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enumerate tag using the alphabet instead of numbers
The default behaviour for the \begin{enumerate}tag is to sequentially list the items given by \item over the numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, ...}.
Is it possible to change this to the alphabet {a, b, c, d, ...}
How about Roman Numerals {i, ii, iii, iv, v,…
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How to get Beamer Math to look like Article Math
In a LaTeX article, the math characters are more "curvy" than the text characters:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
$x^2 + y^2 = z^2$
\end{document}
In a beamer presentation, the math characters do not have the same…
Tyson Williams
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Spacing around \left and \right
Why does the addition of a \left and \right introduces an extra space around the formula? Specifically, why do $\cos(\theta)$ and $\cos\left(\theta\right)$ render differently?
Is there a way to use resizable delimiters without introducing the…
Mateus Araújo
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Making equations copyable in pdf
I would like to write a .pdf, where my readers could copy the rendered formulae and paste them directly in their TeX documents.
And the copied text would automatically be:
\int x\sin ax\;\mathrm{d}x = \frac{\sin ax}{a^2}-\frac{x\cos ax}{a}+C
Is…
Jonas
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How do I install an individual package on a Linux system?
I need to install a new TeX/LaTeX/ConTeXt package on my computer. I'm running Ubuntu/Fedora/Slackware/Some-Version-Of Linux. What are the possible ways to do this?
Note: We get a number of questions that essentially reduce to this one; it was…
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How can I get the figures not to be pushed to the end of the document?
For some reason, my figures get pushed to the end of the document. I tried begin{figure}[t], [h] and other options, but none helped. Any ideas how to get the figures to appear much earlier in the document, where they are approximately first…
kloop
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biblatex: displaying all authors of multi-author works in the bibliography
I'm using the biblatex package to add citations and a bibliography to my LaTeX document. I've noticed that only the first author plus "et al." is displayed for works with more than three authors. That's fine with me for in-text-citations, but I'd…
lockstep
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Convert LaTeX to HTML
Is there a converter that will convert LaTeX to HTML? I have tried several services but the LaTeX diagrams and some of the maths came out weird.
I actually converted the Latex to PDF without a problem. Then I used an online PDF to HTML converter to…
XYZ
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Consistent typography
When working with large documents, or even across multiple (smaller) documents, I often find that I forget which typographical consistencies I should stick to.
With TeX being inherently consistent in the way it does things, most things are kept…
Werner
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Biblatex/biber fails with a strange error about missing recode_data.xml file
I'm trying to use biblatex and when I compile my document I get an error like the following:
Windows
data source C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\par-5061756c\
cache-890efc00b3ca6b775c7d44a325c1349fb2a3a3bd\inc\lib/Biber/LaTeX/recode_data.xml…
Alan Munn
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Comprehensive list of tools that simplify the generation of LaTeX tables
Manually hacking tables in LaTeX is one of the less funny things when preparing a document. Naturally, there are quite a few tools that promise to simplify this. In fact, I have somewhat lost track of all the tools available, and I'd like to gather…
krlmlr
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Can we make a love heart with LaTeX?
I understand that this post may cause some down votes because it seems a bit off-topic, but having seen the discussions on Christmas Tree with LaTeX I am still willing to try.
How do you draw a red cute love heart using LaTeX?
Sibbs Gambling
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How can I use TikZ to make standalone (SVG) graphics?
I would like to use TikZ in other settings than TeX and I'd especially like to use the drawings on websites where the text should be searchable and selectable. However, I'm unsure of the best way to convert my drawings to SVG.
How do I best take…
Henrik Hansen
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How to make a single word look as some code?
I would like to be able to make a single word in a text look like a coded word. Is there any command such as \code{...} which allows me to do so?
(basically, I want to produce something like above for the "\code{...}" part)
SRKX
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Totally sweet horizontal rules in LaTeX
I have been trying to find a way to easily drop a nice horizontal rule into a LaTeX document. \hline just makes a line across the page. It would seem that some package must provide something that is maybe half a page wide, with little bedknobs on…
Arcane
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