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How to reference the page of a figure?
Is it possible to make a reference to the page where a figure is rendered?
I would like to write something like
see figure~\ref{figure-xyz} on page NN
where NN will automatically be maintained by LaTeX. The figure that prompted my question is…
wishihadabettername
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How to add several authors with different affiliations in beamer?
Is it possible to do this in beamer? Or do I have to use other packages?
Marcin
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Why is the ifthen package obsolete?
In the LaTeX companion, the authors recommend to use the package ifthen for complex conditional.
But in his answer to LaTeX conditional expression Will Robertson doesn't mention it, and in the comments, Philipp says that the package is obsolete.
The…
PHL
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How to write a perfect equation parameters description?
Equation's symbols or parameters description are shown below, however, the = and the details of parameter are not aligned.
I want to make a parameters list for a equation like this, in which symbols, = and detail information are aligned in terms…
KOF
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How to remove everything related to TeX Live for fresh install on Ubuntu?
How can I remove everything that is related to TeX Live from my Ubuntu 12.04? I first used the backport packages from ppa:texlive-backports/ppa and later the manual install via install-tl-unx.tar.gz. Somehow, everything screwed up, so I want to…
mcbetz
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How to combine Acronym and Glossary
I'm using the glossaries package.
I have an acronym (e.g., API) that should be explained in the glossary. It should be linked to the glossary at every occurrence, but its first occurrence should be written out like this:
This is a test of…
youseeus
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Centering in tabularx and X columns
How can I center the column when using X in tabularx environment like in this example?
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}lXXXXX@{}}
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
\end{tabularx}
Matthias
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Size commands do not work in mathmode
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\wedge{\small\wedge}{\tiny\wedge}$
\end{document}
All the \wedges have the same size...
Mohan
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How to make text aligned left/center/right in the same line?
I am trying to align some text to left/center/right in the same line. For example, I want to put my phone number on the left, my name in the center, and my email on the right, how do I do that?
LWZ
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How to create a background image on title page with LaTeX?
I want to put a background image on a title page of a document. Is it possible and does it work?
EDIT:
The answer by Presidenten using the eso-pic package and my answer found after some research using the wallpaper package both work.
Mnementh
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"inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)
No matter how I try to do it I always get the following error :
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8: not set up for use with LaTeX.
I have tried using $^{\circ}$, \deg, \textdegree, pasting the ° symbol directly, to no avail.
Here is…
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Is there a way to set math mode font non-italic?
I read many things about people wanting math mode in sans-serif font and doing crazy things with packages and options to get that, but I did not find anything that would simply make my math mode font non-italic.
Is there an (easy) way to set math…
cebe
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"Too many math alphabets" error
I just got the error
Too many math alphabets used in version normal.
on a document I'm editing. What can I do to fix this, other than stop using an alphabet? All I've found online is instructions on what to do if you're using the bm.sty package,…
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How to cite chapter in book?
Is there any source where I can find the required fields in my bibliography file to refer to a chapter within a book? I found @inbook, but I cannot find the fields (author=, chapter=... ). In general it would be nice to know what are all the…
Trevis
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How does one type Chinese in LaTeX?
Can anyone describe how one can type Chinese in LaTeX? When I compile this:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
你好吗？
\end{document}
the resulting document shows nothing. For reference my IME is iBus 1.3.9 on Fedora 13.
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