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Colin93
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Cannot find missing symbol, File ended while scanning use

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Hi everyone

I'm writing my CV. I have an error message saying I have a symbol missing... I checked but cannot find where... Could any of you help me out ?

My error message is ! File ended while scanning use of \SkillsEntry.
<inserted text>
\par
<*> cv.tex
I suspect you have forgotten a `}', causing me
to read past where you wanted me to stop.
I'll try to recover; but if the error is serious,
you'd better type `E' or `X' now and fix your file.


Here's my .tex file.

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\documentclass[paper=a4,fontsize=11pt]{article} % KOMA-article class
							
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm}     % Math packages
\usepackage{graphicx}                    % Enable pdflatex
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}            % Colors by their 'svgnames'
\usepackage{geometry}
	\textheight=700px                    % Saving trees ;-)
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\frenchspacing              % Better looking spacings after periods
\pagestyle{empty}           % No pagenumbers/headers/footers

%%% Custom sectioning (sectsty package)
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage{sectsty}

\sectionfont{%			            % Change font of \section command
	\usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}%		% bch-b-n: CharterBT-Bold font
	\sectionrule{0pt}{0pt}{-5pt}{3pt}}

%%% Macros
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\newlength{\spacebox}
\settowidth{\spacebox}{8888888888}			% Box to align text
\newcommand{\sepspace}{\vspace*{1em}}		% Vertical space macro

\newcommand{\MyName}[1]{ % Name
		\Huge \usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n} \hfill #1
		\par \normalsize \normalfont}
		
\newcommand{\MySlogan}[1]{ % Slogan (optional)
		\large \usefont{OT1}{phv}{m}{n}\hfill \textit{#1}
		\par \normalsize \normalfont}

\newcommand{\NewPart}[1]{\section*{\uppercase{#1}}}

\newcommand{\PersonalEntry}[2]{
		\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 % Indentation
		\parbox{\spacebox}{        % Box to align text
		\textit{#1}}		       % Entry name (birth, address, etc.)
		\hspace{1.5em} #2 \par}    % Entry value

\newcommand{\SkillsEntry}[2]{      % Same as \PersonalEntry
		\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 % Indentation
		\parbox{\spacebox}{        % Box to align text
		\textit{#1}}			   % Entry name (birth, address, etc.)
		\hspace{1.5em} #2 \par}    % Entry value	
		
\newcommand{\EducationEntry}[4]{
		\noindent \textbf{#1} \hfill      % Study
		\colorbox{Black}{%
			\parbox{6em}{%
			\hfill\color{White}#2}} \par  % Duration
		\noindent \textit{#3} \par        % School
		\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 \small #4 % Description
		\normalsize \par}

\newcommand{\WorkEntry}[4]{				  % Same as \EducationEntry
		\noindent \textbf{#1} \hfill      % Jobname
		\colorbox{Black}{\color{White}#2} \par  % Duration
		\noindent \textit{#3} \par              % Company
		\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 \small #4 % Description
		\normalsize \par}

%%% Begin Document
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
% you can upload a photo and include it here...
%\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.5\textwidth}
%	\vspace*{-2em}
%		\includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{photo}
%\end{wrapfigure}

\MyName{a}
\MySlogan{Curriculum Vitae}

\sepspace

%%% Personal details
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Personal details}{}

\PersonalEntry{Birth}{September 6, 1993}
\PersonalEntry{Address}{a}
\PersonalEntry{Phone}{a}
\PersonalEntry{Mail}{\url{a}}

%%% Education
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Education}{}

\EducationEntry{MSc. Fluid Mechanics : Aerodynamics \& Aeroacoustics}{September 2014 \- September 2016}{Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris}{}
In progress, to be completed by September 2016. In collaboration with École Nationale des Arts \& Métiers (ENSAM), Paris, France

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{BSc. Mechanical Engineering}{September 2011 \- September 2014}{Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris}{Skills in solid and fluid mechanics engineering}
\sepspace

\EducationEntry{A Levels, Scientific Section}{September 2009 \- June 2011}{Lycée Condorcet, Paris (high school)}{a}
\begin{enumerate}
	\item Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Main Subjects)
	\item Philosophy, French Literature
	\item English, Spanish
\end{enumerate}

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{O Levels}{June 2019}{Collège Yvonne Le Tac, Paris (junior high school)}{English, Spanish, French, Music, Observation Internship}


%%% Activities and Awards
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Activities and Awards}{}

\EducationEntry{Sports Achievements}{October 2015}{Won the $3^{rd}$ place in Vollleyball at the TISE sports event at the university.}

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{Music}{October 2015}{}



%%% Work experience
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Work experience}{}

\EducationEntry{Internship}{June 2013}{Association Les Toiles Enchantées, Paris}{Helped installing the projection equipment in hospitals (hospitalized children), Did the film projection review of the year 2013-2014 }

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{Internship}{May-July 2015}{FlyLab (part of the lab La Paillasse), Paris }{Optimized the general shape of a data-collecting drone using CFD (Ansys Fluent) to obtain the best C\_l/C\_d }
\sepspace

\EducationEntry{Internship}{March-August 2016}{ONERA the French Aerospace Lab, Meudon, France) }{CFD study of a small shrouded rotor in search for potential vortices inside the shroud using ONERA-designed CFD program elsA}

%%% Skills
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Skills}{}

\SkillsEntry{Software}{Mycrosot Office Pack}{intermediate}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Matlab}{intermediate, used in projects at college}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Fortran 90}{intermediate, used in projects at college}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Ansys Fluent, Solidworkd Flow Simulation, elsA}{intermediate, used in projects at college, internship at Flylab}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Ansys ICEM CFD}{Intermediate, Used to mesh the drone studied during the internship at ONERA}

\SkillsEntry{Languages}{Sinhala (mother tongue)}
\SkillsEntry{}{English (fluent)}
\SkillsEntry{}{French (fluent)}
\SkillsEntry{}{Spanish (intermediate)}


%%% References
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{References}{}
Available upon request
\end{document}

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Cannot find missing symbol, File ended while scanning use

Post by Johannes_B »

The error message tells you what is wrong and where it is wrong, and you cannot fix that?

By the way, you are not using the documentclass as said in the comment afterwards, hence you get the warnings.

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\documentclass[paper=a4,fontsize=11pt]{article} % KOMA-article class

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm}     % Math packages
\usepackage{graphicx}                    % Enable pdflatex
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}            % Colors by their 'svgnames'
\usepackage{geometry}
\textheight=700px                    % Saving trees ;-)
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\frenchspacing              % Better looking spacings after periods
\pagestyle{empty}           % No pagenumbers/headers/footers

%%% Custom sectioning (sectsty package)
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage{sectsty}

\sectionfont{%                              % Change font of \section command
\usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n}%               % bch-b-n: CharterBT-Bold font
\sectionrule{0pt}{0pt}{-5pt}{3pt}}

%%% Macros
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\newlength{\spacebox}
\settowidth{\spacebox}{8888888888}                      % Box to align text
\newcommand{\sepspace}{\vspace*{1em}}           % Vertical space macro

\newcommand{\MyName}[1]{ % Name
\Huge \usefont{OT1}{phv}{b}{n} \hfill #1
\par \normalsize \normalfont}

\newcommand{\MySlogan}[1]{ % Slogan (optional)
\large \usefont{OT1}{phv}{m}{n}\hfill \textit{#1}
\par \normalsize \normalfont}

\newcommand{\NewPart}[1]{\section*{\uppercase{#1}}}

\newcommand{\PersonalEntry}[2]{
\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 % Indentation
\parbox{\spacebox}{        % Box to align text
\textit{#1}}                   % Entry name (birth, address, etc.)
\hspace{1.5em} #2 \par}    % Entry value

\newcommand{\SkillsEntry}[2]{      % Same as \PersonalEntry
\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 % Indentation
\parbox{\spacebox}{        % Box to align text
\textit{#1}}                       % Entry name (birth, address, etc.)
\hspace{1.5em} #2 \par}    % Entry value       

\newcommand{\EducationEntry}[4]{
\noindent \textbf{#1} \hfill      % Study
\colorbox{Black}{%
\parbox{6em}{%
\hfill\color{White}#2}} \par  % Duration
\noindent \textit{#3} \par        % School
\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 \small #4 % Description
\normalsize \par}

\newcommand{\WorkEntry}[4]{                               % Same as \EducationEntry
\noindent \textbf{#1} \hfill      % Jobname
\colorbox{Black}{\color{White}#2} \par  % Duration
\noindent \textit{#3} \par              % Company
\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 \small #4 % Description
\normalsize \par}

%%% Begin Document
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
    % you can upload a photo and include it here...
    %\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.5\textwidth}
    %       \vspace*{-2em}
    %               \includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{photo}
    %\end{wrapfigure}

\MyName{a}
\MySlogan{Curriculum Vitae}

\sepspace

%%% Personal details
%%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Personal details}{}

\PersonalEntry{Birth}{September 6, 1993}
\PersonalEntry{Address}{a}
\PersonalEntry{Phone}{a}
\PersonalEntry{Mail}{\url{a}}

    %%% Education
    %%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Education}{}

\EducationEntry{MSc. Fluid Mechanics : Aerodynamics \& Aeroacoustics}{September 2014 \- September 2016}{Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris}{}
In progress, to be completed by September 2016. In collaboration with École Nationale des Arts \& Métiers (ENSAM), Paris, France

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{BSc. Mechanical Engineering}{September 2011 \- September 2014}{Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris}{Skills in solid and fluid mechanics engineering}
\sepspace

\EducationEntry{A Levels, Scientific Section}{September 2009 \- June 2011}{Lycée Condorcet, Paris (high school)}{a}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Main Subjects)
\item Philosophy, French Literature
\item English, Spanish
\end{enumerate}

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{O Levels}{June 2019}{Collège Yvonne Le Tac, Paris (junior high school)}{English, Spanish, French, Music, Observation Internship}


    %%% Activities and Awards
    %%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Activities and Awards}{}

\EducationEntry{Sports Achievements}{October 2015}{Won the $3^{rd}$ place in Vollleyball at the TISE sports event at the university.}

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{Music}{October 2015}{}



    %%% Work experience
    %%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Work experience}{}

\EducationEntry{Internship}{June 2013}{Association Les Toiles Enchantées, Paris}{Helped installing the projection equipment in hospitals (hospitalized children), Did the film projection review of the year 2013-2014 }

\sepspace

\EducationEntry{Internship}{May-July 2015}{FlyLab (part of the lab La Paillasse), Paris }{Optimized the general shape of a data-collecting drone using CFD (Ansys Fluent) to obtain the best C\_l/C\_d }
\sepspace

\EducationEntry{Internship}{March-August 2016}{ONERA the French Aerospace Lab, Meudon, France) }{CFD study of a small shrouded rotor in search for potential vortices inside the shroud using ONERA-designed CFD program elsA}

    %%% Skills
    %%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{Skills}{}

\SkillsEntry{Software}{Mycrosot Office Pack}{intermediate}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Matlab}}{intermediate, used in projects at college}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Fortran 90}}{intermediate, used in projects at college}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Ansys Fluent, Solidworkd Flow Simulation, elsA}}{intermediate, used in projects at college, internship at Flylab}
\SkillsEntry{}{\textsc{Ansys ICEM CFD}}{Intermediate, Used to mesh the drone studied during the internship at ONERA}

\SkillsEntry{Languages}{Sinhala (mother tongue)}
\SkillsEntry{}{English (fluent)}
\SkillsEntry{}{French (fluent)}
\SkillsEntry{}{Spanish (intermediate)}


    %%% References
    %%% ------------------------------------------------------------
\NewPart{References}{}
Available upon request
\end{document}
You don't use the command SkillsEntry correctly.


EDIT: Due to the very strange definition of things, i did some research. This is a template from Frits. Please. They are all bad.
Also, you removed the header while distributing, which is not allowed.
The smart way: Calm down and take a deep breath, read posts and provided links attentively, try to understand and ask if necessary.
Colin93
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Re: Cannot find the missing symbol

Post by Colin93 »

Hi Johanes_B

I managed to correct it. Thankyou for your help. I changed the document class because with the Texmaker version I have, there seems to be issues. Maybe my error messages had nothing to do with it...


Coline
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