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LaTeX ERROR: "Missing number, treated as zero" & "Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted)."


I can't solve these problems with my latex project. In particular, the errors are:

Missing number, treated as zero. Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).

I tried to comment every 'suspect package' in my document but anything changed. This is my preamble:

\documentclass[11pt, twocolumn, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[colorlinks, linkcolor=black]{hyperref}
\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[landscape, margin=1.5 cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{capt-of}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{fontenc}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\setlength{\columnsep}{1cm}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[L]{\rightmark}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\ }
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{}
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\arabic{figure}}
\renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{table}}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\fontfamily{qag}\selectfont

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
%my personal template title
\end{titlepage}
\end{document}

Problems appear with commands: (i) \newpage , (ii) \subsubsection and (iii) \paragraph.

Thank you for any possible answers.


Solution

  • You can't redefine

    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{}
    \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{}
    

    to be empty. If you want to remove the head- and footrule, set their widths to zero instead:

    \documentclass[11pt, twocolumn, a4paper]{article}
    \usepackage[colorlinks, linkcolor=black]{hyperref}
    \usepackage[italian]{babel}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \usepackage[landscape, margin=1.5 cm]{geometry}
    \usepackage{amsmath}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \usepackage{calc}
    \usepackage{fancyhdr}
    \usepackage{capt-of}
    \usepackage{booktabs}
    \usepackage{fontenc}
    
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    \pagenumbering{arabic}
    \setlength{\columnsep}{1cm}
    \pagestyle{fancy}
    \fancyhead{}
    \fancyhead[L]{\rightmark}
    \fancyfoot{}
    \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage\ }
    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
    \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
    \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\arabic{figure}}
    \renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{table}}
    \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
    \fontfamily{qag}\selectfont
    
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    
    \begin{document}
    \begin{titlepage}
    my personal template title
    \end{titlepage}
    \newpage
    test
    \end{document}