{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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Removing leader and page number from added line in ToC (memoir class)
My question is very similar to this, but a little more complicated - Yet another leader dot question and related for TOC
I am trying to format my ToC using the memoir class. I want my ToC to look ...
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suppress lot/lof entry in memoir
Using the caption package, one can suppress lot/lof entry with an empty optional argument for \caption.
But the caption package is incompatible with memoir. How can I suppress lot/lof entries in ...
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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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TOC and other Margin issues in Memoir Class [closed]
I am facing the same problem. I could add a space between Chapter-Page header and ToC text using the following approach: in pwasu.sty file:
\makepagestyle{toc}
\setlength{\headsep}{\linespace} ...
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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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Memoir class headers listing section/subsection/etc. hierarchy
I'm trying to use the memoir class such that a document with the following structure:
\section{A section}
\subsection{A subsection}
\subsection{Another subsection}
\subsubsection{A subsubsection}
...
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Modify \listofschemes output to match memoir class
I am using the memoir class with the chemstyle package. I just observed that the output from my \listofschemes command has a different indentation and format than my \listoffigures output.
I tried ...
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Creating a specific chapter style using memoir
I'm completely new to using TeX but have managed over the past couple of days to get a basic setup working for my thesis using memoir.
I've been exploring the chapter heading styles at ...
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Command \cs already defined in memoir class but not in amsart?
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{memoir}
\newcommand{\cs}{\Sigma}
\title{Rings and Modules}
\author{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
This fails to compile and I get the ...
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make index entries refer to number selected paragraphs
For a given work, I have to number some selected paragraphs, with a continuous numerotation throughout all the book.
I can do it using this tip.
I need the index entries refer to the paragraph ...
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Memoir manual: “The numbering of parts has no effect on the numbering of \chapters.”
I am writing my PhD using memoir class. I have 5 parts, divided into chapters. But before the first chapter of each part, I have an introduction to what the following chapters are about. Here's an ...
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How to remove labels but preserve hanging indenting in the memoir class
I am writing my humanities PhD in the memoir class. I need to have hanging indents for the bibliography, but no numbers or bullets. I have added
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\@biblabel[1]{}
...
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Chapter style using chaptername and chapter number inside TikZ
I am trying to define my own chapter style for my thesis. I am using memoir, and want to put the part that says e.g. "Chapter 3" or "Appendix C" inside a single TikZ figure. My code so far is the ...
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minitoc per sections with memoir
I want to make a minitoc for each section with the subsections with the memoir class. But it doesn't works, only \minitoc per chapters are working.
How can I do that ?
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“Automatic” section labeling?
I would like to be able to link within a document to another section without having to explicitly put a label after that other section command. hyperref does this with the TOC labels, so I think that ...
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Table of contents: Dots and title
I want to remove the dots of the table of content (toc), so i used:
\makeatletter \renewcommand{\@dotsep}{10000} \makeatother
but it doesn’t work…
How can I remove the title (name) of the toc?
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Omitting chapter numbers in section headers using memoir
I'm trying to find a way to remove the chapter number from the section headers when using memoir. Right now I'm using parts, but no chapters and zeroes appear in front of all section numbers. I tried ...
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Indent or not based on section depth
I would like to know how to set it up so that a \subsubsection{} will indent the first paragraph but all other sectioning command of a higher level (\chapter{}, \section{}, and \subsection{}) will NOT ...
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How to test if some command similar to \author is used in .tex file?
I want to modify \maketitle command in a new document class based in memoir. \maketitle command should include a new \director command similar to author. If this command is defined in text file, the ...
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Memoir: Subbottom over several pages?
In the Memoir class, I use the subbottom command to create subfigures, labeled, e.g., 1(a), 1(b), 1(c) etc. And this works very nicely. However, if I include more figures in subbottoms than what can ...
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Separate column in table of contents (in Memoir)
I'm curious if there is a way to have another "column" of numbers in the Table of Contents. The book I'm trying to typeset has a column of chapter and section titles, a corresponding column of ...
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formatting section numbers with \hangsection in Memoir
I'd previously been renewing my section command in Memoir in order to style the section numbers by prefacing them with a symbol (§) and following them with a period:
\renewcommand{\thesection}{§ ...
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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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Subsection numbers with memoir + frontmatter
I've just tried to use \frontmatter with memoir class for the first time and everything works fine except for some weird detail. When I add \frontmatter and \mainmatter commands, the numbers of ...
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How to modify \part style in memoir
A beginner question: I would like to print \part with roman numbers
as it follows:
I. Teil
or
I. rész
Someone could please explain me how to do it?
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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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Memoir appendix
At the moment I have Appendix A when I start the appendix page. In the table of contexts I see the item A. How can I replace the "A" by "Appendix". I'm using the memoir class and I'm also using babel ...
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TOC Spacing in Memoir
I am using memoir, and I would like to change the vertical space between entries in my toc. This seems like a simple thing that should have been answered elsewhere, but I can't find anything that ...
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Strange indent using tabular in titlingpage
I need to create a simple problem description page for my thesis. This will also be the title page of the document. I'm using the memoir class. I tried to use the tabular environment to align some ...
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Memoir class: turn off section numbering but still have header
Trying to get rid of auto display of section numbers within text (section title only), but still have a header that gives the section title (also sans number). Can't seem to find this in memoir docs. ...
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TOC - number of chapter in other line than its title (with memoir class)
Do you have any idea on how to combine this solution of putting the number of chapter and its name+page in different lines? Please have a look at the picture. I want to achieve this with memoir lass ...
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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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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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Nicely force 66 characters per line
I would like to have "something" (a package, a trick, a macro, ...?) that makes it possible for me to nicely play with the margins (or the layout) in order to set the average or typical number of ...
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Set caption font size in memoir
How do I set the default caption font in a memoir?
I tried:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage[font=small]{caption}
But that gives me a warning:
Class memoir Warning: You are using the caption ...
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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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How can I update the array package? Warning from tabu
I am trying to use the tabu package, but it returns a warning which does not seem like a good sign. Does anyone know how to resolve the following issue?
LaTeX Warning: You have requested, on input ...
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How to make a new command similar to \author
I'm preparing a new template for our students' projects based on memoir. All this projects are supervised (directed) by one or more professors so I would like to declare a command like \author but ...
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Memoir mysterious overfull hbox in TOC when mathptmx is used
I'm trying to troubleshoot an overfull hbox warning that arises with some long chapter titles in memoir. I've narrowed it down to the following minimal example. The problem arises with mathptmx but ...
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Indent pagenotes with multiple lines in memoir
I'm writing a non fiction book using the memoir package.
I've been playing around quite a lot, and I must say I'm very satisfied with Peter Wilson's guide.
Pagenotes are great because they allow me ...
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Syntax for memoir's \medievalpage command
I'm trying to use the memoir class \medievalpage command and cannot get it to work. Here is my effort:
\documentclass[12pt]{memoir}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\medievalpage
\checkandfixthelayout
...
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How to extend the footer to include the margin notes
My memoir document has a relatively narrow typeblock (90mm) and a wide margin (55mm) for annotations, with a \marginparsep of 15mm.
I want the footer to cover both the typeblock and the annotation ...
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customizing section formatting using memoir class (color and numbering)
I see in memoir that \section is implemented like so:
\newcommand{\section}{%
\sechook%
\@startsection{section}{1}% level 1
{\secindent}% heading indent
{\beforesecskip}% ...
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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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modifying part style in memoir class to match ell chapterstyle
I've selected ell chapterstyle using the memoir class. Following tips I found in Part style in memoir class and A modification of \part style in memoir and looking at the ell definition in memoir.cls ...
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Page number before Chapter title in the Table of Contents with memoir
I've seen in some novel that, in the table of contents, the page number is before the chapter title, for example:
3 Down the Rabbit Hole
7 The Pool of Tears
15 The Caucus Race and a Long Tale
...
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TOC alignment in memoir
I'm trying to get chapters and sections to line up in a memoir ToC as:
Chapter one Chapter title
Section title
Another section
A third ...
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wrapfigure error
I'm using memoir (a beautiful documentclass that gets me in trouble too often)... and I'm trying to use wrapfigure.
This is what I use:
...
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“Negative offset” chapter title
I need my chapter titles to be offset 2cm to the left of everything else (or my section headings and paragraphs to be offset right, depending on what you call the reference point).
I got the chapter ...
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Footnote numbers in index (e.g., 23n3)
I'm currently weighing indexing options for a book-length project. One of the more surprising hurdles is that there doesn't seem to be a way to create an index (in my case, several indices) that ...
