{acronyms} is about formatting acronyms and abbreviations using customized commands or specific packages like acronym or {glossaries}.
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Macros for common abbreviations
Common abbreviations are surprisingly tricky to format correctly. I'd like some simple macros for them, to be used like so:
You should eat more fruit, \eg apples, bananas, oranges, \etc.
There are ...
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How to abbreviate journal name in citation
I'm writing my research proposal and my supervisor wants me to abbreviate the journal name (and remove part of the month from the publication date). How can I achieve that?
Edit:
I am using BibTeX ...
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How to render individual acronyms in lower case when used inline, but mixed case in the list of acronyms?
I would like to output acronyms with the first letter of a word in upper case when they are printed to the list of acronyms. However, it certain cases I would like to print the written out form in ...
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Capitalize the first letter in acronym list
When using the acronym package I would like to capitalize the first letter in the acronym description (e.g., Direct current). But when used in text I would like to have the word in lower letters.
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Do not display one special acronym in list of acronyms
In my document I use several acronyms which I do not wish to be displayed in the list of acronyms. This solution using the acronym-package unfortunately doesn't work as it clashes with my use of the ...
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Using small caps for abbreviations
I’m using small caps to mark up acronyms. Many style guides recommend this to make the acronyms stand out less among the lower-case letters.
However, I didn’t find good advice of what to do with ...
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How to create both list of abbreviations and list of nomenclature using nomencl package?
I have searched for the whole day online, but all the threads indicate only realizing one of the lists by using nomencl package. I want to create both list of abbreviations AND list of nomenclature ...
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List of mathematical notation / abbreviations
In my article, I would like to create a section "Mathematical Notation" that lists all the arcane mathematical symbols I'm using.
This is similar to an index or a list of figures. An example of what ...
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How to invert long term to short term using ACRONYM list?
In my text, I'd like to have in first use of \ac the result (all my text is typed using \ac or \acp):
PC (Personal Computer)
So, normally the result is opposite:
Personal Computer (PC)
How ...
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How to escape ampersand in \acro command?
I am trying to use the acronym package to create an acronym list. The problem is that one of the acronyms I need to use contains an ampersand ('&').
But when I try to compile the .tex file I get ...
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Automatically index acronyms
I'm using the acronym package. Is it possible to automatically add an index entry each time an acronym is used?
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How to define a command that bolds the first letter of each word in the input argument?
I want to define a command that takes a sentence, a word or several words as input and bolds the first letter of each word. I need this mostly for abbreviations and so far I have done it manually in ...
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Can small-caps be automated for abbreviations and acronyms?
Is there a way to force LaTeX to automatically use small-caps for abbreviations and acronyms (or more specifically, strings of two or more uppercase letters)?
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Canonical way to typeset spacing in abbreviations
In a comment to When one should use spacing line \quad or \, Herbert claims that e.\,g. is the canonical way to typeset spacing in abbreviations (this is not about spacing before or after ...
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Proper indentation in acronym package
I am using the acronym package in the thesis. This is the first time I am using this so don't know much. But I did something like this.
\begin{acronym}
\acro{2G}{2nd Generation}
\acro{3GPP}{3rd ...
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acronym package: don't write acronym if single occurence
I use the acronym package for managing acronyms. There is one option I am missing (couldn't find it in the manual): that is, suppressing the abbreviated form if the acronym occurs only once throughout ...
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Acronyms in section names with classic thesis
I have troubles using acronym package with classicthesis package when I put an acronym in a section name. The least reproducible example I could come up with is this:
\documentclass{scrreprt}
% If I ...
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Mixing uppercase, lowercase, and small caps?
The problem
I want to follow The Economist's example for annoyingly mixed-case words: letterspace them, capitalize the first letter according to normal rules, and set all other capitals as small ...
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Problem using package acronym
I am using acronym package to create the list of Acronyms. I am using Acronym1.tex containing the definition of all the acronyms. However here is the list of problems I am facing.
I have to sort the ...
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Managing acronyms with a macro that preserves the full name
I use the acronym package to create and manage acronyms in my document, e.g.:
\newacro{css}[CSS]{Cascading Style Sheets}
Can you use \ac{css}?
However, sometimes I must add typesetting to ...
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Abbreviations for AM, PM (small caps) for use within \textbf
I have been using \textsc for the abbreviations for AM, PM, but it does not work within \textbf{}. As you can see in the image, within a \textbf{}, it reverts to the normal lower case letter. Ulrike ...
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Parameter to the acronym environment changes the font of the acronym column
If I add a parameter to the acronym environment in order to set the width of the acronym column, the font of the text in the acronym column automatically changes. How can I prevent (or at least ...
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How to highlight important pages in glossaries page number list
In some books, the keywords page not only has a list of pages the keyword was referenced, it also bold or emphasize page numbers where the keyword was defined or explained. How do I do that with ...
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Macro for typesetting acronyms
All-caps acronyms and brand names like IBM look better when typeset a little smaller than usual. My simple solution is the following macro:
\def\<#1>{{\small #1}}
It's used like here ...
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Displaying acronyms, abbreviations, and units
I use the acronym package for displaying acronyms, such as "KFC". As most of the acronyms are common knowledge, I use \acs{kfc}, which only presents the short form. Also, the siuntix package can be ...
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How do I suppress the list of acronyms
I am using the acronym package to handle my acronyms. To use the package, I have to define all the acronyms within a \begin{acronym} ... \end{acronym}. This generates a listing of acronyms that I want ...
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Using acronyms (i.e. first usage is fully qualified, other usage is just initials) without the List of Acronyms
I have defined a file of acronyms for a document where I needed a list of acronyms as well as the proper usage of acronyms in the document itself, i.e. when the short form was first used it was ...
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How to combine Shorthands of bibliographcal entries with acronyms in text?
I would like to make \printshorthands for the code below and to put put acronyms used in text in the same list with bibliographical shorthands.
Could somebody help?
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
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glossaries: multi-column and indentation [duplicate]
I want to achieve a two column acronym list with glossaries. Using the mcolalttree version of alttree allows to define the indentation with \glssetwidest{}. Unfortunately after a line break the ...
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How to put kana with CJK in the name of a “polyglotic” glossary entry?
After discovered how to mix glossary and acronym system (See here), and how to put kana/kanji working with pdfLaTeX (See here), I was trying to mix the both, in order to create kind of dictonnary, ...
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LyX and Nomenclatures
I'm using LyX and trying to use the nomenclature package to insert a bunch of acronyms into my document.
I've inserted a Nomenclature table (Insert -> List/TOC -> Nomenclature).
I've then created a ...
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Insert Abbreviations in LyX document
I would like to generate the abbreviations entry in the report written in LyX. I could not find it. I would like to know 3 things :
Insert the abbreviations table in the TOC.
Insert the ...
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How can I force LyX to rebuild intermediate files for clean PDF display?
I am working on a multi-file document in LyX (my thesis) and occasionally have problems where LyX seems to rely on old version of intermediate files when updating the PDF output. Is there an easy way ...
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Why my printnomenclature not working?
This is my Script:
In my class file i added the following entry:
\usepackage[intoc]{nomencl}
\renewcommand{\nomname}{\large \textbf{Mathematical Notation}}
\makenomenclature
\usepackage{datatool}
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How to get correct glossary links with frontmatter pages?
I'm using the glossaries and hyperref packages, and my document has 10 or so pages of frontmatter, in roman numerals.
All the links in the glossary have the correct page numbers, but when you click ...
