WinEdt ⇒ fullpage | Package can't be found

[MikhailT717]

Hi,

I recently got a new laptop (with Win7 64-bit) and had to re-install both WinEdt and MikTex. I tried to compile several TeX files that worked fine on my old laptop (which had Win Vista), and it keeps failing to compile. The problem seems to be that the "fullpage.sty" package is not loading - I keep getting an error in the console that WinEdt can't find this package. I'm very confused because I thought fullpage was a default package in MikTex. How do I fix this?

Thanks.

[localghost]

Do not use this package. It can cause trouble in conjunction with other packages. The geometry packages is much more sophisticated and up to date. If necessary, install (if necessary as admin) it by the MiKTeX Package Manager (MPM).


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[MikhailT717]

Do not use this package. It can cause trouble in conjunction with other packages. The geometry packages is much more sophisticated and up to date. If necessary, install (if necessary as admin) it by the MiKTeX Package Manager (MPM).


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

Thanks so much, this fixed the problem I was having with getting the text to properly center on the page. However, now I'm having a problem with a 5-column table that is generated within my document - it keeps going off the page. I think I've had this problem before, except that off the top of my head, I can't remember how I fixed this. Is there a good package for fixing tables?

(There's also a lot of white space between the first column and the second - reducing this space would cut down on the overall table width.)

[localghost]

Thanks so much, this fixed the problem I was having with getting the text to properly center on the page. […]

Then you can mark the topic as solved.

However, now I'm having a problem with a 5-column table that is generated within my document - it keeps going off the page. I think I've had this problem before, except that off the top of my head, I can't remember how I fixed this. Is there a good package for fixing tables?

(There's also a lot of white space between the first column and the second - reducing this space would cut down on the overall table width.)

This question is off topic here, thus misplaced. Open a new thread in the corresponding sub-forum.