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Why are Beamer subsubsections evil?

The Beamer manual claims, under "Guidelines for Creating Presentations": Do not use subsubsections, they are evil. Why? There's no further explanation. Is it simply because subsubsections are ...
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1answer
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End a paragraph and continue normal section

Inside a section, I have plain text and a paragraph. The section starts with normal text, then there is a short paragraph, and finally the normal section text continues. The last part of the text ...
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0answers
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Creating subsubsubsection and using \ref and \label (+hyperref) [duplicate]

I'm writing on my thesis and need more levels of sections. This seems to be not a rare problem. So, after some search on the web i defined my custom deeper sections in terms of the following code. ...
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55 views

Section numbers have a zero in front with report document class [duplicate]

I wrote my tex file first in article mode. Now that I switched the document class to report, unfortunately I am getting a zero before my sections and subsections which I want to be removed. Changing ...
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1answer
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Numbering of subsections and paragraphs

I have a document style for a report which I'm having to copy to LaTeX format. I'm using pdfLaTeX, for information. In essence, the system is that paragraphs are on the same level as subsections, ...
2
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1answer
89 views

Indentation after section title on a first item of “easylist” item

The code: % XeLaTeX \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{letterpaper} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage[50, sharp]{easylist} \usepackage{titlesec} ...
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0answers
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Paragraph headings followed by line space and no indent, but indents or line space for “unheaded” paragraphs [closed]

I would like to have paragraphs with a heading followed by a line space (i.e. blank line) and then no indent for paragraph text after that line space. By "paragraphs with a heading", I mean ...
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2answers
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Should \paragraph be used only under \subsubsection?

Very simple question: Is \paragraph supposed to be used only under \subsubsection or do you use it directly under \section or \subsection as well (e.g., if there are no further sub sections ...
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1answer
121 views

Section and subsection name in headings

I'd like to make the headings of my article look like this: <Section name> <Subsection number> <Subsection name> | <Page number> and I wrote this ...
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2answers
305 views

Creating a subsubparagraph

I want to create a subsubparagraph heading (in order to comply with phd guidlines for formatting). I've copied code from article.cls and just made everything 'lower'. However, when I do, although the ...
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0answers
38 views

How to leave a page blank? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Add a new empty page I was wondering how I can leave a blank page betweek two sections in an article written using LyX.
11
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1answer
211 views

A zero \parskip and an unusual \paragraph result in overlapping paragraphs

I'm trying to debug a class provided by some journal. From times to times, the text appears completely garbled, or does not appear at all (I believe it is printed somewhere but probably out of the ...
5
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1answer
62 views

Modified Section Labeling with Theorem Environment

I am writing up solutions to qualifying exams at my school, and want to label the sections according to the corresponding solutions. The issue, is that each year there are two quals--one in January, ...
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1answer
355 views

What's the difference between \paragraph and \paragraph*?

Is there any difference between \paragraph{} and \paragraph*{}? When it's used (if nothing has been modified before, i.e. like in this post: Paragraph header), there's no difference in the created ...
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1answer
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Onecolumn vs. Twocolumn: spuriously different header spacing

In the following example, there's a spurious space in the one-column variant. The problem seems to be that in two-column mode, the \section command is at the "beginning of a column" and no space is ...
4
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1answer
131 views

change position of Subsubsections and paragraphs and enumerate them

I am new to TeX. I have a document with subsubsections and paragraphs. I don't wand the paragraphs inside the block, they should be bevor the block, like the subsubsection header bevor. The other ...
2
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0answers
96 views

ConTeXt: How to adjust the space before and after a section with respect to gridset

I use grid=yes in my setuplayout. With \showgrid I can see, that the space before and after a section is the same as before and after a subsection (3 lines before, and 2 lines after). But it would ...
2
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1answer
141 views

Paragraph and subparagraph title inheriting features from TeX group *after* it

I'm getting some strange behaviour when using the color package at paragraph and subparagraph level. See the code snippet below: \usepackage[usenames,dvips]{color} \section{A} {\color{Green} ...
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2answers
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How to append code to a section?

In my scrartcl document I want to change the spacing between sections and the first paragraph. Since I am using the parskip package, the parskip is set to a non-zero value. The \section command uses ...
6
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2answers
81 views

Subdividing structured abstracts

I am trying to produce a structured abstract, i.e. with subdivisions. For that purpose, the \paragraph command would produce the perfect output since I would like no line break after the subtitle of ...
5
votes
1answer
75 views

Paragraph titles disappearing

So, I'm trying to use the listings package for some code samples in my document. When I converted my verbatim sections to lstlisting my paragraph titles disappeared. I've attached some example code ...
3
votes
1answer
80 views

Automatic \newpage for sections at the end of a page [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Avoiding page breaks shortly after section/subsection headings Imagine that I've got a \section (or \subsection, \subsubsecion, \paragraph) at the end of the page X: in ...
2
votes
0answers
54 views

Changing text below \section to be indented [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I indent the paragraphs which follow a heading? I'm using the report class in LaTeX and when I use, say \section{Foo} This is a section about Foo. I get ...
6
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1answer
100 views

What under \subsubsection?

In a \subsubsection, I'm describing a software component, and I have to describe the classes it is composed of. I'm thinking to add some "titles" like "Class 1", "Class 2", but what's the best way to ...
4
votes
1answer
292 views

Space before and after section [no need for it]

I have additional space inside a text [see picture] between paraghraps. Beside of that it is diffrent size [this space]. What's more before Section, and after section title there is additonal space ...
7
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1answer
763 views

Paragraph header

I want to include an indented, underlined, upper- and lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period in my document instead of using \subsubsection. Anyone who knows how I can define the command for ...
8
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2answers
558 views

scrreprt - add levels below \subparagraph

I have to write my thesis in (German) law and we usually use a very nested headline system. I use scrreprt and have these levels: (part) chapter section subssection subsubsection paragraph ...
3
votes
2answers
148 views

How can set \rule after \section if \section is renew?

How can I set \rule after \section if \section is renewed? This doesn't work: \let\oldsection\section \renewcommand{\section}{% \newpage% \oldsection% ...
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votes
3answers
848 views

When is it appropriate to use \paragraph?

LaTeX provides seven sectioning commands: \part \chapter \section \subsection \subsubsection \paragraph \subparagraph. For most of the documents I write or come across, \subsubsection seems to be ...
18
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2answers
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How to add an extra level of sections with headings below \subsubsection

I have a document which requires many levels of sectioning. I have sections, subsections and subsubsections, but require one more level below that. I can't change the sections to be parts and move ...
4
votes
1answer
172 views

How to create a paragraph header centered and with '(a)' label

For my \documentclass[11pt, a4paper, oneside]{Thesis} in subsection 2.3.4 I created code for paragraphs: \documentclass[11pt, a4paper, oneside]{Thesis} \subsection{The reasons of wide values} ...
3
votes
1answer
386 views

Vertical Spacing After Paragraph Heading

I can't manage to control vertical spacing after (and before) paragraph which I've customized. \paragraph{ร‡atฤฑลŸma} Birden fazla dรผลŸman birimin karลŸฤฑlฤฑklฤฑ yok etme .... And here is what i used to ...
6
votes
2answers
257 views

Suppress headers when page contains a section title using titlesec

I'm writing a book with titlesec and try to suppress headers containing the section name, when the section starts at the top of the respective page. Given that all my sections start on a new page I ...
6
votes
2answers
490 views

Margins in section header

I redefined some commands to meet my university requirements in my 'report' based class, and these commands basically work fine. Additionally, I need to change sections/subsections header margin ...
5
votes
3answers
476 views

Make sections begin on even-numbered pages in documentclass article

I've understood that it's easily solved in the book class. But is there a simple solution for how to do this in the article class?
9
votes
2answers
430 views

Section should automatically start new page if the whole section does not fit on current page

I would like my sections to start on a new page if they do not fit on the current page. In other words: if a section fits on the current page print it, if it does not fit start printing it on the ...
0
votes
1answer
98 views

How do I specify a metatext/description for a section?

I want to add like a meta text or a description for my sections. E.g. \section{Components} In this section I am going to write a little about the components in the system. Main text about ...
4
votes
2answers
989 views

How to remove “zero” preceding section number?

\documentclass[11pt]{book} \usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor} \makeatletter \let\stdl@section\l@section \renewcommand*{\l@section}[2]{% \stdl@section{\textcolor{blue}{#1}}{\textcolor{blue}{#2}}} ...
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vote
1answer
192 views

How to change the default ':' in subsection to paren ')'?

In latex, when I write , \subsubsection*{a} it produces a: but I want to write a) How should I do this.
4
votes
1answer
402 views

How do I get the \paragraph's enumerated, but not the \section's

I need the \paragraph{xxx} command outputs "ยง 1 xxx" but the \section{Abc} outputs just "Abc", no numbering. Any help? Thanks.
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vote
2answers
948 views

Standard paragraph following subparagraph

I'm a newbie using LyX and was wondering why when I put a standard paragraph after a *subparagraph it always renders the first standard paragraph after the *subparagraph on the same line?
5
votes
2answers
316 views

Configuring the looks of memoir's \paragraph

I need a lower heading level than subsubsection and hence I am turning towards \paragraph. I am happy with not having it numbered but I do want it to stand on a line of it's own and be italic. I have ...
12
votes
4answers
15k views

Force LaTeX image to appear in the section in which it's declared [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: How do I ensure that figures appear in the section they're associated with? Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned How can I force an image in a ...
1
vote
1answer
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Mysterious empty page + subsequent “Overfull \vbox has occurred while \output is active” during a long string of sectioning commands

Document in question: http://pastebin.tlhiv.org/nJhaYvfN Page 3 is typeset as a blank page, while page 4 has the overfull (by almost 160pts!) \vbox during a long string of sectioning commands.
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votes
3answers
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Include only paragraph titles in the table of contents

My Latex document has a large number of paragraphs (about 10 per page), and I'd like to build a list of the titles of all these paragraphs. For example, given the following document: ...
2
votes
1answer
339 views

Renew section command to wrap whole section in an environment

I am trying to write a beamer template for pandoc. For that I need to convert \section{Text 1} Some text. to \begin{frame}[fragile]{Text 1} Some text. \end{frame} Is there a way to do this ...
3
votes
2answers
224 views

Why does a negative after skip in \@startsection go weird if you fiddle with the everypar hook?

So, I'm trying to answer this question: Extended draft mode which includes source information for manual print-out to source synchronisation and I've run into a weird problem. Check out this example: ...
4
votes
1answer
542 views

How do I prevent LaTeX from putting \sections at the very end of the page?

Please take a look at the screenshot below. I am having a problem where LaTeX would put the \section at the very end of the page. So far I fixed it by using \newpage but I just learned that it was ...
1
vote
1answer
2k views

Does the \bibliography command add a page break afterward?

I am trying to add an entry from my .bib file into a document. After the \bibliography command is issued, the following sections starts in a new page. I have looked around but have not been able to ...
27
votes
6answers
962 views

Is it possible to automatically enumerate sentences in LaTeX?

1.0.1 Is it possible to automatically enumerate sentences in LaTeX? 2.0.1 I want to thoroughly work through and criticize a longer text. 2.0.2 To facilitate quoting, I would like to typeset the text ...

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