LaTeX Presentation Compilation Error: Unexpected Outcome

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The discussion centers around a frustrating issue with LaTeX compilation, where a presentation that previously compiled successfully suddenly fails to compile past line 10, even when reduced to a blank document. Users suggest that the problem may be related to auxiliary files generated by LaTeX. One solution offered is to copy the code into a new file, which resolved the issue for one user. Others have experienced similar unexplained compile errors, noting that saving and reopening the document sometimes resolves the problem. Deleting auxiliary files is also recommended as a potential fix to address persistent compilation issues.
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I was writing up my presentation and everything was running. I compile it after every two slides and it was all good, and now all of the sudden it won't compile past line 10!

I even commented out every line in the document so that it is just a blank document. Will not even compile that meanwhile it was compiling for every two slides for up to 20 slides and bam... it's crap.

Here is what it says...

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2020/problemmi.jpg

And again, here is the code before at the beginning...

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7890/problem1.jpg
 
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I copied and pasted the code into a new file and it worked.

Still curious to know what the hell happened.
 
You're not alone. I've had weird compile errors, SAVED the document, reopened it, and it worked.
 
It's something in the aux files that LaTeX creates. You can also delete the aux files and recompile.
 
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