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67 questions linked to/from Difference between \textwidth, \linewidth and \hsize
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Width of minipages inside enumerate environments [duplicate]
How can I determine the available width inside an enumerate environment? In particular, what width argument can I pass to the minipages in the example below so that the minipages take up all of the ...
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Line spanning across page inside list [duplicate]
I need a horizontal line to span across the page, up to the right margin (where the text would end). This works:
\rule{\hsize}{0.4pt}
But, when inside a list, the line goes over the margin because ...
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Horizontal alignment of multiple images [duplicate]
In the current scenario, the images are arranged in a vertical sense, however I wanted to align the subfigures in a horizontal sense. This is the code that I'm using. Also I'm working on a template, ...
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Set automatically the width of a table, based on the column width in which the table appears (in a 2-column document) [duplicate]
I have a document that is split into two columns of different width. In one of the two columns, I would like to add a table that is large exactly as the width of that column. Is there an automatic way ...
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Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?
I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example.
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Scale figure to a percentage of \textwidth
I would like to change my figure's width to a precentage of my \textwidth:
\textwidth /2 would scale to 50% of the \textwidth.
What is the proper syntax (if any) to do this ?
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My table doesn't fit; what are my options?
I have a table that I want to insert on a page, but at least one (perhaps both) of the following conditions are met:
The table is too wide to fit within the text block or page. That is, I'm exceeding ...
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Nopagebreak nopagebreak nopagebreak - why won't LaTeX listen to me?
Fun times, I'm making a (manual) index of the lecture slides for class (which are nowhere near latex, ppt files yay) and of course Latex insists on placing pagebreaks willie nillie through my items. ...
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How to center the minipage?
The left margin is too wide if I set 1.5\textwidth:
\begin{document}
\noindent\begin{minipage}{1.5\textwidth}
test
\end{minipage}
\end{document}
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Text wrap in tables (multirow package loaded)
I searched a bit, but I could not find a reliable way to wrap text in tables with columns spanning more than one row. Any ideas on how to fit this table in the page?:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{...
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changepage package's \adjustwidth environment adjusts only left margin
I was trying to create a custom abstract environment with minipages and adjusted margins. Everything works fine, except for that the right margin changes according to the left. I could'n find solution....
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Defining a width that fills remaining horizontal space for text fields in hyperref forms environment
This code
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[showframe,headheight=2in,headsep=0.1in,left=0.8in,right=0.8in,bottom=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{...
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What is the default length of \hrule?
When used without parameters, what varfiable controls the length of \hrule?
I.e., how can I change the default length of \hrule, other than adding parameters to each instance -- say, to affect ...
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Overfull hbox warning when including graphics
I'm getting the error:
Overfull \hbox (14.34999pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 374--375
[][] |
when including graphics files. The files are in EPS format. Below is an example:
\begin{figure}
\...
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Customizing caption in side-by-side figures
How do I customize my caption that follows this article's setting of the captions on page 26. The following is my attempt to do that, but still doesn't work. Obviously, what I want to achieve is to ...
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