{acronyms} is about formatting acronyms and abbreviations using customized commands or specific packages like acronym or {glossaries}.
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How to mark up different entry types (index/glossary/acronym/notation) at the same time in datagidx package?
I came across datagidx package, which is part of the datatool bundle, the killing feature of this package is that you can use it independently, not relying on external indexing applications, e.g., ...
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acronym - tabular — weird spacing while using \ac
I'm currently writing a Lab-Report, using a lot of acronyms and tables.
What I have so far looks like this:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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Reduce line-spacing in acronyms with hyperref
I'm using:
\documentclass[12pt,titlepage]{article}
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{datatool}
\usepackage[style=altlist,nonumberlist,numberedsection,acronym,toc,xindy]{glossaries}
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Can I print a list of acronyms without a header with the acro package?
I want to produce a list of acronyms from the acro package without any header at all. Is this possible? I have tried putting things like *, {}, and (space) in the header argument, but nothing has ...
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How can I display a list of acronyms and a separate list of symbols in the same document?
I want to display both list of acronyms and list of symbols in my thesis..
I tried all, from the solutions I found here... but it is always showing "acro.sty not found" and some other error with ...
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Hyphenate term with numbers and white space within acronyms
I want to use the command \hyphanation to force latex keeping terms in the same line
The terms are for example IAS 39 and IFRS 9.
I use acornyms for IAS and IFRS and let a white space between the ...
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Manually set first-use flag using glossaries
I am using glossaries to keep track of my acronyms and a few other lists. However, I am running into a situation where I want to use \acf to print the full acronym, and the description should not be ...
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Lyx and List of Acronyms
I need to generate the List of Acronyms for a report class document, i used this method to make the acronym:
insert -> nomenclature entry
then I write the symbol and the description. Example:
...
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Abstract environment: interaction between hyperref and acronyms in ettauth.cls
I am submitting a paper for a journal that uses class ettauth.cls. Inside abstract I use some acronyms with the help of acronym package. I also load hyperref package for the cross-referencing. With ...
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Set list of abbreviations title to match thesis chapter title style [closed]
I created list of abbreviations using instructions from here, using glossaries.
Everything is OK. I just want to format the title of the list to match style for chapter title.
Is this possible?
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Text width in 1st and 2nd glossary is different?
I am a latex beginner, so would appreciate your help.
My problem: in my thesis I have two glossaries: Glossary and Acronyms.
The Format of Glossary is ok, but in Acronyms - textwidth is too narrow.
In ...
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How to change the appearance of the display of the first use of an acronym? How to insert “short”?
How can I change the apperance of the display of the first use of an acronym?
I want to change
Compact Disc (CD)
to
Compact Disc (short CD)
I tried
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One acronym for two words
I got a problem with my acronyms.
I try to use one acronym for two words.
I don't get any warnings or errors but it does not really work.
The following is a minimalistic example.
\begin{document}
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Using glossary in abbreviation causes issue: its written bold
I'm currently working on a thesis and having trouble with my glossary in connection with abbreviations.
I define an abbreviation that way:
\acro{conMan}[CMS]{\gls{CMS}}
In my glossary list file i ...
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List of Acronyms is not displayed
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}
\makeglossary
\newacronym{svm}{SVM}{Support Vector Machine}
\newacronym{wasn}{WASN}{Wireless Sensor Networks}
\begin{document}
\printglossaries
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How to add translation to long form of acronym?
I am currently using the acronym package to handle acronyms/abbreviations in my thesis.
I am writing in German, but I use a couple of English acronyms because either no German acronym exists or the ...
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Some errors with a little document
I have some errors with my paper in LaTeX, and I don't understand how to fix the problems :
The first is :
pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the sa
me identifier (name{page.1}) has been ...
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Why does the compiler keeps telling me (forever) to rerun because labels have changed?
I have a LaTeX paper (multifile setup, using \input{} statements) that , since a few days ago, keeps telling me at each compile (both with pdflatex or latex):
LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may have ...
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Problem with \acused from acronym package: Not in list of acronyms
When using the acronym package, acronyms marked with \acused{AC} are not contained in the list of acronyms.
However, I also cannot place \ac{AC}, \acs{AC}, or \acl{AC} since all of it is explained in ...
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List of Acronyms: only first use in numberlist and table of content style dots
I would like to display the list of acronyms in the following way:
in the number list there should be only the page with the first use of the acronym
the number should be aligned on the right, with ...
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Acronym at sentence start: capital or not?
The recommended way of typesetting acronyms is using small caps, e.g.:
This technique is called Remote Procedure Calling or {\scshape rpc}.
However, if the acronym occurs at the beginning of the ...
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Aligned list of acronyms
I am using latex to write my thesis report and would like to generate list of abbreviation for same. I use the acrnonyms package to generate it. Following is my minimal code:
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Neutral command to hide footnotes from wordcount
I currently have do all of my citations and footnotes with the commands \ac and \fn respectively, which I have set up as shorter versions of the full commands. I want to be able to print my document ...
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Creating a list of abbreviations with KOMA-Script
I could not find the commands for creating a list of abbreviations with KOMA-Script. Could someone please tell it to me? Also could someone please tell me if the abbreviations list has to be at the ...
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Greek letters in acronym
I want to use the acronym package for a list of acronyms. When posting Greek letters like such:
\acro{$\nu$}{frequency}
I get errors
! Missing \endcsname inserted
What does that mean and how do ...
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Combine \newacronym and \includegraphics [closed]
I'm writing my Bachelor's thesis at the moment and I'm using the glossary package for the abbreviations. Some of my abbreviations are symbols from some LaTeX packages. Sadly, one symbol does not ...
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Acro package: \printacronyms translation
While using acro package, I get the following message:
Package translations Warning: Translation for `acronym-list-name' in
portuguese unknown. on input line 67.
Package translations ...
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Acronym Nested Parentheses
This question is mainly to collect your opinion, and probably to reach a good solution. That said, let's go to the discussion topic and question.
I commonly use the acronym package in my work, mainly ...
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Hyphenation does not work with acro and luatex, but with pdftex
I'm using luatex 0.70.1 together with acro 1.2 and I have the following MWE.
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{acro}
\DeclareAcronym{DNA}{
short=DNA,
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Strange packages interaction: acronyms, silence, hyperref
The following does not compile. It only compiles if silence package is commented out. Does anyone know why? And how can I use the 3 packages together?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{silence}
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Command for the abbreviated author [duplicate]
I'm writing a beamer document, and using the following definition for author
\author[O. Castillo]{Oscar Castillo}
As far as I know, \@author returns the value Oscar Castillo
Question
Is there a ...
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Glossary and list of acronyms in the same page
Basically I have two lists (glossary and acronyms) that i want to merge into one section only, something like (List of terms AND acronyms)
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Glossary and list of figures have the same page number in the table of contents
In my table of contents the glossary and the list of figures have the same page number. However, these two areas are not on the same page. Can anyone help me to get the correct number of pages set?
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Acronyms with description environment
I have an editorial template to write a book's chapter. The publisher wants the authors to use the description environment to display acronyms. However, due to acronym's package facilities I am trying ...
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Error when using \BC (from abbrevs) in \caption
I'm using the abbrevs package to provide nicer formatting of BC/AD in dates, but when I use one of the commands in a caption I get an error. Example document:
\documentclass{article}
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Use Nomenclature package twice for list of abbreviations and nomenclature. Win 7, miktex, Texmaker 3.5.2 [duplicate]
I have a short question to ask:
Is it possible to use the nomenclature environment twice in the same document?
I want to use it once for Nomenclature and one for a list of abbreviations.
So after I ...
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glossaries: don't print single occurences
Similiar to acronym package: don't write acronym if single occurence i'd like to avoid listing acronyms that i only used once with the glossaries package. The answer to this question Ignoring an ...
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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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Package acronym: unwanted pagebreak in front of the list of acronyms [duplicate]
When useing the acronym package to create a list of the used acronyms like this:
\renewcommand{\listofacronymsname}{List of acronyms and abbreviations}
\listofacronyms
\begin{acronym}
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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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Horizontal alignment of multiple glossaries
I utilize the glossariespackage with acronym option as well as an self-defined symbols list. Unfortunately, each glossary aligns different horizontally. Is it possible to make them aligned? Otherwise, ...
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Missing paragraphs in glossary
After each abbreviation there is a paragraph in my glossary except in one row. (see screenshot). There is no separation between the "W3C" and "WHATWG" abbreviation.
Does anyone know what I can do?
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Glossary package - acronyms with numbers not accepted
I'm having some trouble with acronyms such as I2C, where there is a number inside.
My code is like the following:
\usepackage[acronym]{glossary}
\makeglossary
\newacronym{I2C}{Inter-Integrated ...
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Acro package: Commas in the acronym
I'm using the acro package, and I want to use a comma in one of the acronyms. Unfortunately TeXnicCenter throws a wobbly:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
! LaTeX error: ...
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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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How to print only short name in glossary of acronym package
I want to achieve the following. I have an acronym in English like LED and want to display in the text the German name
Blabbla bla Licht emittierende Diode (LED) bla bla blabla.,
and in the glossary ...
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Acronym upper/lower/mixed case, and pluralisation
My question is really a further question of this post.
I've used the following code from there in my tex doc.:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{acronym}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
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Using acronyms at start of sentence
I want it to capitalize the first letter of an expanded acronym used at the start of a sentence, like:
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are ...
I tried to define a new command \Acp for ...
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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 list size
\appendix
\chapter{Acronyms}
\singlespace
\begin{acronym}
\acro{BLAS}{Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms}
\acro{CLR}{Common Language Runtime}
\acro{DBMS}{Data Base Management System}
...
