Texmaker and TeXstudio ⇒ Writing a report using a .cls and a .sty file

[dtnd]

Hi,

I am not very experienced in using Latex. I have the latex format of a technical report which includes only a .cls and a .sty file. I am wondering, how to write the whole report out of these files using Texmaker.

Is it possible to run a cls file in latex? Or, should I create a 'tex' file?

Thanks!

[Johannes_B]

Hi and welcome,

before starting with LaTeX you should do some basic reading. I suggest LaTeX for complete novices.

You have to include the class file and the package file in your preamble.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
test $a^2$
\end{document}

[dtnd]

Thanks for your reply.
I tried to run the code you gave. I replaced the usepackage and documentclass parameters with the name of my sty and cls file respectively. But it is not running & getting the following message:

"Could not start the command,
pdflatex - synctex =1 -interaction = nonstopmode %.tex"

Please let me know how to resolve this issue.

[Johannes_B]

Do you have a TeX-distribution installed? -> TeX Live