Text Formatting ⇒ Problem with \newcommand and nested fontstyles

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Hello,

I am having trouble with creating a function - specifically nesting font formats within others.

For example, when I try to make a new function:

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\newcommand{secthead}[1]{{\center \Large \underline{#1}}}

MikTeX responds with the error

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! Missing number, treated as zero.
<To be read again>
             c
l.14 ...head[1]{\center \Large \underline{#1}}}

I'm not entirely sure what is wrong, since using the function I defined on its own seems to work fine.

Thanks for the help!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

there'a a backslash missing in the definition, it should be \secthead.

Stefan

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Hello again,

How embarrassing that I forgot the backslash...


However, I am still encountering a problem with using \secthead.

If I try

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{\secthead something}

then only the first letter, 's', is underlined, and the word is also left justified. To make matters worse, the text is not Large either.

When I try

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{\secthead{something}}

then the text is now Large and everything is underlined, but the text is still left justified! Is there a problem with my MikTeX, because I'm pretty sure this command should work properly...right?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

\secthead requires an argument. If you write {\secthead something}, it takes the next letter as the argument. If you try {\secthead{something}}, it takes the expression in braces. This explains the different behavior.

Regarding the centering: use \begin{center} ... \end{center} or use \centering. See here regarding the difference: center vs. \centering.

Stefan