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How to order 3 images horizontally?
I use the following code to include three images:
\begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics{delete_gesture.png}
\caption{Awesome Image}
\label{fig:awesome_image}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics{ok_gesture.png}
\caption{Awesome…
RoflcoptrException
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Latest advice on the euro symbol
I know there are many packages that offer the euro symbol (€). But which is the best implementation? I read something a couple of years ago [which I can't now find] that assessed the option. But even if I could find it, I imagine things might have…
Seamus
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Problems with \toprule and \midrule in a table
Having the following siunitx table code in LyX, for each occurrence of \toprule and \midrule I obtain an error message:
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message
was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g.,…
Germano Massullo
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Possible to create bullets for \subitems using \itemize without a nested list?
I have made a list of questions and subquestions using nested \itemize commands, like this:
\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item{First item}
\begin{itemize}
…
Renée
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A LaTeX log analyzer application (visualizing TeX expansion)
This question led to a new package:
unravel
Consider the following MWE, test.tex:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\tracingassigns=1
\tracingmacros=1
\def\aaa{something}
\def\bbb{else \aaa, else}
\edef\ccc{third \bbb,…
sdaau
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Nice-looking p-th roots
When I take the pth root, the bottom of the p comes very close to the \sqrt symbol. In the New Century Schoolbook font (which I am using), the p actually intersects the \sqrt symbol, which looks even more terrible. Is there a clean way to fix…
jamaicanworm
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3D bodies in TikZ
Is there like a library that has default geometric figures like the ones shown below. Am not acquainted yet with 3D diagrams in TikZ.
azetina
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Why can't pdflatex print EPS figures?
The images in my paper are in EPS format. If I execute pdflatex to get a PDF version of my paper, the figures won't appear. I have to typeset using the latex command, and then convert the DVI file to PDF using dvipdf.
Why doesn't pdflatex support…
Julian Lamas-Rodriguez
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Why isn't everything expandable?
TeX's macro processor does its work in a process called expansion. For an input stream of tokens, the macro processor repeatedly expands them until non-expandable tokens remain. The resulting stream of non-expandable tokens is passed to the TeX's…
Andrey Vihrov
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What is the relationship between natbib, apacite package, and apa document class?
This is the first time I have to submit to a journal and need to reformat my bibliography according to APA guidelines.
This leaves me very confused since there seem to be multiple ways to do the same thing:
Use natbib and…
Heisenberg
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With BibLatex, how do I make the fontsize of the bibliography smaller?
I use biblatex and \printbibliography to add a bibliography at the end of my document. I would like the references in a smaller fontsize than the document's default.
{\small \printbibliography} does not work. It merely shrinks the space right above…
dcatteeu
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Use CSS-style color specifications in xcolor?
I have colors on my website #eff5f9 and #dfecf7. I would like to also use them in a latex document. Is there a way to use such hexadecimal specifications with xcolor?
I've tried to read the xcolor manual, and I'm fairly convinced it was written to…
Marcin
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How to remove headers and footers for pages between chapters?
To ensure that a new chapter starts on a right-hand page, the book class (and the report class with the options twoside and openright) will insert blank pages between chapters if necessary. However, these pages still contain the headers and footers…
lockstep
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Nice custom beamer theme: how to do something like it?
So I found this totally awesome looking presentation that's made in LaTeX: https://web.archive.org/web/20160812023301/http://pyprop.googlecode.com/files/disputas.pdf
I love how there is custom header with university logo. I'd like to do something…
dingo_d
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How can I number sections below subsection in LaTeX?
I want to make sections in LaTeX.
For a document with chapter divisions, one has
1.1 = section
1.1.1 = subsection
1.1.1.1 = subsubsection
What about 1.1.1.1.1?
What do I have to use to make lower-level sections be numbered as 1.1.1.1.1?
Farhat Mann
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