Last made using MikTeX2.9 on Win7. Build profile should be tex -> pdf (because pstricks package is no longer used). To build 'manually,' execute pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape bierbook.tex pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape seshbook.tex Due to the way LaTeX works out table column witdths, these commands may need to be run several times until a stable output is produced. The design of these files is intended to confine all changes year to year to the names.txt and dates.txt files, thanks to LaTeX's capability to read an external file and iterate through line by line performing the same action for each name. packages needed (LaTeX) are: geometry fancyhdr tikz booktabs tongtable multirow tocloft yfonts anyfontsize ifthen