For the record, here's what I sent to Jim privately....
dropping is a really old package. I'd suggest using the newer lettrine
instead:
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lettrine/
Esp. note what's said here on it in the FAQ:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dropping
Unfortunately, dropping has an intimate relation to the set of device
drivers available in an early version of the LaTeX graphics package,
and it cannot be trusted to work with recent offerings like PDFTeX,
VTeX or DVIpdfm.
so add:
\usepackage{lettrine}
instead of dropping, comment out the newcommands and call the drop cap
as:
\lettrine{T}{his}
and you should be set.
William
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