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Producing doc/docx from LaTeX

Is there any way to produce doc/docx files from LaTeX?
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For formal articles, should a displayed equation be followed by a punctuation to conform to the language grammar ?

For formal articles, should a displayed equation be followed by a punctuation to conform to the language grammar ? For example: The most well-known physics formula is \[E=mc^2.\] %should I put a period here? And if you expand \[(x+y)^2,\]…
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Create a local texmf tree in MiKTeX

In TeX Live there are TEXMFLOCAL for admin and TEXMFHOME for user pre-defined, but in MiKTeX there’s by default no local texmf tree installed, though it is useful, cf. Purpose of local texmf trees. Therefore my question: How do I create a local…
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Unbreakable block

I want to do something like the following in TeX: \begin{nobreak} Text here will not split over pages, it will remain as one continuous chunk. If there isn't enough room for it on the current page a pagebreak will happen before it and the whole…
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How to make a figure span on two columns in a scientific paper?

If I just try to set the figure's size to 0.9\textwidth my figure will just end up on the right column, sized to be two-columns wide. Has anyone done this before?
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How to add a matrix to a LaTeX document

How do we add a matrix to a LaTeX document?
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Replace \input{fileX} by the content of fileX automatically

Suppose I have a document with multiple include or input statements \input{fileA} \input{fileB} etc. Is there an easy way to generate a single .tex file where \input{fileA} is replaced by the actual content of fileA etc. without copying it…
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Comparison: ShareLaTeX vs Overleaf (formerly WriteLaTeX)

So far, I didn't have the chance to use either of these services. Before starting, I would like to hear your opinions. What are the advantages and disadvantages? Why should I choose one over the other? I am mainly interested in the technical side,…
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How to send an email with LaTeX

Risking of this question being closed, I'm just wondering if any of your use ---or know--- of any email platform that supports writing in LaTeX. I made a quick search around the site and found this question: LaTeX on Gmail (GmailTex?) So I'm…
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Comment out sections of text in bib file

What's the correct way to comment out sections of explanatory text (included for humans to read) in a .bib file? I would like biber/biblatex to simply ignore this text. When I put in text…
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How to rotate text in multirow table?

I have a big table with a problem, when I want to rotate the text in a \multirow cell, the text is placed outside and is bigger than the dimensions of the cell, I took some advice from here, using\parbox, and then \rotatebox. But I don't get good…
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Dictionary for TeXstudio: “No dictionary Available”

I have trouble spell checking my document in TeXstudio. When I press spellcheck, I get the error No dictionary Available. Am I supposed to install a dictionary separately? How? Any suggestion?
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Make specific author bold using biblatex

I am writing my CV in LaTeX. I am using biblatex and want my name (and only my name) to be bold for every reference. Is there a magic way to do this? A similar question Make one author's name bold every time it shows up in the bibliography was…
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How can I sum two values and store the result in other variable?

In LaTeX2e,how can I sum two values and assign them to other variable? I want to compute something like: var=\textwidth - 1cm And if both were constants: var=1+1
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Deleting external/auxiliary files?

Is there a way to make TeX delete files? In my document a lot of auxiliary files are created and it would be wonderful to have them removed after their content has been used.
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