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Do I have to care about bad boxes?
When I compile my PDF from LaTeX source, do I have to care about all the messages (currently 28) about 'bad boxes'?
The PDF seems fine to me.
Rabarberski
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What does the draft mode change?
I wonder which changes are made by the draft option?
That means what will be changed by calling it as global class option (\documentclass[draft]{}) or locally for a single package if it is available (\usepackage[draft]){}.
Note
I…
Tobi
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How do I add a line break in display math mode?
For instance, how do I add a break after the first line in
\[
a + b = c // what should I add here?
a = c - b
\]
David Faux
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How do I find out what fonts are used in a document/picture?
Is it possible to identify the font used in a specific document/picture?
Answers to this question should identify:
Possible methods to do this (perhaps one answer per method) and adequately describe how to use it (as opposed to merely stating…
Werner
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Caption on the side of a figure
Can anyone tell me how to get my caption on side of my figure, and at the same time aligned with the top of my figure?
Nelly
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How to make \left, \right pairs of delimiter work over multiple lines?
I have a very long equation that must be separated into two lines, and it has several pairs of nesting \left \right delimiters. Unfortunately, it seems that they need to be on the same line in order for them to work.
Also I'm using the align…
sxu
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Condense the space between bibliographic entries
In order to save space, I would like to condense the bibliography, specifically, reduce the amount of vertical space between entries. Currently, it seems there is double-space between consecutive entries.
I use the "article" layout in LyX.
Erel Segal-Halevi
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How to remove figure caption prefix "figure" in beamer
I am trying to remove the caption prefix, "Figure", for my figures in beamer. I tried doing this but it made no difference.
Heres a minimum working example:
As you can see, I have included the caption…
dearN
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Change the font of figure captions
I would like to italicize my figure captions and make them smaller. How can I do that?
Vebjorn Ljosa
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Defining starred versions of commands (* macro)
I would like to define a *'d version of a command, something like
\newcommand{\foo}{blah}
\newcommand{\foo*}{blahblah}
If I try to do this, LaTeX complains that I'm trying to redefine \foo, so I guess I need to do something special to handle *s.…
Neil Olver
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Embed LaTeX math equations into Microsoft Word
Let's say I have a (comparatively) lovely-looking document in LaTeX, full of lovingly typeset, (relatively) complex equations.
Now, let's say some barbarians come along one day and decide that the document has to be put into Microsoft Word…
badroit
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What is the meaning of \fussy, \sloppy, \emergencystretch, \tolerance, \hbadness?
There are many way to influence line breaking, and avoiding overfulls on long unbreakable pieces of text. I'm puzzled.
We are told that using \sloppy document-wide is not good ,
that an alternative solution to \sloppy is \emergencystretch , that…
Desik
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How to prolong compilation time while engaging in leisure activities?
I thought of that old joke today, where a programmer can make an undeniable excuse for his leisure activities while in work on the basis that he is just waiting for his code to compile.
Although I am a workaholic and a fair player, such an excuse…
Harold Cavendish
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How to enter publications "in press", or "submitted to" in BibTeX?
Is there a convention for how to enter publications that are "in preparation" or "submitted to Some Journal" into a BibTeX database?
Tobin Fricke
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How to include a picture over two pages, left part on left side, right on right (for books)?
When writing a long book (from 300 to over a 1000 pages), there is often need to include large pictures and one wishes to have them displayed over two pages, left half on the left page, right half on the right page. If one cuts the picture in two…
Leo
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