{horizontal-alignment} is about aligning document elements horizontally, e.g. typesetting paragraphs using `\centering` or `\raggedright` or adjusting the horizontal position of several equation or table components. If your question is generally about (horizontal) white space, use {spacing} instead.
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Left-alignment like Fleqn-option only for specific equations
I want to left-align some equations. (Note: I want to align the equations themselves, not code inside of the equations.)
I have the following example code:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
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Can I get full justification for italic text?
In the TeXbook, Knuth notes that italics can lead to problems with justification:
EXERCISE 14.16
When an entire paragraph is typeset in italic or slanted type, it sometimes appears to be offset ...
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How to edit the linear programming in LaTeX?
How to edit a linear programming as the following:
Max z = x1 + 12x2
s.t. 3x1 + x2 + 12x3 ≤ 5
x1 + x3 ≤ 16
15x1 + x2 = 14
xj ≥ 0, j=1,2,3.
I want the format to be ...
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votes
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Right-align chapter/section/subsection header
How can I change the alignment of a chapter/section/subsection heading? Preferably, I want this to be something I specify in the header, as this will be necessary for all headers in the document.
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tikzpicture alignment and centering
I have several very similar images except some have some extra graphics that enlarge them slightly. This causes some pictures to be offset and not aligned visually when it's clear they should be.
How ...
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Protrusion of fractions in tabulars
I have a number of tables in a book that I am busy with that have quite a few tables of the general form shown below:
If you notice the fractional part of the numbers 5 1/2 and 16 1/2 protrude to ...
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Place four algorithms (algorithm2e) in a subfigure and arrange them in two rows and two columns
I want to arrange four algorithms set with the algorithm2e package in two rows and two columns, as shown in the figure below. I've tried the subfigure package and have also read several related ...
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Centering in tabularx and X columns
How can I center the column when using X in tabularx environment like in this example?
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}lXXXXX@{}}
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
\end{tabularx}
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Justification when using the dramatist package
I'm trying to typset a play using the dramatist package. I'm having difficulty figuring out how I change some settings. I want to ensure that the text that the characters say, is justified, rather ...
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votes
2answers
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table too wide for twocolumn-mode document
I have a table which comes outside the text column width into the margin of the paper. How do I make the text in the table align to left ?
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
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Align to center
I want to align some equations to the equal signs, so I wrote this:
\begin{align}
-3z &=-9\\
z &= 3\\
-3y-3*3 &= 3\\
y &=-4\\
...
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How can I center text/math inside a list environment?
When using math (display) mode in conjunction with a list environment, the displayed material is not truly centered on the page; it is only centered with respect to the indentation of the item. ...
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Aligning inside tabular environment, specific cell
I'm trying to align specific content of the single cell.
For example,
\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
\hline
1 & 2
\hline
right & to_the_left
\hline
1 & 2
\hline
...
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siunitx: aligning numbers by decimal points in tables doesn't work for bolded or italicized numbers
This is a follow-up question for Aligning numbers by decimal points in table columns.
User lockstep provided this solution:
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{S[table-format=3.2]}
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votes
1answer
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How do I set right alignment in a longtable column with a fixed width?
How do I set right alignment in a longtable column with a fixed width?
I have \begin{longtable}{p{3cm}p{8cm}}
and I'd like my first column to be aligned on the right.
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votes
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Text wrap in tables (multirow package loaded)
I searched a bit, but I could not find a reliable way to wrap text in tables with columns spanning more than one row. Any ideas on how to fit this table in the page?:
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votes
1answer
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Displaying two XML listings side by side.
I have two XML outputs from a program that I would like to include in a LaTeX document. I would like them to appear side-by-side each in its own box. So that a reader can compare the two outputs while ...
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votes
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Combined header cell in a table
This question is closely related to at least two other ones; namely, Tables of numbers, and slashbox alternative.
What I'm after, is the horizontal- and vertical-alignment of row- and column-headers ...
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votes
1answer
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How to ensure that 2 couples of figures are on 2 facing pages?
I would like to reproduce the following layout with two figures on one
page and two others on the facing pages.
I would like the first couple to be on an even-numbered page and the
second on an ...
4
votes
1answer
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Incorrect line spacing when using \Large in a center environment
When I enclose text with line breaks within a center environment, there is extra space after the first line, but only if the font size has been changed.
The following working example prints the same ...
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votes
2answers
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Align (center) header row in table
I use @{\hskip 50pt} to separate columns in my table. The problem which arises is that I add this extra space after a multicolumn. This also moves the header row so that it is no longer centred. Is ...
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votes
1answer
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Aligning three small box together with a text
I made through creating the boxes inside a box with help of an expert by this link Is three boxes inside a box posibble in latex
Now im being troubled on how will i put into command to align this ...
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votes
2answers
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center and \centering both add space above; \centerline does not
The nag package suggests I use the center environment in LaTeX, rather than the TeX \centerline command.
When I do that, however, I find that the former inserts a blank line above the line (in my ...
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votes
1answer
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Cleanest way to make itemize ragged right?
I want to make my itemize text ragged right. Is there a cleaner way than to redefine the \@item[#1]{...} from latex.ltx? This is what I have done now:
\def\@item[#1]{%
\if@noparitem
...
...
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votes
1answer
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Standard math environment for equally-spaced columns of expressions?
I often need a display environment which would let me easily present equally-spaced expressions in the same line, with content on successive lines appearing centred at the same x-coordinate as content ...
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2answers
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AMS align: Left aligned text/math plus multicolumn align
This question is basically a combination of two previous posts: Adding left aligned text to an equation. and AMS align / Align multiple “=”, too much space (the latter being my own question).
What I ...
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How to center align the whole table?
I created a table and it starts from the left and goes all the way to right, which looks really skewed. So I want to center align the whole table but couldn't figure out how to do it. I'm new to latex ...
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vote
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How to change the position of the caption in a “narrow” and “minipage” environment?
I have some huge figures to include in Latex. Therefore I use the "minipage" and "narrow" environment to place it right at the desired position and to move it to the left until it looks centered. ...
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vote
0answers
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Modify the contents in a single slide in beamer class [closed]
I have an outline frame with a sidebar (which is a background canvas). Only for this slide I want to move the contents to right side.
For example the current Outline page is as follows:
- Section ...
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votes
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Skip to absolute position on line
Is there a way to skip to a fixed position on a line? (a specific tab position)
Example:
The quick \skiptoposition{1.5cm} brown \skiptoposition{2.5cm}fox
which would put "brown" 1.5cm and "fox" ...
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votes
2answers
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Math inside tables and formatting
I'm trying to make a little summary of mathematic analysis, useful for my university, in LaTeX. I'm stuck in the problem of creating nice table, with alternate colouring containing equations with ...
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votes
1answer
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Changing left margin in itemize environment of beamer class
I can't figure out how to line up the symbols of an itemize environment in beamer with the left part of the main text. In other words, I would like to supress the left margin in beamer itemize lists.
...
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votes
1answer
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How to fix the math-spacing when a lot of \phantom, \mathrlap, etc. are used?
This question led to a new package:
underoverlap
Introduction
Based on this question and then this question, I'm trying to perfect the \overunderbrace macro. Right now, I'm trying to get the ...
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votes
1answer
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Align numbers and separated uncertainties in tables with S columns
If I have a table like this
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[separate-uncertainty=true]{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{
...
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votes
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\raggedouter to typeset marginal text in twoside book
We used the following code fragment
\newcommand{\raggedouter}{%
\checkoddpage%
\ifoddpage%
\RaggedRight%
\else%
\RaggedLeft%
\fi%
}
to provide a ...
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votes
2answers
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Dynamically size arrow \mapsto in function definition
I have the following diagram:
However, this looks a bit ugly, I would like a version that looks a little bit better. For example, size the last arrow such that the T_\phi is moved to the right.
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votes
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How to center the TOC?
I would like to design the table of contents aligned to a vertical line near the center of the page. The chapter and section titles need to be flushright, the numbers flushleft, and between titles and ...
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votes
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Wrapping \obeylines with \halign into a macro
In the TeXbook, Knuth gives an example:
Are you tired of typing \cr? You can get plain TEX to insert an automatic \cr at the end of each input line in the following way:
\begingroup \let\par=\cr ...
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votes
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What is the correct way to center a \tikzpicture? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I use center or centering for figures and tables?
What is the correct way to cause a \tikzpicture to be centered? By default it appears to be aligned with the ...
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votes
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In a tabular, how to left align ignoring minus signs?
I'd like to create a table that is aligned left, but minus signs are ignored. E.g., the following gives a normal left-aligned table
\begin{tabular}{llll}
& a & b & c ...
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votes
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How do I obtain multline-type alignment within a group of equations?
I want to achieve something like the following (for now achieved using Microsoft Paint):
That is, I want to group a number of multi-line equations within a single equation-type environment (i.e. ...
10
votes
1answer
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Place label in middle of line with TikZ
What is the best way to place a label in the middle of a line with TikZ? I mean smack dab in the middle of the line, not above or below it. The following is close
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[|->, ...
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votes
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How to align integers on the right, but still center them
Suppose we have a table like this:
\begin{tabular}{c}
Heading \\
1 \\
10 \\
100 \\
\end{tabular}
This will center all the numbers. If I want to align them to the right, I could change the column ...
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votes
2answers
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Math Spacing in the presence of a trailing/non-trailing comma
I thought I knew how to use a \hphantom{} but don't know of an easy way to handle this case due to the comma. I want to get the text aligned for the X row. I added the appropriate \hphantom{{}+1} ...
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votes
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\hfill in math mode
Is there any easy way of declaring a new command which emulates \hfill in math mode. I don't want flalign or something similar. I want to use the command in the same way (and with the same freedom) I ...
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votes
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Indent an entire paragraph / section?
I am writing a document with some odd spacing. I am copying another document, and therefrore the layout must be almost exact. I have sections divided by letters below, and some paragraphs in each ...
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votes
4answers
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Align denominator of fraction to left
The highlighted part has the equation centred, which looks rather imbalance with the top equation, is it possible to align the highlighted part to the left?
Below is the code I am using.
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votes
3answers
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Table column width “fill to margin”
I kind of would expect tables to be able to "fill to margin", instead of choosing a number and iteratively rebuilding the document until it is the right size.
For example, I want this 2-column table ...
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votes
5answers
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Table will not center (and it is spilling off the right side of the page)
I just generated this table using Excel2LaTeX:
Even though I enclosed the table in \begin{center} the table did not get centered. The table still sticks out the right side. Is there somehow that ...
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votes
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How to center text without adding space AND not altering alignment of surrounding text?
I normal text, how do I center part of a sentence (it happens to be the end of a sentence) but leave the text in the rest of the paragraph unaltered? Also, no vertical space should be added before or ...
