeX so apologies if this is a stupid question.

I've installed MiKTeX 2.9 and TeXnicCenter 1.0 under Windows 7.

The attached file test.tex uses shading.sty. In TeXnicCenter if I select the output profile as LaTeX => DVI then the output appears as expected. If I select the LaTeX => PDF profile then the shading provided by shading.sty does not appear.

TeXnicCentre reports 0 errors when I build the DVI or PDF output so no luck there.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

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The shading package once has been developed for LaTeX2.09 thus is obsolete (we are using LateX2e). Furthermore it writes Postscript specials into the DVI output so it can only be used with LaTeX, not with PDFLaTeX. Look at common graphics packages like pgf/tikZ or pstricks to get the desired result.

There are some classes and packages that support drafting a resume (or CV) [1]. Perhaps you can find an alternative that's interesting for you.

[1] The TeX Catalogue Online, Topic Index — Writing Applications for a Job / CV


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

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Thanks Thorsten, I've reproduced the shaded box using TikZ and all's well.