{positioning} is about positioning document elements. Use this tag in addition to other tags specifying what should be positioned.
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How to put node in an accurate place? How to use different style of font in TikZ?
I want to draw something like this:
This is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
%\usepackage[active,tightpage,floats]{preview}
...
8
votes
1answer
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How can I position a node in the center of an arbitrary path
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{tikz,times}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.3]
\draw [thick] (0,6) rectangle (18,4) node ...
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control figure & table placement - specific case [duplicate]
Attached an image of my document output.
Notice the last page (bottom-right) is almost empty and contains only a small table.
The document continues after this page for a few more pages of text.
I ...
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votes
2answers
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Tikz: Using relative positioning and foreach variables
I want to generate a picture that replicates itself and slowy fades out.
For that i plan to use a foreach statement and redraw the picture to its rigth.
How can i use the foreach variable to position ...
8
votes
2answers
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Anchors badly positioned
I am trying to overlay some transparent boxes over a picture using TikZ within a Beamer frame. The code I use is the following:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
...
9
votes
3answers
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pgfplots - Add offset to pins
I'm trying to make a bar plot for an optimization parameter in quantum physics. To be more informative, the graph should display the values of these parameters above the bars. So far I did
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votes
1answer
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Simultanious use of relative positioning and “of” notation
A rather high node has a not so high node on its rigth side.
I like the positioning and sizes, but i want both node to share the same Y-Axis of their north border.
\tikzstyle{big} =[rectangle, ...
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votes
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Toward a Stamper Package
Imagine that you want to simulate a hand stamp on every page in some large documents. It must be an imperfect print, with random page-to-page variations in ink intensity, fading, rotation and blur. ...
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Writing the Existential Quantifier with Lower and Upper Limits
When I write $$\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_{i}$$ I obtain indices which are below and above the symbol. I want to write the existential quantifier with this same formatting, but when I try to do so, it appears ...
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0answers
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How to make an inset in a figure [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Image inside another image
How can I have an inset (smaller picture) within a larger picture in LaTeX? is there any function for this or do I have to combine the ...
2
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0answers
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How to make nodes on branchy TikZ chain lay on regular grid (trangular or square) automatically?
How to ensure that nodes on chain with branches (generated using chains library) are laid out on regular grid, regardless of node shape?
I am interested in automatic placement on triangular or ...
3
votes
1answer
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Typesetting furigana above and below original text
I have followed Japanese Problem using MacTeX 2011 to set up Ruby Furigana with TeX.
I'm wondering if it is possible to set up Furigana both above and below the original character?
5
votes
1answer
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Remove Marginpar from Classicthesis 4.1
I am searching for a safe method to remove the \marginpar feature in classicthesis. My corrector would rather have the text use the whole page. I am not that firm in LaTeX, so I tried to simply remove ...
3
votes
1answer
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Help for positioning text and picture?
I'm doing LaTex first time in my life and I need to position image and text in the following way:
TEXT HERE IMAGE HERE
Lorem ipsum text text juubaa ...
2
votes
1answer
120 views
How remove empty line between two subsections?
I am going to insert an image between two subsections. When the image is big, it shifts to next page and remain an empty line between subsections. how can i remove this empty line?
and, also i put an ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to build two lines aligned maps
I would like to write a map between two objects, with a map below which specify where any single object is sent. To be more precise. I want to write $A \rightarrow B$, and right below it $\alpha ...
0
votes
1answer
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Forcing a table or image on a specified page
I would like to enforce a table on a page.
I tried \startpostponing[2] but it doesn't seem to work and gives me an error:
Undefined control sequence \startpostponing
Is there any other way by ...
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Figure goes to the end of the section [closed]
I am writing a paper using TeX, and I want to make this;
bla bla.... page of text but talking about Fig.1 bla bla
New page with only the Fig. No text
New page with text bla bla
I ...
2
votes
1answer
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\xrightarrow: position of text over an arrow should be lower
The following example of LaTeX code
\documentclass[b4paper,oneside, final, 10pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{charter}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{mathtools}
...
6
votes
1answer
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Fallback text in header if overlapping occurs
I'm currently working on several projects, where the authors are read from a textfile. I'm also displaying the authors in the header using fancyhdr. This works great if there are just 2 or 3 ...
5
votes
2answers
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TikZ: node at \item to use in [overlay]
In my beamer presentation I would like to reference an item by pointing an arrow on it's number. However, I don't know how to make \item a TikZ node. Otherwise it works well.
\documentclass{beamer}
...
2
votes
1answer
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how to position pdf with \includepdf in book, also depending on even/odd page
I am writing my thesis for which we have specific requirements regarding the paper size. This is what I have at the beginning of my thesis file:
documentclass[a4paper]{book}
\textheight=175mm
...
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vote
2answers
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Wrapped figure on the left or right
I know how to wrap a figure with text and everything.
But where is the best place to put it? On the left? On the right?
Any good, reasonable ideas about that would be very much appreciated.
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votes
1answer
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Text at the end of the page
I would create a page with some text at the end of the page. Initially the page is blank and after I add text using:
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{\stretch{5}}
\begin{center}
Text
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4
votes
2answers
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How to align two diagrams on the same line [duplicate]
I would like to know how can I put two diagrams on the same like rather than one of the top and one at the bottom. which consumed too much space on the paper. Here are the codes for the figure which I ...
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Greying out a picture with a text overlay
I'm trying to get a picture greyed-out (similar to the greyed text with \pause in beamer) but with normal text (i.e. not greyed out) overlaid on top of it it. Is there a way to do this in LaTeX?
...
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votes
2answers
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Image inside another image
I currently have some LaTeX code to have multiple images side by side:
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[height=2cm]{foo11.jpg}
\includegraphics[height=2cm]{foo12.jpg}\\
...
3
votes
1answer
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Place figures at the bottom of a page
Does anyone know how to place figures at the bottom of a page ?
At the moment, it automatically goes at the top of a new page...
I am using LyX.
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votes
1answer
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Positioning relative to page in TikZ
Consider the following:
Let's say I have a dot. I would like to be able to position this dot anywhere on the page: at the corner, in the middle, anywhere.
So far, despite poring over manuals and ...
2
votes
1answer
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Set my lstlisting at the exact place in my code (like “h” for figure)
When using lstlisting, my displayed code is sent back on the top of my page.
I would like to have the same kind of option as:
\begin{figure}[h]
...
\end{figure}
ie having displayed my code exactly ...
3
votes
1answer
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Create a wrapfigure with side caption and place it in the upper right corner?
I want to use the wrapfig packet to wrap text around an image. Since the image is longer than wide I'd like the caption to be aside of the image. Finally, the image should be placed in the upper right ...
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votes
1answer
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Laying out subfigures with minipages
I want to place 3 subfigures in a figure with two columns. There is one big subfigured placed to the right. The two subfigures on the left should be aligned so that the first is aligned with the top ...
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vote
2answers
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about \usepackage{graphicx,floatrow} in latex
When I use the code: \usepackage{graphicx,floatrow}, the caption of a table ends up under the table. This does not meet the requirement of Springer (book publisher).
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How to force LaTeX to place a figure exactly where I want [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Force figure placement in text
How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
How can I force LaTeX to insert a figure exactly ...
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votes
1answer
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How to fix a figure at the top or bottom of a column within multicol?
Within the multicol environment I want to be able to fix a figure to be displayed at either the top or bottom of a column (as in a scientific journal).
The figure environment cannot be used in ...
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votes
1answer
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Strange layout with multicol
I'm using multicol to lay out a series of equations in columns, here's the code:
\begin{multicols}{3}
\[
e^x \rightarrow f'(x)e^{f(x)}
\]
\[
ln(x) \rightarrow \frac{f'(x)}{f(x)}
\]
\[
...
7
votes
1answer
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centering rotated tikz labels
I have a series of five image generated from a code that I wish to include one under the other in a figure. I would like to include labels on the left, right and bottom of each of them (left and ...
2
votes
1answer
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same float in multiple places pdflatex [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to recall a figure without rewriting it
I have some floats (tables) that i would like to use in several spots in the document.
For this use a normal reference is ...
5
votes
1answer
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pdfsavepos coordinates remains zero
My MWE below produces the following in the \jobname.ypos.txt file:
{1}{1}{1}{F}{0}
{1}{1}{1}{L}{0}
{1}{1}{2}{F}{0}
{1}{1}{2}{L}{0}
{1}{1}{3}{F}{0}
{1}{1}{3}{L}{0}
Where the bunch of zeros at the ...
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vote
0answers
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fix position legend in pgfplot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Put legend (pgfplots) below the plot
I'm trying to set correctly the right position of the legend of my plot. I would have the legend just bottom right of my plot. Any ...
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votes
1answer
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position symbol horizontally
I would like to place symbol \ding{97} directly at the constant distance from the headword. I made command to place the symbol
% place frequent star
...
7
votes
1answer
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Overlapping Sidebar in Beamer Template
I'm trying to position two logos (one logo and the titlegraphics) and a overlapping sidebar (graphical element)
I used negative \vskip \hskip for the top left logo and \vspace for the vertical ...
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votes
0answers
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Why does using figure* move my figures to the bottom page? [closed]
I am trying to insert two pictures side by side in a two column document.
This works fine, but inserts only in one column:
\begin{figure}
\hfill
\subfigure[Title ...
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Float reference only appears when using [h] here float placement [closed]
I'm typesetting an article using PNAS' template for two-column articles:
http://www.pnas.org/misc/PNASTWO.CLS
My problem is that if I include a figure or table:
\begin{figure}
\caption{my figure}
...
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vote
1answer
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How to insert a two-column figure in the current page when using LaTeX?
I know there is a command like
\begin{figure}[p]
\end{figure}
But when I use it in a two-column model, the $[p]$ cannot work. So I am wondering if there is any solution to preserve the figure in ...
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votes
1answer
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Force caption to go above/below with biblatex
I have used the following to force captions above (tables) and below (figures) as per the answer to this question.
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
...
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vote
1answer
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Four Arranged Figures are offset
How can I ensure that the four plots (which are all the same size pdfs) appear with the same spacing: see they are offset here:
% Actual versus predicted plots
\begin{figure}[H]
...
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votes
1answer
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Tikz randomly placed groups of objects
I would like to place several groups of three objects (two circle paths and one node) in a triangular area. I came up with the following code, which is based on a subdivision of the triangle in ...
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votes
2answers
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Giving a `matrix` node an `alias`
This TeX.sx question asks if is it possible to use a TikZ matrix along a chain. The error that occurs when one tries to do so is Package pgf Error: No shape named chain-3 is known., and a way to ...
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votes
1answer
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Float pgfplotstable to right of text
I want to float a smaller table to the right of my text. Here is an example of the code:
% Example Table
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{filecontents*}{scientists.csv}
name,surname,age
...
