overfull and underfull messages

[Ayalew Mersha]

Dear all,

While I try to compile my documents, I usually get  a lot of Latex warning messages: Overfull \vbox (2.49998pt too high ) ...

When I see the compiled file, say  something.pdf file, every thing is OK. I included parts of  the messages from something.log file.

Any way outs?

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("C:\Programme\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\amsfonts\umsb.fd"
File: umsb.fd 2002/01/19 v2.2g AMS font definitions
)
("C:\Programme\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\latex\microtype\mt-msb.cfg"
File: mt-msb.cfg 2005/06/01 v1.0 microtype config. file: AMS symbols (b) (RS)
)
Overfull \vbox (2.49998pt too high) has occurred while \output is active []

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{C:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/All Users/Anwendungsdaten/MiKTeX/2.7/pdftex/con
fig/pdftex.map}]
Overfull \vbox (2.49998pt too high) has occurred while \output is active []

[2])
\tf@toc=\write5

Overfull \vbox (2.49998pt too high) has occurred while \output is active []

[3] [4

] (Introduction.tex
Chapter 1.
)
Overfull \vbox (2.49998pt too high) has occurred while \output is active []

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Overfull \vbox (2.49998pt too high) has occurred while \output is active []
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[Werner Grundlingh]

On Feb 15, 4:42 am, Ayalew Mersha <ayalew.getac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> While I try to compile my documents, I usually get  a lot of Latex warning messages: Overfull \vbox (2.49998pt too high ) ...
> When I see the compiled file, say  something.pdf file, every thing is OK. I included parts of  the messages from something.log file.
> Any way outs?

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These are only LaTeX warnings, so they are not errors. Hence the fact
that you are able to view the generated output with no problem. LaTeX
uses boxes to 'organise' the placement of things, and sometimes these
boxes can be 'overfull' or 'underfull'.

Overfull boxes occur when the contents of the box extends past the
box's ends, while underfull boxes occur when the contents doesn't
completely fill the box. It seems like you have a number of overfull
vboxes (vertical boxes), that are almost 2.5pt (vertically) to large.
I have no idea what you have in your code, seeing as we can only view
your log file output.

It could be that the output displays correctly, but these should
'warnings' should be removed by identifying the commands that cause
them, and trying to (manually) change the contents. It could be that
your output is not consistent with these warnings, cause LaTeX to have
some problems with the typesetting. As mentioned, these 'problems' may
sometimes even be unnoticable to the eye, but they are still there.

I short, the way around the warnings is to change your code and remove
the overfull/underfull box generating commands...

Hope this helps,
Werner