{document-classes} is for questions relating to the document class of the TeX file. This sets up various document-wide formatting elements.
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How to create posters using LaTeX
I want to create posters for my poster presentation on a conference. What tools or LaTeX classes are available for preparing posters ?
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What are the available “documentclass” types and their uses?
Some of the available classes of documents in LaTeX are well known and widely used, such as the article and beamer classes, while others are not so well known, such as the standalone class.
I found ...
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\subtitle doesn't work in article document class
I'm relatively new to TeX but until now I used mostly the beamer class. There I did this:
\documentclass{beamer}
\title{title}
\subtitle{subtitle}
\author{name}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
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document class for a restaurant menu
I'd like to typeset a restaurant menu. What would be a good document class or package to use? I'm hoping for an answer similar to this thread: Survey Document Class or Package?
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Which document class is being used?
Is there a way to programmatically determine which document class is in effect?
I'd like to be able to write conditional macros that behave differently depending on which document class is currently ...
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book vs. report vs. article document class
What are the main differences between the book, the report, and the article document classes? If possible, include the differences within the KOMA-Script classes.
The visual difference for the ...
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Cute document in LaTeX
My girlfriend is teacher at primary school, she's new using LaTeX and she needs to make a "cute document" for kids, but I don't know how change the parts, sections, numer of page and all this things ...
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Most useful additions in KOMA-Script?
(Background: I'm a beginner who will mostly use LaTeX for university articles and reports, but no math. Also, as I reside in Canada, the German typography conventions, which I understand KOMA-Script ...
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A cookbook in LaTeX?
I am interested in making a cookbook in LaTeX. Each page will contain a recipe, including ingredients, instructions, and a photo of the finished food. Has this been done previously? Where do I ...
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Why should the minimal class be avoided?
In a comment to my answer to Drawing a rectangle along the border of a circle, Peter Grill said that he read that the minimal class should not be used for a Minimal Working Example. I wonder why, and ...
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What does the draft mode change?
I wonder which changes are made by the draft option?
That means what will be changed by calling it as global class option (\documentclass[draft]{<class>}) or locally for a single package if it ...
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How to APA 6th in LaTeX?
I have previously been writing psychology manuscripts according to the standards of the American Psychological Association (APA, version 5) using the excellent apa class, with apacite managing my ...
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Classes and packages – what's the difference?
Could someone explain the difference between classes and packages? We call prosper a class and amsmath a package. I couldn't find out the difference.
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Classes for LaTeX documentation
I wonder which classes are available to typeset LaTeX manuals. Until now I have used ltxdoc. I’m satisfied with its functions but not with its layout/design and it’s not really flexible when writing ...
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Wrong A4 measurements?
I noticed that the paper size invoked by a4paper is not working right in my examples:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,oneside]{article}
\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}
I checked with Preview.app ...
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Preparing cheat sheets
Are there any templates, document classes for preparing cheat sheets?
If not, what would make it easy to produce such documents?
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How to write a LaTeX class file for my thesis
I want to design a new LaTeX for my college thesis, so that all students could use it. I have decent understanding of how LaTeX works.
I am looking for some nice article explaining how to write a ...
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What is the advantage of using minimal over article when creating a standalone graphic?
What is the advantage of using minimal document class over article document class when creating a standalone graphic?
Bonus question:
Before I have time to make a test by myself, is there anybody ...
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What are your favorite document classes and what do you use them for?
I'm using the TeX Live distribution and I've noticed that there are a lot of document class files (291 actually) for different things (books, math, thesis, presentations, etc).
What are your ...
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What's the use of the @compatibility condition?
All of the standard LaTeX document classes (article, book and report) declare some basic functionality and parameters based on the condition @compatibility. Here's an extract from from article.cls ...
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Customizing LaTeX - create a document class or a package?
Are there general rules for when to create a document class vs. creating a package to customize LaTeX? Does one have benefits over the other?
My specific need is to create a customized page layout, ...
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Are there alternatives to Beamer for slides ?
I like Beamer and I use it but I wanted to check if there other classes for slides or presentation purposes to consider seriously when starting to write a presentation.
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Is there a documentclass that produces 'endless' pages?
Does anybody know of a documentclass that produces a page that has a fixed width and a variable length, depending on the actual content that needs to fit on the sheet? I'm trying to get something like ...
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Why do AMS document classes incorporate amsthm rather than loading it?
Why do AMS document classes incorporate the amsthm package, rather than loading it using the usual \RequirePackage mechanism the way they load amsmath and amsfonts? The document classes even ...
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Setting class options after \documentclass
Context: I'm working on my thesis, and the formatting requirements are pretty godawful. In addition to the version I submit to the grad school, I would like to also create a properly formatted version ...
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Is there a document class optimized for small screens (i.e. phone screens)
I happen to read more documents on my (android) phone, including scientific papers from the arXiv (where the TeX source is available). Obviously, such a narrow screen is not well suited to read papers ...
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Conflict between TikZ and university thesis class file
When compiling a document using my university's thesis class file and the TikZ package I receive an error message (missing number, treated as zero). Would someone know how I can solve this problem?
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What document class should I use for a variable size image generator
Currently, whenever I want to make a math image, I head over to my Wikipedia Sandbox and use the WP math tag(which uses TeX). I then copy the image from the preview.
I have TeXmaker (from USBTeX), ...
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LaTeX document without \documentclass
I need to create a really simple document template for other people to fill in and compile (e.g., they need to provide a name and email address). I could distribute it as a .cls file and a template ...
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Change document class per page
Let's say I have a document that has many pages and some pages have different formats. For example, most of the pages are fine with \documentclass{article} but there may be pages in the middle that I ...
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Which one is it: a4paper or paper=a4?
I'm using XeLaTeX mostly, and I never know what to put into \documentclass[]{}.
Usually I use something like \documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{scrartcl}. But I never know whether it's a4paper or paper=a4. ...
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Best documentclass for class notes
Is there a documentclass specificaly for taking notes in a class? If not, what does the community see as things which should be included in such a class (which I'd be happy to write)?
Edit: This was ...
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Placing items before \documentclass
When looking in books or at sample code, I always see \documentclass appearing first. Is that absolutely necessary?
I have created some test code which seems to compile fine:
\def\SetClass{article}
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Doing something only when the draft option is on?
I would like to do some stuff that is only enabled when the draft option is given in \documentclass[draft]{article}.
How would I go about doing this?
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Copy right of style files, e.g. Cambridge University Press's
Just started using LaTeX so pardon my ignorance here. I was wondering whether style files created for example by Cambridge University Press are free to be used for commercial purposes (a book, ...
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How to set class options that can have multiple values?
Title says it all, but here's an example: the KOMA-Script classes provide the option toc which can have multiple values that don't interfere with each other, like values that enable the Bibliography ...
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How many LaTeX classes and packages are there (say, on CTAN)?
Well, the question is pretty self-explanatory. (I'm writing a short tutorial on LaTeX, and wanted some trivia;)).
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What's the difference between a class and a style?
What are the actual differences between the two? I am new to LaTeX and I need to create a custom "look & feel" -- should I be looking into making a class or a style?
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\flushbottom vs \raggedbottom
I use \documentclass{book}.
If I use \flushbottom, I get messages of the sort Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) has occurred while \output is active []. See question.
These messages disappear when I ...
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Chapter on the right side - How to turn it off?
As a documentclass I use book. Chapters always start on the right hand side.
How can I turn it off? I don't want to have empty pages. I don't care on which side starts new chapter.
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Which document class/package produced this document? [closed]
I'm very curious as to what document class could produce a document like this. I'd like to use it myself but I don't have access to the TeX source. Has anyone seen something similar (or the same)? And ...
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How to convert LaTeX 2.09 to LaTeX2e
I'm trying to convert a LaTeX 2.09 template to LaTeX2e (pdflatex):
http://www.yisongyue.com/resume/
How should I convert this line ?
\documentstyle[hyperref, margin, line]{res_yy}
I don't know ...
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Are there any packages suited for making wedding invitations?
I'm getting married this coming winter, and it's about time to think about wedding invitations. Are their any document classes or packages suitable for this purpose?
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Can Lyx syntax files override document class defaults?
I'm editing a client's Latex file in Lyx, where the client has used a document class not supported by Lyx.
In these cases, I use tex2lyx with either -c article or -c report to ensure Lyx can import ...
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If you know errors occurred in article & minimal, which one will you use for the subsequent attempts in troubleshooting?
Assume that
For the first and second investigation you know errors occurred when
using article and minimal.
Which one will you use for the subsequent investigation, article or minimal?
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How can I generate just pgf/TikZ images, not placed a whole page or slide?
I'd like to generate only a pgf/TikZ image with LaTeX, but so far I just managed to insert it into a document.
The problem is that so far I can only get a page/a beamer slide rather than just the ...
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Changing the text size is not working
I am an eighth grader that needs some help. I am a noob at anything TeX or LaTeX, and am just starting out. I am using USBTeX, just in case that matters.
I cannot seem to change the text size in ...
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Table of contents using article and report classes
When I make a table of contents with the article and report classes the results are different. I have two questions.
Why does this happen?
How can I make the report ToC look like the article one?
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Where should 1em be defined - when to use lengths in “em”
The table in the document below looks as expected when using the article document class. With other document classes, the rules dissapear.
The reason seems to be that booktabs defines the with of ...
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Can \documentclass{minimal} create documents with nonstandard page sizes?
I need to create a document for a square piece of paper. I've been trying to use \documentclass{minimal}, but it doesn't work.
This is my code:
\documentclass{minimal}
\special{papersize=14in,14in}
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