General ⇒ Package Inclusion fails completely

[faeriewhisper]

Hi there!

I'm beginning with LaTeX, using BaKoMa TeX.

Several times I try to use packages and it does not work! All document vanish and the only thing I can do is to take out the lines with \usepackage. Now is cite, can't use it. Why this happens?

Thank you

[Johannes_B]

Nobody can answer your question, beacause we do not have any clue, what your system setup is. Maybe you could prepare a small example, known as a minimal working example. It might help us, if you could post your log file.

Updating your system is also a good idea.

[faeriewhisper]

I'm sorry. I'm working in Windows 7 with BaKoMa TeX 7.85 with MiKTeX 2.8 as back-end. I'm using this:

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\documentclass[twocolumn,prd,aps,groupedaddress,nopacs,nofootinbib]{revtex4}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.9}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{mathrsfs}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{bm}
\begin{document}
... \cite{ref1,ref2,ref3,ref4}
...

My point is to have [1-4] but it shows [1,2,3,4]. I've read that \usepackage{cite} could do the trick, but when I put that package in the list, the whole PDF document disappears.
This happened before with other packages. I've been in the MiKTeX Package Manager and installed the cite package, but it still does not work.

Thank you

[localghost]

[…] I'm working in Windows 7 with BaKoMa TeX 7.85 with MiKTeX 2.8 as back-end. […] I've been in the MiKTeX Package Manager and installed the cite package, but it still does not work. […]

MiKTeX 2.8 has reached its end of life since almost two months now. Upgrade to the current MiKTeX 2.9 and try again.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[faeriewhisper]

I've installed MiKTeX 2.9, but the problem persists. Do I have to do something in BaKoMa as well?

Thank you

[localghost]

As most of the board members here I don't use a commercial TeX system like BaKoMa. Hence a remote diagnosis is nearly impossible for me. I suggest to check the settings by MiKTeX Options. Finally installing packages manually by the MiKTeX Package Manager might help. If everything fails, refer to the BaKoMa support.

And perhaps you can give a more detailed problem description than simply saying "does'nt work". You have already been asked for a self-contained and minimal example. This includes the exact error message which you can find in the log file (*.log). You can either extract the error message and post it here or attach the complete log file to your next reply by upload to the forum server.