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Align boxes and rotate boxes in plain TeX
When I finish reading the Appendix D: Dirty Tricks in the TeXbook, I rethink a question: is it possible to align some character boxes like this:
The input may be like this:
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Multiple rotated text boxes with absolute page positions
As part of a layout for a home made recipe book, I'm trying to lay out a series of text boxes at absolute positions on a page. I'm using eso-pic to put a background image on the page which has ...
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How to force a hvFloat to be “Here”
A want to rotate my table but not on a newpage that is why i use hvFloat instead of sidewaystable. But with this one i have an other issue. The table won't get under the title. Is there someone who ...
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Problem with position of table using sidewaystable environment
I am using the sidewaystable environment to rotate a table and its caption. My problem is that when compiling, there is a blank space at the bottom of the page and the table is moved to the top, ...
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Rotate node text and use relative positioning in TikZ?
In TikZ, I sometimes want to rotate the text within a node and then position the node relative to another. However, the approach below doesn't work as expected:
\documentclass{standalone}
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TikZ: How to rotate and then shift?
I'm trying to rotate a node and then shift it along the X axis. If I do [rotate=90, xshift=-20pt], the node will first shift and then rotate.
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How to float until on left (or right) page?
I have two sideways tables that I want on two facing pages so the reader can turn the entire book and read them both in one turn. For the moment I keep moving them around to keep them on facing pages. ...
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How to Override the Default Float Restrictions of Table and Figure
In brief, the [h!] option to override the default float restrictions for tables and figures does not appear to work.
I am trying to insert a table that takes up a whole page. Due to its size, I have ...
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Sideways table placement gets deferred more than expected
The problem I have is basically articulated in this thread. According to the veteran respondent, it appears that sideways table does not support placement specifications. However, its behaviour ...
