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making a table fit on a page by moving it left
I have a table where the last columns fall off the page. Instead of making the text smaller I would like the table to not adhere to the margin of where it begins. I would like to move it to the left. I am using flushleft, which is not working. Here…
Vass
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Figure: how to have "Figure 1.5" in bold
I'd like to have my figure captions with the word Figure x.x in bold, but the rest normal. Ideally, that would be in the header of the file, so that it applies to all the figures in my document.
If it's not possible, is there a way to have a…
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What is the difference between \vskip and \vspace?
I found myself writing:
\vspace 1 \baselineskip
and then when it's not compiling changing without thinking to:
\vskip 1 \baselineskip
but what is the difference? Perhaps knowing this will make me write the right one from the start in the future...
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Package biblatex Warning: 'babel/polyglossia' detected but 'csquotes' missing
I can compile my .tex file without problem but I'm getting a warning that I don't understand. This is my…
Juan David
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How to use \date{\today} without using \maketitle?
I am making my own title page. I'd like Latex to display the date automatically using \date{\today} but this does not work, since I am not doing \maketitle
So instead of setting the date manually myself and worry about updating it, is there a way to…
Nasser
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Which package to use for presentations? Beamer, Prosper, or Other
I have to prepare my slides in latex. A quick search came up with different packages. Before start preparing, I need your experiences. I do not want to regret after learning one as I did, learning vim (now can not quit) instead of emacs.
EDIT:
After…
berkay
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latex symbol for "if and only if"
In LaTeX the symbol for material implication is produced by $\to$, but for biconditional ?
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URLs in bibliography: LaTeX not breaking line as expected
I am trying to include long URLs in a bibliography, but those often overflow into the margin of the document.
I have seen a number of questions about breaking URLs in bibliography, but after trying every solution, I have not found anything that…
personne3000
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Really wide hat symbol
Is there any way to get a hat wider than widehat?
Why doesn't
\widehat{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}
really go over all of it?
hmmmm
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\hspace vs. \hspace*
After trying both commands, I noticed that \hspace* opposite to \hspace will insert a space over the end of the line.
So I was wondering if someone could explain how that works and also when to use either command.
rtzll
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How to add a gif file to my LaTeX file?
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Convert gif image to png on the fly
I have an image file -- a gif file, which is the graph of a function.
How do I add it to a LaTeX file? Will it come out OK in the subsequent pdf file?
TCL
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Where to find custom beamer themes
I don't like default beamer themes very much.
Where could I find some custom beamer themes?
peoro
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Centering with \includegraphics not with \begin{figure}?
I mess up with things when I try to use the figure-thing: the picture is not appearing with the correct alignment (apparently because I forget the float package). Now I want to use only the graphicx package with \includegraphics. How can I center…
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What are the possible dimensions / sizes / units LaTeX understands?
I know there are different ways of expressing sizes or dimensions in LaTeX such as points (pt), inches (in) and ex.
As some commands, such as \hspace understand all of them, I would like to have a reference or complete list of possible dimensions or…
Henrik
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Compatibility of bibtex and biblatex bibliography files?
In the answer to bibtex vs. biber and biblatex vs. natbib the advantages and disadvantages of Biber vs. BibTeX (and of natbib vs. biblatex) were explained. However, one point was omitted: The question of compatibility of bibliographies between…
celtschk
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