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I get the following warning:

LaTeX Warning: You have requested document class `sigchi', but the document class provides `chi2012'.

My tex file includes:

\documentclass{sigchi}

How can I solve this? It can't be a problem with the name (as it was the case in this question) and I couldn't find anything about that document class.

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A class (or package) can inform LaTeX about its name (date, version, and info) via \ProvidesClass (or \ProvidesPackage). If LaTeX loads the class (or package), it compares the provided name with the file name. If they do not match LaTeX prints the warning.

Thus, sigchi.cls will very likely have a line starting with \ProvidesClass{chi2012}.

Since I do not know anything about the class(es) sigchi/chi2012, I cannot say, which one is wrong. The warning goes away, if either the name of the class or the name in \ProvidesClass is fixed.

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  • If I use \documentclass{chi2012} I get LaTeX Error: Filechi2012.cls' not found.`. Where can I find the document class? – andreas Sep 21 '16 at 17:55
  • Ok I found the document class and changed the name - now the warning is gone, thanks! – andreas Sep 21 '16 at 18:01
  • @Andreas -- unfortunately, your changing the name in the file doesn't help anyone else, and that's not a good thing to do anyway. what you really should do is submit a bug report to whoever distributes the class file. (sounds like something from the acm.) – barbara beeton Sep 21 '16 at 18:43
  • @barbarabeeton -- thanks for this thint. I did some research and found the author: https://github.com/sigchi/Document-Formats/tree/master/LaTeX I am using an old version, seems to be fixed in the current one. Again, thanks! – andreas Sep 21 '16 at 18:54