{rules} is about drawing lines (also called rules). Popular packages are {booktabs} (which provides high quality table rules) and {dashrule}.
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Is it normal for BibTeX to replace similar author names with “------”?
In my .bib file, I have two entries with exactly the same author names:
@article{Seshadrinathan2010A-Subjective-St,
Author = {K. Seshadrinathan and R. Soundararajan and A. C. Bovik and L. K. ...
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Long underscore in LaTeX
In LaTeX, how would I make a long underscore?
For example,
Name _______ Signature _______
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1answer
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Box border lines not showing properly on PDF
I have the following code that generate a box with text content:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcommand\tipbox[1]{%
\begin{center}%
...
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3answers
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dynamic signature/date line
I'm trying to create a signature and date line in a document. I need the date line to always be in the same spot on the page no matter what name is under the signature line, such as:
...
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Why not use vertical lines ('|') in a tabular?
My question is a follow-up to the answer to a follow-up question, to be found here. ;)
I'd like to know why one would advise against using vertical lines (via |) in a tabular (i.e. in ...
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What is the \rule equivalent for \hrule?
I've tried to put a rule long as the text in this way:
\rule{\textwidth}{0.4mm}
but I obtain a rule slightly smaller that the text width. How to obtain the same effect as \hrule?
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1answer
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How to remove the top horizontal bar in fancyhdr?
When using fancyhdr, how do you remove the top horizontal rule?
I do not want a header at all, just a footer.
This is what I do now:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
...
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3answers
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How to make continuous (but breakable) vertical rule along left side of paragraph?
I'm looking for a way in Plain TeX to make a continuous vertical rule along the left side of a paragraph (or arbitrary block of text), such that it observes normal page-break rules. I started with the ...
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2answers
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How can I reproduce this table with thick lines?
I'm trying to reproduce this table:
(apologies for the terrible cameraphone pic)
I don't know how to get the slightly thicker leftmost and topmost line.
Here's a minimal example of what I have so ...
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1answer
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Left-hand vertical rule applied to flalign environment with automatic pagebreak
I am referring to the coderule environment (see Override \centering to left justify an image) presented earlier by @TH as answer to the following question: Override \centering to left justify an image ...
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2answers
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Longtable does not break correctly when used with \specialrule instead of \hline
I'm writing an application that generate latex code, therefore the solution must be the most generic possible to ensure that it will generate clean pdf all the time. I would like to let my users ...
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votes
3answers
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How do I insert a border below text?
I want to emulate a feature from a few word processing programs (e.g. Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer) where I could (somewhat) arbitrarily insert a bottom border below any text/paragraph. How can ...
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3answers
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Can LaTeX be used to make a sheet of blank lines?
Specifically, a bunch of them; for a sign-in sheet, list of signatures for a petition or a worksheet with short answer essay style questions.
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4answers
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Putting a bar in the margin
I sometimes want to give examples in a document I am writing. Because these examples are quite general it could be difficult for readers to see the difference between the examples and the theoretical ...
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votes
1answer
169 views
Title between lines
So I want to have one line above and one under the title of a chapter in scrreprt, like:
_________________________________________________
1. Introduction
...
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votes
4answers
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Draw a line through one column of a matrix
I'd like to "cancel" (draw a line through) a column of a matrix (using \begin{pmatrix}..\end{pmatrix}). How can I do this?
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votes
1answer
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Vertical alignment in multicol
In the following code the horizontal rules on the right don't line up in all cases with the horizontal rules on the left. It seems to be related to the text content. How can I fix this in such a way ...
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3answers
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How can I change the footnote line (thickness, length)
I am using pdflatex and just want to know how to change the footnote line (thickness, length).
Besides that: How can I set the distance between text-lines in the text.
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votes
1answer
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Vertical line enclosing items in itemize
I want to LaTeX some notes. The result should look like this:
The numbers are fine with me. The problem is how to draw those vertical lines (with the hook), particularly inside the itemize ...
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votes
14answers
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Totally sweet horizontal rules in LaTeX
I have been trying to find a way to easily drop a nice horizontal rule into a LaTeX document. \hline just makes a line across the page. It would seem that some package must provide something that is ...
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votes
5answers
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How can i add a “field” for handwritten text?
I need to add a bunch of fields for a handwritten text
to my document that look like this:
Your Name ___________
Your Age ___________
As an example, I can show you the form that I have to ...
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votes
3answers
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How can I draw a horizontal line spanning only some of the table cells?
In a table, how can I draw a horizontal line that goes only through some of the cells? I mean a line like the one in the Foo and in the Bar area of this table:
+----+-----+
|Foo |1 |2 |
| |1 |2 |
...
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votes
2answers
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prevent “action” if top of page
I have a manual list of stuff that are sometimes separated by an hrule(or my own custom ruler) for visual purposes.
Sometimes the hrule ends at the top or bottom of a page which makes it useless.
Is ...
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5answers
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LaTeX tables: How do I make bold horizontal lines (typically \hline)?
The title says it all:
In LaTeX tables: How do I make bold horizontal lines (typically \hline)?
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votes
4answers
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Vertically centered horizontal rule filling the rest of a line?
I'd like to have a horizontal line extending from the end of the text on a line to the right margin. So far I've found \hrulefill and \leaders\hrule\hfill, but these draw a line that's flush with the ...
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votes
2answers
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Too long vertical lines in table
Ok, I've looked at this code too long and need some fresh eyes and ideas.
Question: Why do I get too long vertical lines on my LaTeX table?
Please note that I've not experiencing any problems with ...
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votes
3answers
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Can I have the \overfullrule rule colored in pdfLaTeX?
I know that I can use \overfullrule=5pt to get overfull lines marked with a black marker. I am using pdfLaTeX. Is there a way I can get this marker or something similar in magenta instead?
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votes
1answer
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Create a vertical line in a table that spans a range of rows but not all rows
I'm interested in methods to create a vertical line in a table that spans a range of rows but not all rows. I've found one solution below, but is there another solution such as \cline which allows ...
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votes
3answers
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How can I make a horizontal dashed line?
How can I make a horizontal dashed line in LaTeX?
Just writing lots of single dashes results in a continuous horizontal line.
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votes
2answers
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Can I make some vertical material disappear if it occurs next to a page break?
I'd like to place a horizontal rule above each section title, to separate the new section from the text before it. But I don't want the rule to appear if the section begins on a new page, since that ...
5
votes
1answer
408 views
Removing the borders from algorithm listings
I am relatively new to LaTeX. If I use standard algorithm and algorithmic environment for my algorithm listings I'm getting the borders displayed around the table with the pseudocode. How to remove ...
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votes
2answers
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Problems with \toprule and \midrule in a table
Having the following siunitx table code in LyX, for each occurrence of \toprule and \midrule I obtain an error message:
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message
was ...
3
votes
1answer
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How to create long underscore before the text? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Long underscore in LaTeX
a sample output would be like:
__________ hello
__________ hello
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votes
1answer
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Custom vertical page border
I wanted to have a vertical colored bar running on all my pages, to the left of the page, in between the beginning of the sheet and the beginning of the text.
Something like:
|\| text |
|\| text ...
2
votes
1answer
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longtable - strange lines at the end of table
I have strange problem with longtable package. Almost all my tables looks great but some of have strange lines at the end of tables. Please take a look at the picture
I create the table like that
...
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votes
1answer
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Can a table include a horizontal dashed line?
In a normal table, you can use the \hline command to draw a horizontal line. I am trying to make this line a dashed horizontal line.
I have found the package dashrule via this answer, but this only ...
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votes
2answers
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Good Style of Creating a Signature all within LaTeX
I have a small task that involves trying to get a signature using LaTeX fonts. I want to be able to make the signature look as handwritten as possible (pen/marker) using the LaTeX fonts.
Also like to ...
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votes
3answers
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Best way to insert a horizontal cut line with a scissor symbol
What's the best way to insert a horizonal dashed line with a scissor symbol to indicate that the paper should be cut with a scissor along this line?
If you have multiple layout alternatives without ...
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votes
1answer
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Horizontal line spanning the entire document in LaTeX
I have used the \hrulefill command to create a horizontal rule, along with some other commands. In each case I have the rules extended up to the margin.
I want the rule width to be controllable, i.e. ...
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votes
2answers
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Horizontal line in Algorithmic Environment
I'd like to separate two sections in an algorithmic environment with a horizontal line, like:
-------------
Algorithm 1: MyAlgorithm
-------------
Part 1:
Do some stuff
-------------
Part 2:
...
10
votes
1answer
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Specific section format
I'd like to use titlesec to typeset a section header that would look like this:
--------- Name of Section ------------
(the ---- would be a rule, and the entire section header would be centered)
...
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votes
3answers
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How to make a ruler
In The TeXbook (Ch. 10, after exercise 10.3), DEK shows some nice rulers. But I couldn't figure out how he did them. I'm sure I could look it up from the texbook source, but for some reason I'm ...
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votes
4answers
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votes
1answer
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Double vertical bars alongside statements of theorems
Prof. Hatcher describes a way to produce them in TeX here:
http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/AT/typography.html
I would like to know if any of you guys knows of a way to generate them in LaTeX.
...
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votes
3answers
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Why are the lines around my multicolumn cell misaligned?
In the following table, why does the double line before the diff column not go through? I guess all the multicolumn{1} are wrong? How can I fix it?
\begin{table}
\centering
...
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votes
1answer
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How Can I Draw a Horizontal Rule on a Beamer Handout?
I have a beamer handout with a 16-on-1 layout via \pgfpagesuselayout{16 on 1}.
I would like to draw a horizontal rule beneath each row of slides so that the viewer is more easily led to read left to ...
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votes
2answers
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Two rules directly under each other
I'm trying to make two rules of different length directly under each other, something like:
--------------------
====================
Where = is a fatter line than -. The vertical space inbetween ...
18
votes
1answer
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Strange disappearing colored rules in beamer
I have received a booktabs bug report of \cmidrules that disappear when coloured rules are used inside beamer (together with colortbl). The problem can be illustrated with the following simple code ...
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votes
2answers
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Highlight table cells using thick, colored border
I'd like to highlight certain cells of my table. In particular, I'd like to set the border of these sells colored and thick. These cells should also have a background color.
Here's a minimal example ...
