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> Hi Paul,
> I am getting an error when I try to output the .tex file..
> ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!
>
> So here is the text from the tex file immediately before(the
> acknowlegements) up the first line of Chapter one. Thanks for your
> patience,
> Charles
>
> \newpage{}
>
> \thispagestyle{empty}
> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}{\Large \vspace*{2cm}
> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\vspace*{1cm}
> }{\Large \par}
>
> I would like to thank the following people for their help with this
> thesis.
>
> \newpage{}
>
> \thispagestyle{empty} \tableofcontents
> \thispagestyle{empty} \listoftables
> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF TABLES}
> \thispagestyle{empty} \listoffigures
> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES}
>
>
> \chapter{Introduction}
>
> \begin{doublespace}
> \thispagestyle{empty} \pagenumbering{arabic} This project seeks to
> measure the triboluminescent light emitted a from meso-velocity
> frontal impact on lunar regolith simulant doped with a phosphorous
> material.
>
>
Hi Charles,
First, I realize I spoke too soon when I said the fix would be easy. I
have just done some experimentation and it seems that the command
\thispagestyle does not work with the \tableofcontents \listoflists
and \listoffigures environments. That is because you have to issue
these commands *after* you issue the \chapter command, but the chapter
command is issued internally in the tableofcontents etc commands. So
we have to redefine these commands in the preamble like this:
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
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\else
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\chapter*{\contentsname
\thispagestyle{empty}
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\MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}%
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}
\makeatother
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\listoftables{%
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\else
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\fi
\chapter*{\listtablename}%
\thispagestyle{empty}
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\MakeUppercase\listtablename}%
{\MakeUppercase\listtablename}%
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}
\makeatother
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\listoffigures{%
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\else
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\fi
\chapter*{\listfigurename}%
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{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
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}
\makeatother
Now get rid of the \thispagestyle commands you already issued.
It is strange that you are getting an error message when you try to
run latex on your document. Could you paste the error for me? We want
to fix this so we can get latex to run 3 times and see if we can fix
your other problem.
I won't be on my computer until Sat, and I'm going to bed soon, so
hopefully you can respond right away.
By the way, if you use the memoir class, you probably don't have to
redefine any commands in the preamble because the memoir class lets
you customize the first page in any environment. Just a note for the
future.
Paul
