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Table layout: cells with short and long text
I've been fiddling with a table layout where some cells contain very little text while others may need multiple lines, and I can't seem to get it readable and nice-looking.
MWE:
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2answers
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Professional slashbox alternative
Suppose I have the following table which lists conversion rules, where rows denote the input and columns denote the output type (so, for example, the conversion int8_t -> int16_t would use b, while ...
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Good typesetting practice for long equations
I have the following (quite horrible) equation in my thesis:
\begin{align*}
\frac{\partial^2}{\partial t_1^2} f(t_0,t_1) =
( \delta+2t_0+2t_1)^{\alpha( w-t_0+t_1 )-1} \cdot \bigl(
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0answers
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Where should I use \textsc? [closed]
When should I use macro \textsc ? What is common practice in document like diploma thesis? Should I use it for names of persons, names of described entities of particular interest or in some other ...
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1answer
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Using Koma-Script's scrartcl class as an American academic: suggested changes?
It was recommended to me when I first started using LaTeX (not too long ago) and asked a question about footnotes to use Koma-Script's scrartcl class because of its /deffootnote command.
Browsing ...
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1answer
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Tag placement in split equation within alignment block
Whenever I have an equation that does not fit on a single line, I am using \begin{equation}\begin{split}...\end{split}\end{equation} as recommended in the AMS math guide. This gives me an equation ...
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3answers
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What are some best practices for the typography of tables and figures?
I put captions above my tables and below my figures. I use the booktabs package (and no vertical lines) for my tables.
Do I show both tables and figures (graphs) for the same data? If so, in what ...
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1answer
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Style question: serif or sans fonts in figure and chart text?
Question for you design-y types:
I like to use a serif font for all my text (title, headings, body). What I'd like to know is whether you think that I should go with a serif or sans serif for text in ...
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What is best way to mention that a document has been typeset with TeX?
Is there any common way to mention that a document has been typeset by TeX? So non-TeXnicians (TeXperts) may become a little familiar with the TeX world.
Update: It would be nice if one hero make a ...
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2answers
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How to properly typeset footnotes/superscripts after punctuation marks?
I find the spacing of footnote marks after punctuation marks quite unsatisfactory, especially with sans serif fonts and compared to the spacing after letters. Example follows:
I came up with a ...
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3answers
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How to properly typeset all forms of punctuation used in English-language documents?
English documents tend to use these types of punctuation:
periods
apostrophes
brackets of various kinds
colons and semicolons
commas
dashes and hyphens
ellipsis
exclamation and question marks
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1answer
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Vertical position of punctuation following fractions in display-style equations
Assuming that one wants punctuation in equations, what is the best way to adjusting the vertical position of the punctuation if it follows a fraction? I am using Palatino and Euler here (which I ...
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Why not use vertical lines ('|') in a tabular?
My question is a follow-up to the answer to a follow-up question, to be found here. ;)
I'd like to know why one would advise against using vertical lines (via |) in a tabular (i.e. in ...
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4answers
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References for learning how to check for typesetting problems
The following thread discusses a number of tasks one must accomplish to finish up a document: What are the finishing touches you put to a document?
Did the original author of TeX make such small ...
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3answers
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How to typeset the symbols for charged particles?
Maybe this question will seem trivial, but I was wondering how you people typeset symbols for charged particles? I was thinking here in particular about the electron, the proton and the neutron. This ...
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5answers
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Which equations should be numbered?
Is the best practice to number all equations, or just those that will be referred to?
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4answers
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Can my LaTeX (maths) code be improved?
I feel that my code isn't written very efficiently.
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{wasysym}
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5answers
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What are the finishing touches you put to a document?
I'm curious about the finishing touches that people put to LaTeX documents. Are there any canonical or special things that people do in finalizing a document?
What I do:
Careful proofreading of ...
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4answers
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When should I use non-breaking space?
DEK gained a reputation of painting red the draft dissertations of his students, taking particular note of incidents when they omitted a non-breaking space that should have been included.
I have this ...
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4answers
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Which combination of font-size, font-family, font-color, background-color, line-width, spacing make the most comfortable to read?
I am searching for a good combination of font-size, font-family, font-color, background-color, line-width, line-spacing, paragraph-spacing, indentation, tabulation, heading, etc.
Which combination ...
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2answers
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Conventions for formatting scientific units?
I would appreciate some guidance on how to format units that incorporate SI, molecules, and text.
Right now I am formatting the letters in chemicals or names as 'text' and the SI units, sub/super ...
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3answers
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When to use bold, italics, small caps, typewriter etc.?
I'm a little confused on the purposes of each kind of text in LaTeX. I know the function of some of them, but sometimes people use each for different reasons. For example:
\texttt is for code (no ...
