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Align text on a vertical axis similar to movie credits
I would like to align text on a cover page in a way often seen in movie credits, with the "key" ragged right and the "value" left:
I use two minipages next to each other to achieve this. However, ...
4
votes
2answers
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Problem controlling vertical alignment of minipage containing only math
I would like to insert a large box containing maths into a line of text and align the box with the top of main line. Strangely, the argument "[t]" gets ignored in the first example below (the second ...
4
votes
2answers
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settototalheight issue with empty lines
I am using \settototalheight to calculate the height of the text in order to use needspace correctly.
This is the code i am using :
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
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2
votes
2answers
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Minipage spreading to multiple page
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\usepackage[none]{hyphenat}
\sloppy
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
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3
votes
1answer
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Tables: Automatic adjustment of columnwidth to its content gives error “Misplaced \noalign” at \toprule
I am trying to put two tables next to each other, vertically aligned top, with some below listed adjustments I unfortunately can't get together.
First, I'd like to know if/how I can avoid the error ...
4
votes
1answer
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Customizing \maketitle output with \minipage's inside \titlehead => Alignment problems
I am trying to customize the title of my scrreprt class document.
The \titlehead looks like this (basically, three 'columns' created with three instances of \minipage):
\titlehead{
\large
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2
votes
1answer
404 views
Align text in minipage at same height
I need to put some text at the same height in my page, and I'm trying to do it with a minipage, but I'm not able to do it since they get centre-aligned.
This is the LaTeX for the figure I've ...
1
vote
1answer
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Alignment of text not correct
How would I make the position of the name of my referees be alligned on the same row?
In the picture below, I would like to make the "Name of person" on the right to be aligned nicely with the "Name ...
8
votes
2answers
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Changing minipage vertical alignment in mid-line?
Please consider the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[showframe,showcrop]{geometry}
\begin{document}
\section{Section 1}
aa
\fbox{\begin{minipage}{100pt}
Box 1
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2
votes
2answers
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How to put text in minipage top-centered?
I am working on LaTeX and R. I want to put text (here itemize top aligned) in minipage.
In the attached image (dummy image with itemize text), how can I put itemize
. First line
. Second line
on ...
4
votes
1answer
323 views
Spacing using minipage in theorem environment (ntheorem)
Consider the following example and notice the different vertical spacings between the theorem caption and the text. Is there a way to get the same spacing when using minipage as in the case of normal ...
3
votes
2answers
635 views
Proper spacing using minipages, dealing with margins and succeding text
So I have this user defined function below. This gives me near optimal results. The code is supposed to make numbered subsections. Where the rest of the text is aligned below. Since these subsections ...
17
votes
3answers
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Understanding minipages - aligning at top
I would like to be able to align two minipage at the top, without worrying about what is in the minipage. I am aware of the optional [t] parameter, but still have some confusion as to how this all ...
7
votes
1answer
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Align minipage to baseline of first or last line inside minipage?
The minipage environment has options for making the top, bottom, or center of the minipage box line up with the baseline of the surrounding text. Is there a way to make it line up to the baseline of ...
0
votes
2answers
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caption ruining figure placement in minipage
I have tiny problem. I'm using minipage to put two pictures side by side in a two column article. The code is
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\begin{minipage}[b]{.49\textwidth}
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5
votes
2answers
750 views
Alignment of item number in list containing a minipage
I would like to have the list number at the beginning of the item, and not centered as is the case for item (b) the example below. If I comment out the \usepackage{nccmath}, I get this, but then the ...
14
votes
2answers
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Aligning image and text on top, with minipages
I have an image (on the left) and a block of text (on the right), and I would like both to be aligned on their top. I am trying to use minipages for that:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
...
4
votes
1answer
2k views
Vertical alignment of tikzpicture with text?
I have some text, and a corresponding tikzpicture, both of which are to be part of a test question, and which are thus included as part of an \item in an enumerate environment.
Like this:
\item
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12
votes
4answers
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In beamer class, how do I remove the additional vertical space before an itemize environment?
On a beamer slide, I want to produce something like
I use the following LaTeX code, which works well in LaTeX with the article class.
\begin{minipage}[t]{1.4cm}
Questions:
\end{minipage}\nobreak
...
