{scaling} is about scaling document elements. Use this tag in addition to other tags specifying what should be scaled.
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Scaling LaTeX output
I need to create 2 versions of a University dissertation. The main version has to be done on letter-sized paper with very strict specifications for most of the style elements. But I would also like to ...
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pdflatex: fit-page-to-contents or scale-contents-to-fit-page
I have a problem which can be solved one of two ways:
Typeset a given chunk of TeX in an "infinitely wide" space, then scale the result so that its width is the width of the page.
Typeset a given ...
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Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?
I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example.
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How to include picture in original size into document page on center?
I have a picture that I'd like to include in the center of the page. I don't want the picture to scale. So I tried this (among a lot of other variations):
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
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How can I progressively scale letters?
How can I reproduce the figure below?
The figure is from an old Knuth paper, which you can get at http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~millerpd/docs/501_Winter08/Knuth79.pdf (page 364)
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Include another pdf in a box (and other details)
Some time ago I read a paper that was tightly based on another one. It was from the same authors so they included the previous papers as appendixes. I noticed (and liked) that these appendixes were ...
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how to scale math font only
I am trying to mimic our institute's PPt-template for presentation foils using the beamer-class. The corporate quidelines prescribe the use of Helvetica as the main font. However, package helvet does ...
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Scale sideways subfigure to fit to page
I have a document with subfigures that are printed sideways with rotating. I need to scale that figure (with subfigures) to fit to page.
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How to enlarge “fourier” font to match “utopia” package
I'd love to exchange the "obsolete" utopia package against the fourier package for a couple of reasons. Unfortunately, the Utopia font in the fourier package renders much smaller compared to the ...
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About big parenthesis larger than Bigg
Do any one know how to type a very big parenthesis in LaTeX. Since the formula is very big, I used multline environment, in one line, there are many pair of parenthesis by using \left and \right which ...
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Why does fit not scale? (tikz)
I have a problem with the fit library in TikZ.
When I scale the figure (with the tikz scale command), the fit box doesn't!
Why is that? Could I somehow change it?
Example:
\documentclass{article}
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How to scale a tikzpicture to \textwidth
I would like to scale my tikzpicture to exactly (or a proportion of) the \textwidth
Of course I could play with the [scale=0.5] option until I found the right value, but I assume there must be an ...
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Scale (resize) large images (graphics) that exceed page margins
Background
A large number of screen captures have been scaled 300% at 288dpi. They appear correctly when embedded in OpenOffice, but not LyX.
Problem
Images that do not extend beyond the margins ...
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How to fit text in a box of given size?
Say I want to typeset small piece of text as a logo/motto/slogan or whatever. The text is not much longer than "Lorem Ipsum Dolor". I want this to fit tightly in a box of certain size (e.g. 7x2cm). ...
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Page placement using blowup package
I am trying to rescale a book which has the dimensions 152x229 mm set with the geometry package into 165x242mm using the blowup package. After some messing around I have managed to get it to rescale ...
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Is there a way to resize a figure created with xymatrix?
I've drawn some figures using xymatrix, but they're much larger than I'd like them to be. Is there a way to resize them? I'd be happy to cut them down to a fixed percentage of the original or to a ...
