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I'm getting a "Missing number, treated as zero" error

One of the major changes between LaTeX2.09 to LaTeX2e is in the way
postscript fonts are handled.  Styles which work under 2.09 will break
under 2e (and even under 2e emulation of 2.09).  If you are latexing a
file which uses a style such as times, newcen, or helvetica, you may
see an error of the form

     ! Missing number, treated as zero.
     <to be read again> 
                        p
     l.3 \begin{document}

If this happens, you will need to make sure that you are using a 2e
style instead of a 2.09 style.  The 2e styles are present in the
newtex locker, so a simple way to get the correct styles is to do:

       athena% add -f newtex
       athena% latex filename.tex



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