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How do you create pull quotes?
Does anyone know a package for pull quotes?
Failing that, is anyone interested in writing a command to create one? I'm thinking of something that would have optional and configurable separators above and below (e.g., lines or large quotation…
Emre
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What does \smash do, and where is it documented?
I see several users in this forum talk about \smash. It is apparently defined in base TeX.
What does \smash do?
For future reference, is there online documentation where I could find this?
vy32
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Bold math: Automatic choice between \mathbf and \boldsymbol for Latin and Greek symbols?
This is a follow-up to this question.
Suppose you want to denote vectors by upright bold letters; then \mathbf{u} works fine, except that if it's a Greek letter you have to use \boldsymbol{\omega} instead.
Question: Is it possible to define a…
Hans Lundmark
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Is it possible to write the '%' symbol in text in LaTeX?
I'm a beginner trying to use LaTeX.
I tried to write a sentence which includes the %-symbol using \text{}, but the function that the %-symbol has in LaTeX seems to block me from using it in a normal text…
Luuk
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Multiple lines one side of equation with a Curly Bracket
I am trying to write an equation that looks like this, everything should be left aligned on the right hand side.
I am using the following code to write this equation.
\begin{equation}
D_{it} = \Bigg\{if \ bank \ i \ issues \ ABS \ at \ time \…
Ahmed Arif
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How can I check in LaTeX (or plain TeX) whether a command exists, by name?
I'm looking for a LaTeX way to control macro expansion, contingent on some macro being defined or not. I'm looking for something like this (but then actually working):
\newcommand[1]{\checkfor}{
\if\isdef\csname{#1}
... expand this if command…
Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans
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titlesec: loss of section numbering with the new update (2016/03/15)
After reinstalling TeXLive distribution (install-tl-20160318, Ubuntu 14.04), a issue occurs with the updated version of the titlesec package: the section numbering is lost.
What could it be missing? Is there a modification I have not seen?
Below is…
ejazz
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"Closed" (square) root symbol
I found a cool trick in the LaTeX wikibook which allows the square root sign to be altered such that it "closes" over its contents.
Here's an example:
("closed" root on the left, normal one on the right)
The way they do this is as follows:
% New…
Matthias
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Can \includegraphics be used to change an image color?
I'm including a number of PDF images in my document using \includegraphics. I'm wondering if there's a way for LaTeX to adjust their color profile, hopefully the same way it can flip images upside down, resize, and crop, as…
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How to split a frame (of beamer) into 2 parts (minipage) side by side?
I would like to split a frame into 2 parts side by side by minipage. But it seems that the following code puts one on top of the other:
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\linewidth}
left part
\end{minipage}\hfill
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\linewidth}
right…
SoftTimur
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How to prevent a page break before an itemize list?
It is not nice to have a page break right after the colon and have the list start on a new page:
And here, finally, is the list of mission-critical items:
\begin{itemize}
...
\end{itemize}
How can I prevent that?
Frank
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\subseteq + \circ as a single symbol ("open subset")
I'm trying to create symbols \opn for "open subset" and \cls "closed subset". I want them to look like this:
My current solution is:
\def\opn{\!\ensuremath{\subseteq\!\!\!\!\!\raisebox{1pt}{$\circ$}}\,}…
Leo
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What are the main differences between Texmaker and TeXstudio?
Although I've read these two posts:
Texmaker vs TeXstudio (comparison)
LaTeX Editors/IDEs
I would like to ask again specifically about Texmaker and TeXstudio, because they are quite well ranked in the "Big list", and one of them was born as a fork…
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"Z-level" in TikZ
This is an idle question, but neverthless, I think it's interesting.
Does TikZ have a simple way to implement a "z-level" specification. By this, I don't mean 3D drawing, I mean specifying which parts of the picture are on top of what.
So I'd write…
Seamus
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Setting unit length in TikZ?
As I understand it, the basic unit length in TikZ is 1cm, so that for example
\draw (0,0) -- (1,0);
draws a line 1cm in length. What I want to do is to redefine that length so that all drawings in my document are a different size. Using ConTeXt,…
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