Hi, I'm new NEW to LaTeX. Can you help me with this beginner error?
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\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, landscape, twocolumn]{book}
\usepackage[a4paper, inner=1.7cm, outer=2.7cm, top=2cm,
bottom=2cm, bidingoffset=1.2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\title{\Large{\textbf{LaTeX Tutorial}}}
\author{By Juan Daniel Castanier Rivas}
\date{Marzo 15, 2021}
\maketitle
\blindtex[6]
\end{document}
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I get this error:
Undefined control sequence.
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, landscape, twocolumn]{book}
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- Ijon Tichy
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Please always mark your code as code. You can do so using by selecting the code and then click onto the
However, with your code I get other error messages:
This is because
This is because the correct command is
So correct code would be:
You can try it, using the
Code
button. Note, only correct marked code can be executed directly on this page and can be copied correctly. Not marked code can even be broken by the formatting of the page. And also copy error messages as code from the log-file. The exact message with and indent is important for the semantic.However, with your code I get other error messages:
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! Package keyval Error: bidingoffset undefined.See the keyval package documentation for explanation.Type H <return> for immediate help....l.1005 \ProcessOptionsKV[p]{Gm}%?
geometry
does not have an option bidingoffset
but bindingoffset
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./test.tex:17: Undefined control sequence.l.17 \blindtex[6]
\blindtext
, but you've used \blindtex
.So correct code would be:
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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, landscape, twocolumn]{book}\usepackage[a4paper, inner=1.7cm, outer=2.7cm, top=2cm,bottom=2cm, bindingoffset=1.2cm]{geometry}\usepackage[english]{babel}\usepackage{blindtext}\begin{document}\title{\Large{\textbf{LaTeX Tutorial}}}\author{By Juan Daniel Castanier Rivas}\date{Marzo 15, 2021}\maketitle\blindtext[6]\end{document}
Run LaTeX here
button below the code (because I've marked the code as code).Sorry, but I can no longer participate here as the administrator is trampling on my wishes on one of his other platforms. 
