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How to draw a Sankey Diagram using TikZ
This question led to a new package:
sankey
I would like to draw something similar to this (not exactly):
using TikZ. Ideally I would be able to set the width by variables and rejoin two flows into one again. Is there a good way to do this?
Since…
luksen
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Getting GIF and/or moving images into a LaTeX presentation
I'm very new to presentations in LaTeX (I've been using PowerPoint for years but have finally converted).
I am wondering how to get a GIF into a section. If need be, I can convert a GIF into lots of pictures and have them overlay to give the…
iluvLatex
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How can I design a book cover?
Can anyone share his or her experience on designing a book cover? I just finished writing my e-book and now I am designing the cover. I tried \maketitle and the result was pretty ugly. I'd appreciate any tips on designing book covers.
user5177
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What is the correct way to center a \tikzpicture?
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Should I use center or centering for figures and tables?
What is the correct way to cause a \tikzpicture to be centered? By default it appears to be aligned with the left margin.
Jacob Gabrielson
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\topsep, \itemsep, \partopsep, \parsep - what do they each mean (and what about the bottom)?
The enumitem package documentation says:
\topsep, \itemsep, \partopsep, \parsep?
Ok, it doesn't quite say that, but it also doesn't illustrate what these dimensions mean. Can I get a diagram with what each of these means? And what's the equivalent…
einpoklum
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pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier (nam e{page.1}) has been already used, duplicate ignored
I get the following warning
pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier (name{page.1})
has been already used, duplicate ignored
when compiling the following…
N.N.
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TikZ: Node at same x-coordinate as another node, but specified y-coordinate?
In TikZ, if I have a node (A), how do I create a node (B) with the same x-coordinate as (A), but a given y-coordinate?
Jamie Vicary
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Change caption name of figures
How can I modify the caption name of a figure? For example I have
\caption{This is a figure.}
and by default the caption appears as
Figure 1: This is a figure.
However I want
Fig.1 - This is a figure.
qwerty
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What is the status of generating LaTeX from handwriting (i.e., OCR)?
I type fast enough that for most things it's not a pain, but I have a few big stacks of old course notes I'd like in LaTeX which I'm dreading having to go through. So, I'm just wondering what the best solution for handwriting -> LaTeX is so far, if…
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Cross-Reference with custom text
Is there a way to make a cross reference to a label of a header with custom text? That is, its text should differ from the Header text, or its number or page (not like the predefined formats in Lyx). Something like the the hyperlinks or bookmarks in…
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How to create alternating rows in a table?
Sometimes you can see in books tables, that have alternating background color for rows in a table to support readability. How I can achieve this with LaTeX?
And yes, I could put macros \odd and \even into each row, but in that case I would have to…
Mnementh
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Why does an environment's label have to appear after the caption?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\begin{document}
\setcounter{section}{54}
\section{A section with no label}
\begin{algorithm}
\label{myalg}
\caption{An algorithm with the label `myalg'.}
\end{algorithm}
Reference to myalg:…
einpoklum
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Multiple footnotes at one point
I'm trying to create multiple footnotes referencing from one point, that look like this:
lorem1,2
Searching for "multiple footnotes" shows up almost exclusively solutions for multiple references to one footnote. Here I have two separate footnotes,…
Artur Czajka
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How to center the table in Latex
I have got a simple code to generate table in Latex.
\begin{tabular}{ | c | c | c | }
\hline
symbol & value & unit \\ \hline
$z Na$ & 11 & - \\ \hline
$z F$ & 9 & - \\ \hline
$Emax Na$ & 0.545 & $[MeV]$ \\…
user1519221
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Have new line between paragraphs, no indentation
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Is there an easy way to have my whole document with a space between paragraphs rather than indentation?
I am sure that this must be a dup, but I can't find the right keywords to search for. So I am posting.
Right now my…
sixtyfootersdude
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