[OS X TeX] using \usepackage with other .sty files

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 13, 2006, at 4:45 PM, KL Tah wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've been having problems including packages with ready-made .sty  
> files I found in ctan.
> For example, I'm trying to generate a resume with the res.sty  
> package such that it uses some nice fonts.
> I've tried putting the commands
>
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage{textcomp}
>
> in either res.sty or in my tex file itself but got the following  
> errors:
>
>
>
> ! LaTeX Error: LaTeX2e command \usepackage in LaTeX 2.09 document.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>
> ! LaTeX Error: \usepackage before \documentclass.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...
>
> l.21 \usepackage[T1]{
>                      fontenc}
> ?
>
>
>
> any ideas on how I might fix this?
>
> Cheers,
> KL
>
>
>
> KL Tah,

Howdy,

sounds like you've got a document that starts with a \documentstyle 
{...} command rather than \documentclass{...}. LaTeX then tries to  
act like LaTeX 2.09 and doesn't understand \usepackage.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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