{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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Add vertical line margin-aligned from a given point through subsequent pages
Using the memoir package, I would like to have a vertical line on my margin like this:
Some leading content
... vertical space ...
----------------------------------
XYZ | Content A
|
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Calc and \settocdepth break \tikzexternalize
This might well be the strangest TeX behaviour I've ever seen and that's saying a lot. The following really is a MWE as far as the header is concerned:
\documentclass{memoir}
\settocdepth{subsection}
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Loading index package with memoir
The standard makeidx package writes ind/idx in LaTeX's internal representation file.
The index package writes in utf-8 and works fine with the book, article, report standard classes. But when trying ...
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Top margin, memoir class and geometry package
I'm trying to set a very basic front page for a document with the MWE below. I'd like to have a vertical stripe running along the left margin and have all the margins set to 0pt. The layout is based ...
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Remove the period at the end of the subcaption using \subbottom with memoir [closed]
I am using the memoir package (with hyperref package in case that makes a difference) and I am using \subbottom to place subfigures within a figure environment. I simply want the subcaptions to read ...
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Latex and Thai language
I try to use Latex with Thai language.
I found a few problems.
\usepackage[Lenny]{fncychap}does not completely support Thai font. (TH Sarabun New is an opentype font)
\bibliography{bib} do not ...
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\paragraphfootnotes with text colour
I am having some trouble with my footnotes becoming coloured in certain situations. In particular, I am wanting to use memoir's \paragraphfootnotes, but all the footnotes for a page become coloured if ...
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How to insert Figure beside Text
As shown in attached
I am using memoir class to create my book.
What is the code should be?
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Insert Picture on Titlepage
I have made a titlepage with a wide (104pt) vertical line and i want to place a logo on top of that line. I tried to do it with icluding a picture with tikzpicture, but it places the image at the ...
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Paper size with geometry in memoir: LaTeX vs PDFLaTeX
I have been searching for an answer to my problem, but my search did not yield any topics with the same problem, so hereby my question:
I have created a document with the memoir package. The stocksize ...
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Change TOC to use underline in subsubsections
I am using the package memoir and I need to redefine the fonts in TOC with this rules:
For Chapters: all-caps and bold
For Sections: bold
For SubSections: bold and italic
For SubSubSections: bold ...
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Different margins for odd and even pages, but not mirrored with memoir
I need a help with this page layout:
top/bottom margins: 2cm for all pages
on even pages: 3.5cm - 2cm
on odd pages: 2cm - 2cm
I tried:
\setlrmarginsandblock{3cm}{2cm}{*}
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Memoir chapter page formatting
I am using the memoir class. I have a series of chapters defined, but I need to change the way the chapter title pages are formatted. In particular, by default the text "Chapter X" is spaced a couple ...
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Memoir oneside/twoside question
I have a memoir-class document:
\documentclass[oneside,letterpaper]{memoir}
which I set to oneside or twoside depending on if I want to create either an electronic copy (one side) or printable copy ...
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Hyperref and Subfigure warning
I am using the memoir class, with the hyperref package. At one point, I have a couple subfigures:
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centering %%% not \center
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Painless Memoir Class Book Template
I would like to find a memoir class book template that has the basic features of a book already configured (with dummy type, dummy figures, etc.) that compiles properly, so I can just start writing ...
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Typesetting formulas in section titles: Title bold, ToC entry isn't
I have a largeish document written with memoir, and I need mathematics formulas in section titles. The problem is that I can't get the formulas set in bold for the title, and non-bold for the table of ...
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Recommendations for partial contents page arrangement in memoir
I'm writing a moderately large reference work using memoir. As it falls naturally into parts by audience, I'd like to include partial tables-of-contents, by part.
I have managed to get my head round ...
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Changing textblock and margin size mid-document with memoir
In a memoir document, I'd like to set different textblock size and margins for the back matter, to give wider space for a glossary.
Similar questions have been asked about changing page layout ...
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Know the width of the widest section label in memoir
I'm using memoir class to write my master's thesis, and my university asks to align all section labels to the left. I say section, but I really mean all levels, as chapters, sections, subsecs and so ...
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Appendix with titletoc and memoir
I'm trying to customize the TOC layout with titletoc in a memoir document.
The chapter styling works well as below, but if I try the appendix section, I'll get an error for missing number.
I think I ...
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Ensuring a paragraph uses at least a given height?
I'm making a custom document class based on memoir, and I don't know how to implement the chapter precis so that it does what I want (the chapter precis is a small optional paragraph that follows ...
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Changing TOC header mid-TOC
In my TOC, on pages where there chapter titles listed, the page header needs to contain the word "CHAPTER". However, on pages where only appendix titles are listed, the TOC header needs to read ...
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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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Misplaced label mixing list environments
I am hacking the dramatist package. My aim is to get speech-prefixes to align with speeches for the verse environment, as they do for the prose environment. I've got it working except for a problem ...
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Memoir - change chapter header to native language
I have been given a preamble prepared for writing in English, but I am writing in Danish. And at the top of page there is a small header, e.g.,
Chapter 8. My native chapter title
And I would like ...
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Xe(La)TeX and minitoc [closed]
Previously I was using minitoc with pdftex and everything was just fine. Some days ago I switch to Xe(La)TeX and I have problems using this package. I am trying to make minitoc work in memoir document ...
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Annoying paragraph spacing issue with memoir
I have a spacing issue while using the memoir class. The main problem is that after the first paragraph there is a line skip and an indentation and afterwards, all the paragraphs are indented properly ...
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Chapterstyle Memoir: Picture on page left, chapter opening on page right
I am working on the layout of my dissertation and I would like to have the following design for all my chapter-openings:
New chapters should always start on the left page, with a picturepage that ...
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float a wide ctabular in two columns
I have a very long table (slightly more than 2 pages) and so, am using the ctabular environment of the memoir class. I understand how a float defeats the purpose of a continuous tabular but I would ...
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How do I force \section's to start on a new page if they don't fit on current page?
So I am writing a programming book, and I use \section for each topic. For example, I'd write,
\section{Another way to double-space a file}
\begin{lstlisting}
awk 'BEGIN { ORS="\n\n" }; 1'
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Chapter in memoir not displaying correctly in TOC
I'm having a little problem with a custom chapter style in memoir class. I want to have the chapter titles behaving like parts, i.e. having the title on a separate page.
I can do it like so:
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Rotating sidewaystable [duplicate]
I use memoir to typeset a book. I've got a couple of one-page, horizontal tables. To typeset them I use the following draft code:
\begin{sidewaystable}
\caption{ }
\label{ }
\vspace{-0.5mm}
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memoir class and \titleGM title page style with custom dimensions
I'm attempting to format a textbook that I'm writing using the memoir document class and am running into some problems with the memoir class and the \titleGM custom title page style.
Here is my ...
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Separate table of contents for appendices
Is it possible to make two seperate table of contents in one report? I want one for the main document and another for the appendices.
I'm writing in the memoir report enviroment.
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Memoir Class, \sidebar formatting
In the memoir class, is there a way to get the \sidebar notes to be in paragraph style? I am looking for a similar effect that fnpara provides to footnotes.
I have included an image of what I would ...
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Memoir Class, Madsen Style, Chapter Heading and Rule
I would like to extend the chapter title and the rule above it to the left, so it is -0.75 in past the text block.
MWE:
\documentclass[oneside,12pt]{memoir}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
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How to use Windows fonts with memoir class
I am writing my thesis using the memoir class within MiKTeX on Windows 7. However, I want to use some of the Windows fonts (e.g., Cambria). Is it possible to be done?
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Bianchi chapter style not enough DPI
I am currently using the bianchi chapter style that has been provided by the memoir package. According to createspace, the DPI for the bianchi style is only ~100 DPI when it should be 300 DPI. How can ...
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\spinemargin and \footskip error with memoir
I get the following errors when I am using memoir.
! Class memoir Error: \spinemargin (97.26999pt) and/or \textwidth (271.73482pt)
! Class memoir Error: \footskip (27.46295pt) is too large for ...
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Chapter page numbers outside of margins memoir
When I send the file to createspace for their online reviewer, it tells me that a few page numbers are outside the margins, which happen to be the ones for each chapter when each chapter begins. Here ...
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Using memoir, how do I number paragraphs?
I am trying to implement paragraph numbering with memoir. I would like the numbers to be
in the outside margin,
flush against the text block, and
vertically aligned with the first line of the ...
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How to fix a table that is too wide for margins?
I have created a table that is too wide for the margins. What I tried to do was implement \hspace*{-50pt} before \begin{tabular} and \hspace{-50pt} after \end{tabluar}. Which gets rid of the overfull ...
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Changing style of unnumbered chapters in memoir
The MWE below illustrates that while I can center numbered chapter headings, I cannot do so for unnumbered chapter headings:
\documentclass{memoir}
\renewcommand*{\printchaptername}{\centering}
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How to change the default marker of itemize environment globally [duplicate]
I was wondering how can I set globally itemize lists to use dashes instead of bullets using the memoir class. Right now I have to always do:
\begin{itemize}[-]
...
\end{itemize}
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memoir download
I'm having trouble with the memoir template in LaTeX. Each time I build PDF with pdflatex, at the very beginning of the compilation it somehow tries to request something from the web, which isn't even ...
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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 ...
