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color only a cell of a table
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Color merged and regular cells in a table individually
I tried to color only a cell of my table but I don't know how do it. I found the method to color an entire row.How could I color only a cell of my table of a precise…
Mazzy
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Page-wide table in two-column mode
I want a table that is as wide as the whole page in a document with option twocolumn. The table has to be inserted on the bottom of the page, but that is not necessary.
I've tried:
\begin{table*}[b]
...
\end{table*}
But that puts the table at the…
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Expression under summation on multiple lines
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Separate long math text under sum symbol into different lines?
I want to write expression \sum_{i=0}^n i with i\neq 4 under the
summation symbol. How can I write this?
user12290
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Biblatex with Biber: Configuring my editor to avoid undefined citations
Running the minimal example
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@ARTICLE{example,
author = {Other, Anthony Norman},
title = {Some things I did},
year = {2014},
journal = {J.~Irrep.…
Joseph Wright
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Using latexdiff with git
I'd like to be able to use latexdiff with git. At the moment I have an alias in my .gitconfig file for a word-based diff:
[alias]
wdiff = diff --color-words
but is it possible to make an alias that will use latexdiff then compile the output and…
Simon
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What is the difference between \dots and \ldots?
Is there a difference between \dots and \ldots, the ellipsis?
If yes: Which? When to use \dots and when to use \ldots?
If no: Why are there both at all?
Foo Bar
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How do I put text over symbols?
This is difficult for me to explain, but how do I put words over a symbol? For instance, I want to add words over an equal sign. Anyone know the command/syntax for that?
Also adding ^ doesn't cut it..., I want the text to appear ON TOP.
Lemon
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Contest: Show Off Your Skillz in TeX & Friends [TeX.sx birthday]
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I need a TeX-donkey
In my town there will be next weekend an exhibition with 7000 donkey images. It is related to a sculpture group with 7 donkeys called "donkey's way" which will be installed in the summer.
I would like to add one (or perhaps more) TeX-donkey…
Ulrike Fischer
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BibTeX: How to reduce long author lists to "Firstauthor et al."?
I have several entries in my list of references that include of the order of 40 authors.
Is there a way to make bibtex automatically reduce these lists to e.g. the first name + "et al."?
I don't want to edit the BibTeX entries manually and I cannot…
fuenfundachtzig
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Option clash for package xcolor
I'm writing a report, and have a rather large table in my appendix. I'd like to emphasize some specific values by coloring some single cells. I'm trying to do it with xcolor. But receiving the error:
! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package…
Malthe Eisum
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What are penalties and which ones are defined?
Very often you can find solutions by changing the penalty. One is widowpenalty. However what are penalties and is there a small list of every defined penalty.
There is a German site which does exactly this.
Marco Daniel
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How to add an empty line between paragraphs?
I have two sections which I'd like to separate by an empty line. Every time I press Enter, LyX removes that empty line between paragraphs. How do I prevent this?
goldisfine
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Separate long math text under sum symbol into different lines?
I have the following equation, where there is a lot of stuff under the sum symbol:
\begin{equation}
d(\vec{x},\vec{y})=
\sum_{Z_{xy}\in\vec{Z}_{xy},\forall x\in\vec{x},\forall y\in\vec{y}}
f(Z_{xy})
\end{equation}
In the resulting document,…
Frank
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What is the difference between bibtex and biblatex?
I've been reading about biblatex more and more on here. What is the difference between it and bibtex?
Why should I switch to biblatex? Seeing the documentation doesn't seem too mature (or accessible - I couldn't find any introduction without…
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