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How can I change the "References" to "Reference" in the thebibliography environment?

My problem is that I have only one reference. So I would like the head of this part to appear "Reference" instead of commonly "References". More generally, could we change the title "References" to an arbitrary name? Thank you very much for your…
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Make beamer not look like beamer

I'm going to present my senior thesis in front of our faculty members, by using beamer. But rumour has it that some of them do not like beamer very much. So I decided to make my slides not look like made by using beamer, perhaps by making it look…
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Which graphics formats can be included in documents processed by LaTeX or PDFLaTeX?

There exist several types of graphics files, such as jpeg eps pdf png tif jif. Some work with LaTeX + Dvips and some work with PDFLaTeX. How to know which type is for which processor? Just to confuse matters, metapost produces .eps files, but I can…
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When should I use intersentence spacing (`\@')?

I've got a sentence that ends on an acronym: blah blah WORD. Next sentence blah Running this through chktex, I'm informed that: Warning 13 in ./file.tex line 9: Intersentence spacing (`\@') should perhaps be used. I have two questions: firstly,…
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Are there any dangerous commands in LaTeX?

I encountered this question: What is the most dangerous command in SQL?. And a similar one came to my mind, Are there any dangerous commands in LaTeX? By dangerous we may mean any or all of these scenarios: When a particular command is used…
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Positioning logo in the front page as well as slides

Question 1: I am creating a slide template for a presentation in LaTex using Beamer package. I found the placement of logo in the slide is not that easy. Instead of placing the logo in the same position throughout the slides, I want to place the…
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What is the difference between \em and \emph?

What is the difference between \emph{...} and {\em ...}? When to use each of them?
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Using the \tab Command

I have seen several cases of people using the \tab command to insert a specific amount of space between objects (as opposed to the \hfill command which uses any remaining space). However, I have never been able to get \tab to work. Are there any…
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How to insert a trademark symbol? (tm)

How do you insert a trademark symbol in LaTeX? That is, the "TM" superscript.
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What does a double ampersand (&&) mean in LaTeX?

I've seen several answers that use the double ampersand, but I can't figure out exactly what it does. I tried this out: \begin{align*} \frac{3x + y}{7} &= 9 & \text{given} \\ 3x + y &= 63 & \text{multiply by 7} \\ 3x &= 63 - y …
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\varepsilon vs. \epsilon

I cannot remember anyone writing the letter epsilon in any other way than \varepsilon in any math class; but in LaTeX \epsilon and \varepsilon are different symbols. Do any of you know why there are two different symbols? (I.e. if \epsilon is the…
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What professions use TeX/LaTeX besides CS?

TeX and LaTeX are widely used in Computer Science. What other academic disciplines or professionals use it?
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Merge two PDF files output by LaTeX?

I would like to (re)submit a paper with a short cover letter, explaining the changes I have made. However, the journal only allows me to upload one file. As the main article will use the journal style class, and so forth, it's not really practical…
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What is best method to insert an ellipsis in a (Xe)TeX document?

What is best method to insert an ellipsis in a (Xe)TeX document? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Times New Roman} \begin{document} a...b a ... b %or a\ldots b a \ldots b %or a…b a … b $a...b a ... b$ %or $a\ldots…
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What is a simple example of something you can do with LuaTeX?

I've heard that with LuaTeX, you can embed Lua code in your document that work directly with TeX internals, making it possible to do several things that are hard to do with macros. What is a good specific example of stuff that you can accomplish…
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