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chapter style with lateral bar
Is is possible to have a different text/layout for the chapter page, and a vertical bar?
What I want to achieve is something like this:
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Compile separate document chapters into book w/o duplicate references?
I am trying to collect a set of independent documents, each with its own preamble and
begin{document} and \end{document} lines into a book. I have looked into the subfiles package and tried \include ...
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Separate book into parts and chapters
I am working with the book document class and want to create something like this. Moreover, in the Table of Contents I want the "Part" to be under- and over-lined and not to be numbered. I think of ...
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Are there any packages similar to fncychap?
I use fncychap this way:
\usepackage[Conny]{fncychap}
This lets me have pretty decent chapters, ToC and title page design. But the options are scarce and too popular.
Are there any other packages ...
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Book layout Contents, Chapter, Section,
my goal is to get new style of Table of Contents, new style of Chapter and new style of section. I there is one more: how to change itemize native symbol for a black square?
Table of Contents: text ...
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Listing Chapter/Section/Subsection numbers with the preview
After compiling all the content of the book, I use Adobe reader to preview the content. Note that the legend that I use to navigate through the book (the listing on the left (usually) with the option ...
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Memoir chapter styles
I'm designing a book collection using the memoir class. I want chapter titles to have a page for themselves (before the chapter proper). I'm using the following code for that:
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How can I produce a fancy chapter heading like this one?
I just found some chapter headings that are really nice:
But I can't exactly figure out how to extend the rule off the margin and put the figure on the page before the chapter and the caption on the ...
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How to replace chapter boilerplate with full-page image?
Let's say I am producing a book (using \documentclass{book}) where instead of displaying the chapter name textually, I am inserting an image that includes the chapter text. How can I still start a ...
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Writing a software book with LaTex - General Advise
I am a so new to Tex and I am trying to learn now.
I decided to write a so simple software (ASP.NET 4.0) book for myself to learn it with a real example. So, I have the following structure for now : ...
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openright in book class not taking effect
I have the following command in my preamble:
\documentclass[letterpaper,twoside,openright]{book}
But \chapter{}s still start on the left. I have seen this thread and this thread but the solutions ...
