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Latex does not publish half or some letters of some words [closed]

I have a LaTeX document and after compiling the document, some specific words are missing 2-3 letters in the whole pdf file. There is no error message during the compilation and yet this happens.
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Are % comments passed on to the PDF-file upon *.tex compilation? [duplicate]

Are % comments passed on to the PDF-file upon *.tex compilation? Can they be found/recovered in the PDF code? MWE: \documentclass[11pt]{article} \title{\textbf{Hello World !}} \usepackage{lipsum} ...
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How to temporarily suppress image insertion when compiling?

There are some big images in my document and compiling is taking substantial amount of time. When compiling a tex file to a dvi (and subsequently ps and pdf), is there any way I can temporarily ...
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How do you get the plaintext from a rendered LaTeX document? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: LaTeX to plain text for e.g. generation of statistics I have my resume done up in LaTeX, which I usually publish as a pdf with pdfLaTeX. However, one potential employer ...
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Using Bibtex with LyX help [closed]

I am currently using LyX, and I have a .bib file with all of my BibTeX references. Everything seems to work fine at first, but then goes terribly wrong when I try to view the pdf. I have added the ...
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TeXworks won't make a pdf file [closed]

I compile and then a message appears telling me that "PDF is damaged or has a format not compatible". What can I do?
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Interweave .tex files to create single PDF

I have three .tex files. contains all the verses in a document in this format: \subsection*{वृद्धिरादैच् 1.1.1} \label{1.1.1} contains explanation 1 contains explanation 2 Is there a way to merge ...
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TeXlipse doesn't generate any pdf file

I've just installed TeXlipse using the simple installing option (Install new softwares -> http://texlipse.sourceforge.net/) on my Mac OS. I create a new LaTeX project, select output format = pdf, ...
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How to create pdf with command line using MiKTeX?

I downloaded and installed MikTeX on my machine (Windows 7), then when I run the command: latex ex.tex the outputs were: ex.aux ex.dvi ex.log So my question is, what option could I use to ...
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How to compile a document with EPS images using TeXnicCenter?

I have all my input images in EPS format. I am using TeXnicCenter. When I use latex->dvi output profile, all of the EPS images show up fine. However when I want to take the final output by using ...
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In TeXnicCenter I'm trying to produce a PDF but no output is being created

Very simple really. I installed TeXnicCenter, Adobe Reader X and MiKTeX 2.9. Tried to build a code in the PDF format. I get 4 new files but no .pdf file. Yet another option listed as LaTeX => PS => ...
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Having a LaTeX PDF display the date the document was printed, not compiled…

I have been looking around for quite some time trying to find a way for a PDF (created using XeTeX) to adjust the date accordingly by the date it was printed - not compiled. I am familiar with \date, ...
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File size savings

This is a question just out of curiosity; I hope someone familiar with the "under-the-hood" parts of TeXLive can answer my question. I have a LaTeX source file for a presentation using Beamer, which ...
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What are the pros and cons pertaining to “latex -> dvipdfm” versus “latex -> dvips -> ps2pdf”?

There is another option to produce PDF actually, i.e., using pdftex. But let's omit it in this topic. I usually do "latex -> dvips -> ps2pdf" to get pdf output. My LaTeX input file contains eps ...
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Can one TeX file output to multiple PDF files?

I'd like to be able to create a TeX file that will output multiple PDF files with one compilation. I'm not even sure if this is possible. Here is the setup: I am writing dozens of cover letters for ...
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Is there any reason to compile to DVI rather than PDF these days?

I appreciate that in the past, latex was faster than pdflatex, but computer speeds being what they are nowadays, I can't see any difference in how quickly documents compile... So, given that the end ...