{ampersand} is specifically about the usage of the ampersand character (&).
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Why does \& mess up table caption and how to fix it? [closed]
I use the INFORMS2 class for preparing a document to be sent to an informs journal. When I have a multiline table caption that uses \& to typeset the ampersand, the whole caption becomes centered. ...
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How do I use '&' literally in LaTeX? [duplicate]
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How to look up a symbol?
Escape character in LaTeX
In the itemize environment, how do I use the ampersand symbol & without LaTeX trying to use it as a command?
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Small font size for ampersand
I want & symbol in small font size. But \small{\&} produces italicized ampersand symbol like here. How can I get the small fontsize & symbol?
Edit: figured out that, the italics was ...
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tikz matrix and beamer [duplicate]
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Unknown error using tikz matrix of nodes in beamer
I would put the following figure in a beamer slide
I tried with [ampersand replacement=\&] but it does not work
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Substitute italic ampersand with alternative ampersand in Linux Libertine O
Based in this answer I want to create a command \amper that uses the alternative ampersand of Linux Libertine O and leaves the regular \& alone. The problem with the MWE below is that hyperref ...
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Replacing ampersands in argument
I am trying to define a command which takes as an argument a string containing ampersands, and replaces every ampersand by a space. Following the ideas in Replacing characters in argument strings, I ...
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Use italic ampersand in different sizes depending on environment
This is going to be a little complicated: in the spirit of Bringhurst I am trying to incorporate italic ampersands into headings. I am using a LuaLaTeX modified version of classicthesis, hence the ...
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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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Why does the `&` reset grouping?
In this answer, I used \tikzmark to mark the extent of a typeset piece of text, so I could draw changebars next to it. But it initially seemed that the changebars "disappear" with math-mode content. ...
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Searching for a font with (a different!) special ampersand
does anyone know what's the font used for the "&" in the affiliation (c) in this paper?
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1102.0284
and in particular how to do it in LaTeX?
thanks in advance
(I can't post ...
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Searching for a font with special ampersand
I want to use a special ampersand in a document. I’m therefore looking for, and failing to find, a font that contains an ampersand that looks as follows:
(That is, a slashed, rounded “E” letter.)
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How to avoid `&` conflict when using `\begin{align}` in a tabular cell?
Minimal CODE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage
{%
array,
calc,
amsmath,
longtable,
varwidth%
}
\newsavebox\TBox
\newcolumntype{B}[1]
{%
@{}%
...
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Use column-separator & (ampersand) inside \newenvironment
I'd like to define a grammar environment which basically wraps a tabular environment. Inside the grammar environment I'd like to use an environment called production to insert rows. Example:
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Replace `et al.` with `\& al.`
I’m a big fan of ampersands (possibly too much …) and I’d like to replace all mentions of “et al.” (included in citations) by \& al. – both in the main text (I use natbib citations of the form ...
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Problem with defining shortcuts for TikZ matrices.
For answering a question yesterday I wanted to define a shortcut for creating a matrix inside a tikzpicture. As a minimal example, consider
\newcommand\mymatrix[1]{
\begin{tikzpicture}
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