{dictionaries} marks questions about spell-checking dictionaries used in TeX/LaTeX tools.
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Creating a standalone glossary
As a followup to this question, I would like to ask how can I use the glossaries package just for the creation of a glossary. I do not want it to be part of a document rather a standalone document ...
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How to set a letter to the margin of the page and position it vertically according to alphabetical order?
I would like to place a letter (that indicates which letter in the dictionary is shown) on the outer side of the book, set it for example in a darker box and position that letter vertically. Users of ...
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Indexing an interval of words on top of every page
Friends, I'm curious on how to do the following in LaTeX:
Dictionaries have two words on the top of each page, meaning the interval of words to be found on that specific page, e.g.,
In the figure, ...
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TeXworks: How to add a word to the spell checker dictionary?
I use TeXworks to write my documents. The spell checker tool works nice, but I'd like to add some words to the dictionary, but I can't find a function for that.
So how can I do that?
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How to configure the dictionary-path for TeXworks @ TeX Live portable?
I want to use spell-checking with TeXworks under TeXlive (portable) under Windows XP.
Is it possible to use the dictionaries of Mozilla, e.g. en-GB.aff
and en-GB.dic?
Where do I place the ...
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Dictionary for TeXstudio: “No dictionary Available”
I have trouble spell checking my document in TeXstudio. When I press spellcheck, I get the error No dictionary Available. Am I supposed to install a dictionary separately? How? Any suggestion?
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building a dictionary
sometimes when I am not sure about a term, I would like to write it somewhere with the subsequent definition to be able to re-read it from time to time and then remember it forever. I think I am going ...
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Integrating external dictionaries with Texmaker
I'm a relatively new LaTeX user and I want to know:
Is there a way to link an external dictionary to LaTeX and
what dictionaries are recommended?
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How to automate a dictionary (sorting, headers)?
Here is a piece of solution to automate a dictionary using the links given in the first following comments.
There are two problems to solve :
When one definition starts on one page and finishes ...
