{memoir} is a document class designed especially for book-length documents. It incorporates the functions of many independent packages into one class.

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Using memoir and hyperref, can I get a “\subref” in the caption of a figure?

I am writing a document using the memoir class. I would like to create a figure with two subfigures and to display a caption like "Plot of Y vs X with z=1 (a) and with z=2 (b)", where "(a)" and "(b)" ...
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Problems in customizing Memoir page size

I have followed the suggestions proposed in: Customizing Page Size in Memoir to customize Memoir page size, and although the page size changes, the text block doesn't fit the page. It seems that the ...
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retain space before \section heading in Memoir class at top of page

I am using xelatex and the Memoir class. By default, the empty vertical space before the section heading does not show after a pagebreak. How do I modify it if I want it to show instead, even if it ...
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Memoir: Increase header height for title page

I have to use a particular latex template. On the titlepage there is a logo in the header which is to high. Class memoir Warning: The material used in the headers is too large (78.7743pt) for ...
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Misalignment of Chapter number and chapter title in memoir southall chapterstyle

I have the number and chapter title in the southall chapterstyle in memoir class not aligned vertically. How to fix it?
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Section title with subtitle

I'm using the memoir class, I would like to create a more fancy section title, but I don't have the necessary skills in LaTeX. I found many fancy section titles on this forum, but I don't know how to ...
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Incompatibility between amsrefs and memoir?

I am having trouble trying to use amsrefs together with the memoir class. Here is a minimal example: \documentclass{memoir} \usepackage{amsrefs} \begin{document} Some text. \end{document} LaTeX ...
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Including bibliography in toc (memoir class) [closed]

I'm using memoir class and biblatex and having consulted the documentation for both, I still cannot figure out how to include my bibliography in the TOC. The bibliography is included in the backmatter ...
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Construction of a Notation Page in Memoir Document Class:

I want to create a reference page which defines the notation which is used throughout a book I am writing. I would preferably like this page to go inside of the front cover, or inside of the back ...
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Avoid widowed signature lines

I have documents created in XeLaTeX with signature lines appearing at the end of the document. Sometimes these signatures appear on pages by themselves i.e. without preceding content. I would like to ...
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Expand macro immediately in \pagenote

I'm trying to use the contents of a macro in a \pagenote, using the memoir class: \documentclass{memoir} \makepagenote \def\myvar{Good morning.} \begin{document} In the morning\pagenote{\myvar} ...
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Trouble formatting createspace template in memoir

I have just begun to use memoir and I am already having trouble understanding exactly how to make this work. I will refer to the manual but I would like the experts here to explain to me in simple ...
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Make \chapter* same as unnumbered \chapter (using memoir) ?

I'm producing a book, using the memoir class. The book has numbered chapters 1-8, but also has a chapter before ("Introduction") and a chapter after ("Conclusion"). These are all in the main matter; ...
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Section anchors invisible in main body, but visible in table of contents?

I'm writing up my PhD thesis using the memior class. This thesis starts off by using chapters and sections as one normally would. Later on in the thesis though, I insert many pdfs into this document ...
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Changes in spacing (“Spacing” environment) for a block should not affect the line spacing of the block to the material above and below

When I use memoir with \OnehalfSpacing and I temporarily set things within \begin{Spacing}{1}[...]\end{Spacing} (\SingleSpacing for some reason leads to looser spacing elsewhere in my document), I get ...
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Chapter displayed in headings and page number on the left

I am writing my thesis using the class memoir. I have two problems to get nice headings/footers. First, I want the page number to be in the footer, on the right or on the left but for the first page ...
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Displaying the range of sections on the page in the header

I would like to have on each page the range of sections covered by it displayed, opposite of the page number and accompanied by the name of the first new section (if there is a new one) starting on ...
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Statement (\STATE) indentation in Algorithmic package

I have the following code, \documentclass[]{memoir} \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{algorithmic} ...
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Problems shrinking margins with fancyhdr and memoir class

Hullo all. I am typing/editing a doc using the memoir class and Bjournstrup fancy chapter headings. Whenever I try to adjust [shrink] the margins using the geometry package, 'odd' things happen: the ...
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How to reformat Algorithm in memoir document class?

I'm trying to typeset algorithms in the memoir class. I'm using the algorithmic package with a custom environment as this was the only way I could get the list of algorithm to display correctly in the ...
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Typesetting the same content in every margin

I'm creating a class for meeting notes and I'm hoping to put the word 'Notes' and possibly lines for people to write on once the meeting notes have been printed out. How would one get the class to ...
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Writing a book using memoir - different language than English

I'd like to write a book using the memoir class - is it possible to change the main language of the document to something else than English, e.g. German?
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Default options in custom memoir class

I can't get default arguments to work with my custom class based on memoir. I want to be able to define some default options (a4paper,danish) but I want to be able to override them when I call ...
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TOC and companion headings in memoir class [closed]

I'm writing my thesis in the memoir class, with the companion headings (\pagestyle{companion}). Following on from the TOC, I have the acknowledgements, abbrevations and abstract, before the ...
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Problem setting margins in memoir

I'm trying to setup the layout of my thesis and margins seems to be a little off what I'm expecting, I'm using memoir and I'm trying to setup all the variables of page layout so nothing wont go ...
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Modify default memoir chapter style

I'm using memoir and using its default chapter style. what I'm looking to do is to change the format from chapter 1 chapter title to something like this: chapter 1: chapter title I'm ...
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Memoir chapter headings

I'm using memoir class and I would like to know if it's possible to change the heading name of a specific chapter because the chapter title is too long and it's not well displayed as a heading in each ...
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Is reStructuredText compatible with the memoir class?

While I'm fine with writing "real" documents in full-blown LaTeX, I often switch to reStructuredText as a lightweight markup language for simplish documents (like meeting notes and stuff). I was ...
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Subsections without numbering in ToC and document

I have a table of contents which I want to modify. I want subsections without a number, in the document and the ToC. I'm using memoir. \documentclass[12pt, a4paper, makeidx]{memoir} I have the ...
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Centering the frontpage using memoir

I'm using memoir (two-side layout). I have the problem that my front page is centered with respect to the margins, which are not equal in left and right side. \begin{center} will not solve this, since ...
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Equation numbers in outer margins on a two-sided document

I'm looking for a two-sided extension to the solution for this question: Put equation numbers in the sidemargin with Tufte-Latex class This post seems relevant: Equation tag in twoside-mode outer ...
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Getting rid of Glossary text in glossary in memoir style (Bug?) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: \pagestyle{ruled} adds superfluous text in glossary I would like to get rid of the glossary in the first line after header. How can I do that? lualatex and ...
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How to add binding space to memoir twoside

I'm using the LED template to MSc which uses memoir twoside. I need to print it and it requires extra margins for binding. How do I simply add the extra space on the spine side of the page? ...
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set width of table column to whatever's left in page width

I have some columns with a very short entries on the first column and a rather long entry on the second column. \begin{ctabular}{\textwidth}{ll} \toprule Name & Recipe\\ \midrule Freezing ...
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Problem balancing two column memoir

I have a problem using \balance on this document: \documentclass[a4paper,10pt,twocolumn]{memoir} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{balance} \balance \begin{document} ...
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Are ae and aeguill only needed when using CM fonts?

I am using the memoir class with the option extrafontsizes so as I understood this uses the LM fonts and at the same time set the T1 encoding. If this is correct, are the packages ae and aeguill ...
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Aligning subfigures both horizontally and vertically with memoir

I'm trying to place 4 subfigures of different sizes aligned. Here the box-k.pdf files contain boxes with marks at the midsides. The result has box-1 and box-3 aligned at the left margin, not centered ...
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Balancing columns, last page of index (using memoir class)

I've just received (very final, I hope) editing requests from the production people at CUP, and -- at the last minute -- they are asking for the two columns of the final page of the index of my book ...
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Style used for Knuth's “The Art of Computer Programming” [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Typesetting algorithms in LaTeX like Knuth Does anyone know if there is a style that mimics Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming? Baring that, would anyone know how ...
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Same margins when specifying “twoside” in memoir?

I'm using the memoir document class with options openright and twoside. However, as the document will be printed on regular paper instead of being binded into a book, I wish the left and right margins ...
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Make all pages odd

I have a memoir document, with custom settings for margins, headers and footers, etc. I just found out it is being printed single-sided instead of double-sided, and I was wondering if there is a ...
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Layout for longer chapter title in Memoir class

I am using \chapterstyle{section} with \Huge\sffamily font. This means that some longer chapter titles spread over two lines. I get (a larger version of!) 2 A long title splitting as illustrated ...
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Memoir, section numbers without the chapter number [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to leave out chapter numbers in section numbering I'm setting a book with memoir. For sections (and below) I get the chapter number, plus the section (or sub-. etc.) ...
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Conflict between TikZ package and memoir package - all packages updated [closed]

I am getting an error when I run memoir with the tikz package. I updated my TexLive distribution to the 2012 version so there should be no conflicting version problems. Memoir and tikz are both in ...
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Bringhurst chapter style in memoir

I'm trying to imitate Robert Bringhurst's chapter style in memoir. The class includes one such chapter style, but does not typeset the chapter number on the right side margin, as in Bringhurst's book. ...
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Poorly formatted newlistof with memoir

I am having trouble adding a newlistof to a memoir file. My example follows the memoir answer example very closely, but I get an ugly "List of Comments" -- spacing across the page and returns are ...
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Section+Subsection in the header AND chapter in the footer using book (memoir)

I' writing my thesis in LyX with book (memoir) style. I would like to personalize the headers and footers but I cannot use the fancy package since I'm in the memoir style. So (being a novice in ...
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pagenote: Adding a cross-referencing mechanism

This question originates from a bug report at SourceForge.net: biblatex from April 2010. A user pointed out that a certain biblatex style (verbose-inote) produced wrong references when used together ...
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changing chapterstyle in memoir

I have the following MWE \documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{memoir} \usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb} \usepackage[per-mode=symbol, ...
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two chapters on same page in memoir

I am writing a preface, which consists of roughly ten sentences describing my work. I have to write this in both English and Swedish. Same content, merely different languages. I have chosen to have ...

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