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The amstext package is part of amsmath . There has been a packaging failure which has been fixed with the current version. So, make an update of your MiKTeX system and it should work again [1].
[1] MiKTeX Manual – Installing Updates
Thorsten

Thank you for your help. That has fixed it. Great ...

I have just started using LyX on Windows 7 and have got a few things to sort out.

I tried inserting phonetic symbols using Insert > Special character > Phonetic Symbol. When it came to compile the document however it says:
LaTeX Error: File 'amstext.sty' not found.
I have tried searching online ...

The problem isn't just with Adobe Acrobot. I am using Foxit reader, a lightweight pdf viewer for windows. When I try to update pdf I get:

! I can't write on file `XXX.pdf'.
Please type another file name for output
! Emergency stop.
<to be read again>

Is there any solution other than installing ...

Thank you so much, it's now working fine.

I'm using memoir class and trying to edit the headers and footers. I want to do two things. I can live without 2), as I can do it manually. However, 1) is necessary.

1) I'm happy with 'ruled' except I want \leftmark to be 'part' and \rightmark to be 'chapter'. First I tried using 'myheadings' in ...

1. Try \itshape instead of \emph command for italic quotes/quotations.

2. Generally, you may change subsections' font using memoir's \setSheadstyle command, where S is a sectioning unit (e.g. sec for section, subsec for subsection etc.) E.g.:

\setsubsecheadstyle{\itshape}

However, this will ...

I expect this question has been asked before but I really haven't been able to find an answer.


From a lyx FAQ it says to make all quotes/quotations small, add the following to preamble:

\let\oldquote\quote
\renewcommand\quote{\small\oldquote}
\let\oldquotation\quotation
\renewcommand ...

This one's pretty important to me, so bump bump bump

Hi,

I've just discovered xetex and it looks like the solution to my need for both English and Thai in the same document. I wasn't satisfied with having to change the encoding of the whole document to Thai, which was my solution before. This upset the type-setting of the Western characters.

I ...