{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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Redefine memoir Part to allow image
I am preparing a book with memoir. The book has three parts. I would like to have the Part title raised and to insert an image directly below the title. I am able to raise the Part title to the upper ...
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Difference between \footcite and \cite in BibLaTeX
Since recently, I am having some trouble with the short/ibidem and full citations in BibLaTeX. When I use a \cite command inside a footnote, it behaves differently than \footcite: it seems each keeps ...
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\AtBeginChapter?
Are there any hooks that work like \AtBeginDocument for chapters, sections, etc.? Something like \AtBeginChapter? I would like to have the following code:
\AtBeginChapter{%
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Problem with command \captionsetup from package caption
The following MWE:
\documentclass[11pt]{memoir}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup[table]{
listformat=empty,
tablename=Table,
justification=justified,
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Stop memoir from making mathmode section names uppercase in header
I'm typesetting my thesis with memoir and in general I'm happy with the result. However, some of my section headers have math mode text like \section{The $\phi_{ij}$ matrix} which memoir comically ...
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Is it possible to use hyperref, subfigure, and memoir together?
I asked a question about how to use subfigure with memoir. I got some great tips, but now pdflatex is making all subfigure hyper-refs point to the first couple subfigures. It also gives me this ...
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How do I put a musical clef in a memoir-class document?
I've got a lot of questions about preparing a book layout, but as I'm slowly going through the various books and other documents out there, I think most of the questions are being answered. However, ...
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Setting up pdfpages with memoir?
I am using memoir for writing my PhD thesis. In my university we have to include submitted, accepted, and prepared drafts of related papers as appendices.
These papers have all been previously ...
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Add text at an optional page-break only when breaking occurs
I have two tables (created with tabularx in the memoir class):
[ Table 1 ]
[ Table 2 ]
They may be adjacent on the same page, or split across two pages like this:
[ Table 1 ]
---- page break ----
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How to modify Memoir class' headers/footers without redefining everything
I am using the memoir class for a multi-part (and multi-book) document. The class' headers and footers suit me fine for a twoside, openright document, but I'd like to add to them the following:
In ...
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How can I reset sectional counters in memoir class to avoid breaking ToC cross-referencing in a complex document?
I have already asked a similar question here:
Incorrect ToC/Index cross-references when resetting memoir class counters
and received a satisfactory answer. Now, I wish to apply the chapter counter ...
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Uppercase pagenumbering (roman) using \frontmatter
I am using \frontmatter, \mainmatter and \backmatter so my pagenumbering is correct. However, i would like my roman pagenumbering in \frontmatter to be uppercase. Is there any easy way to do so?
ps: ...
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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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mdframed: large texts with equation arrays skipping pages in \documentclass{memoir} (or book) [closed]
The package mdframed works very well enclosing plain texts with decorated frames: even when they span many pages the frame breaks accordingly! :-)
Unfortunately that is not yet the case when the ...
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proper alignment of pdfpages import in memoir typeblock
Finding the solution to Setting up pdfpages with memoir? turned out not to be as simple as adding the right layout parameter as an offset.
The first finding was that if a twoside documentclass is ...
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Switching an existing document to memoir. How much trouble is it?
I'm really growing fond of the memoir package. I have a large document in which I use the report documentclass. How much trouble would it be to switch to memoir; i.e. what would I 'probably' need to ...
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Clear tableofcontents page in memoir
How do I clear the \tableofcontents page in memoir?
\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{headings}
\begin{titlingpage}
\maketitle
\end{titlingpage}
% i need clear this page
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Non-italicized text in a \newfixedcaption
This is a very specific follow-up question to this answer given to this question.
I want to insert a picture, and use overpic to label it, in between two paragraphs of text in a thm environment ...
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Incorrect ToC/Index cross-references when resetting memoir class counters
The quasi-MWE below uses the memoir class and works fine. It produces a document with the following structure:
ToC
Book
Part1
Chapter1
Part2
Chapter2
Index
Here, cross-references in the ToC and ...
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Word overlap in TOC with memoir class and part subdivision
I am using the memoir class to generate a book manuscript. The table of contents entry for Part VIII overlaps with the part title which is Examinations. The result is shown below:
Is there a way to ...
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Memoir parskip package
How do I get the same effect as using the parskip package when using the memoir class.
I want no indents, and spaces between paragraphs. What is the proper way to do this in the memoir class?
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memoir tutorials or introductions
I'm looking for memoir tutorials or introductions. The main manual is a wonderful piece of documentation, but at nearly 600 pages it is a bit overwhelming as a starting place. Likewise the more ...
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Making memoir Chapter entries in ToC all-caps and Appendix entries regular case, without breaking hyperref
I have a thesis style working, but around 10% of my code is a copy of memoir's \def\@chapter that lets me put all regular chapter entries in all caps, and keep appendix entries in regular case. This ...
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Automatically adjusting size of a box based on other content
The following code creates chapter titles with a red bar of adjustable height. Currently, I have to potentially adjust the height for each chapter based on the included mini table of contents. Is ...
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Letterspacing memoir section headers
I'd like to add letterspacing to the \section commands with \setsecheadstyle in a memoir book.
I tried using soul:
\sodef\soSection{}{.1em}{.5em plus.1em}{.1em plus.1em minus.1em}
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Problem with LetLtxMacro
I'm trying to redefine \rule to make cleaner underscores, but my book file (in memoir class) is having problems with the following:
\RequirePackage{letltxmacro}
\LetLtxMacro{\oldrule}{\rule}
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How to change subsection heading (e.g. center it)
I'd like to change the styling of \subsection in the memoir class.
The example is:
\documentclass[oneside, 12pt]{memoir}
\begin{document}
\subsection{A subsection - center me!}
\end{document}
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Simple footers with only a page number
I'm using a memoir template with page header defined. In the appendix, I maximize the geometry to print a lot of tables with narrow margins. I currently disable the memoir header with ...
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Which packages are automatically included by memoir?
I am currently including:
\usepackage[ruled,vlined]{algorithm2e}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{cancel}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{float}
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Memoir sub table numbering wrong
I am using sub tables and it seems because I but the table caption above I get the wrong number in the sub table references. How can I fix this?
I am pretty sure it is related to the package float ...
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How to change chapter font style in the middle of the Table of the Contents?
What I do have, is grouped frontmatter entries (chapter-like) in ToC, and the rest of the chapters have larger vertical space.
What I want is to change the
font style of the grouped part to, say, ...
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Change vertical space of chapters temporarly in Table of Contents
I have grouped sections nicely below of chapters in ToC, so that
there is no space between chapter and following sections, but there is
some space between last section and following chapter. All this ...
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memoir: sidecaption: ragged against the text block not working
I want to use the sidecaption environment in a figure with memoir and have the caption text be ragged against the text block. But when the figure is moved to the next page, the caption is on the ...
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section numbers (\thesection) and names have next page's values
I have customized my headers to display section numbers and section names.
However: (a) The section number (\thesection) in my header often shows up with the next page's value. (b) The section name ...
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Section text (without heading) following section number on same line in Memoir
For my purposes I would like to have (free-standing) section numbers in the margins and no section headings---just the section text---immediately following (i.e., on the same line as) the section ...
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In memoir environment, the chapter heading placement gets messed up if a too big figure gets placed on next page
Using the memoir class, it appears that if I have a figure that is close enough to chapter heading, and big enough that it has to be placed on the next page, the chapter heading placement gets messed ...
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A modification of \part style in memoir
I have modified the \part command style in a memoir document as in the following minimal example:
\documentclass[b5paper,10pt,twoside,openright,final,english]{memoir}
\usepackage{lipsum}
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How to force a picture's location and still use overpic
I want to insert a picture, and use overpic to label it, in between two paragraphs of text, like so:
Here is my first paragraph of text.
\begin{figure}[htb] \centering
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How to add an author name or copyright symbol on each page in memoir class?
I am using the memoir document class to write my first book in calculus. How I can display my name, for example, on each page?
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How to make hanging lists using memoir?
I found the \hangsecnum command for having section numbers hanging out into the left margin. Now I want to do the same thing for all lists also, that is for the enumerate and itemize environments at ...
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Left-aligning authors section in an article
I want to align the authors section of my article to the left. If there are more than one authors, each author should be aligned left in its own cell. I am using memoir's article class.
This is what ...
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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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Automatically change the text width for all table environments using memoir
I'd like to redefine the table environment in a document I'm writing so that the tables and captions are wider than the text block. I'm using the memoir class, and an example given in the manual is
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tex4ht conversion of tables (memoir class problem)
I am trying convert my document to HTML using htlatex. Everything my document (70+ pages) works fine until I look at the tables. The tables generated do not actually follow any kind of table format.
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Problem with odd/even margins when environment crosses page boundaries
In this question, I described a problem I have with marginpars appearing on the wrong side of the page when they occur near a page break. I ran into a different, but perhaps related problem described ...
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Using a different font in overpic
I'm using the overpic package in the memoir class to include figures and superimpose text on them. Is there a simple way to tell overpic to use a different font than the main font of my text? (I ...
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Environment for text to run into margins
After posting this closed question, I found a good solution for memoir on this page.
However, my margins settings are different then the ones he uses, and as a result, the widematter environment only ...
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Customize referencing of subcaptions in “memoir”?
When I use \subcaption{... \label{myfig}} in memoir, and then reference it, the result is something like "Figure 1(a)". But I would like to customize the reference by removing the parentheses, thus ...
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table notes in memoir
How do I have footnotes in a table while using memoir?
I tried ctable, but I get the following errors:
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/hyperref.sty:4022: No room for a new ...
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Yet another leader dot question and related for TOC
I asked a question yesterday. Thanks for the help. It turns out I only need to remove the leader dots AND the page number associated with "CHAPTER". This is using the memoir class and also uses a .sty ...
