Questions tagged [page]

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Monotonicity of number-of-pages as a function of the number-of-characters

I often prepare papers for conferences with an upper limit on the number of pages. I spend a lot of time thinking what words and characters to delete in order to make the paper fit in the page limit. Recently, I run into an interesting and…
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Is it possible to have a page master?

I have two types of page in my newspaper: one with a certain header that I only use once, and another that has a header that must repeat itself in all pages. Latex adds new pages automatically (when he needs to do so). Is it possible to set the new…
RenatoP
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test, if a page is empty or not

I need a macro for a test if a page has no text, means the current point is the upper left corner of the text area. This does not work: \documentclass{article} \makeatletter \newcommand*\isOnTopOfPage{% \ifdim \pagetotal > \pagegoal …
user187802
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Page with two columns

I am editing a book and I want each page to contain two columns, one larger and one smaller, as it appears in the example, so that when you print it you can fill it without any problem. If I use minipage the construction becomes very difficult to…
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Speech: last line reprinted on a new page

Is it possible to reprint the last line(s) of a page on a new page? I think this could be helpful for speeches... \documentclass[paper=a5]{article} …
C.-P.
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Special layout for first lines

Some publishers (at least some French ones) use the following layout at the beginning of each chapter of a book. The first line of the first paragraph appears in large font (say \Large) with no indentation. The second line is in smaller but still…
Denis
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Page size and bold type

How can I make a latex document where the page is 13cm wide and 21cm long ? I also want to use bold type. Is there a limit on how large the font can be ? This is what I got \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{letter} \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Accesses…
Veak
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Unexpected First Page in Latex Document

I am writing my thesis using a university provided Latex template. I am getting a super weird first page at the very beginning of the 100 Page document. It seems to be a compressed form of the "symbols" chapter without new lines. I have not figured…
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Setting custom page size using \documentclass

I want to specify a custom page size using \documentclass. Many suggest the geometry package, but I want to specify a custom size within the \documentclass, if \documentclass offers such capability.
Veak
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Selecting page size from style file

I would like to change the page size ulitising page sizes from a selection (Custom1 (e.g 13cmx21cm), Custom2 (e.g. 21cmx26cm)) using an option from a style file. How can I do it ?
Veak
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How to remove a blank page between two abstracts

I'm writing my Bachelor's thesis in English in a Finnish university. Therefore, I have to have two separate abstract pages, one in Finnish and one in English. With only one abstract I had: \begin{abstract} Abstract text here \end{abstract} and…
JHK
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How to change the visualization per page in the PDF

I have a document that when I open the PDF appears this in the visualization: I want to appear like this: How can I do this? Thanks in advance! EDIT:
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Output in landscape form while using revtex4-2

The output PDF while using revtex4-2 is in landscape form, how can the problem be resolved? …
J Bhardwaj
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an odd blank page before appendix

\cleardoublepage \pdfbookmark{\contentsname}{Contents} % shows appendix at page 12, but it links to page 11. \tableofcontents \section{AA} \begin{enumerate} \item BB\ref{apx:api} % points at page 11. \end{enumerate} \appendix \section{Appendix} %…
Tiina
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Choose the start page of a material

I prepare a book of short stories. There are no too long texts, each story takes no more than two pages. The customer asks to layout two-paged stories in such a way that they would be placed starting from an even page. Now I've written a command…