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Compile a LaTeX document into a PNG image that's as short as possible
I need to convert my LaTeX documents into PNG. The problem is, I also need the resulting image to be as short as possible (height-wise). I've tried latex followed by dvipng, but the result is always ...
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votes
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How to create small PDF files for the Internet
I feel that PDF documents when intended to be uploaded to the Internet should be of a minimal final size in bytes. Many strategies exist to create a small document:
Pay attention to the size of the ...
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votes
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Bounding box is larger than expected when drawing a curved path
I have been working on logo for my department and I have the following code. The problem is that whenever I compile the diagram seems to be larger than the actual logo. I do not know what is the ...
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votes
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Image from \includegraphics showing in wrong image size
When I use the following to embed an image:
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics{my_image}
\caption{blaaa}
\label{fig:blaaa}
\end{figure}
whereas my_image is a JPG file, the ...
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votes
1answer
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What are the possible dimensions / sizes / units LaTeX understands?
I know there are different ways of expressing sizes or dimensions in LaTeX such as points (pt), inches (in) and ex.
As some commands, such as \hspace understand all of them, I would like to have a ...
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votes
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How to change the size of nodes?
How is it possible to change the size of a node, for example:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw node[fill,circle]{} (0,0);%
\end{tikzpicture}
How to make the circle smaller or larger?
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votes
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Big Parenthesis in an Equation
I have an equation contained inside \[...\], which automatically makes a \sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis. Any idea how to make ...
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votes
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Get the size that a figure is being rendered
Suppose I have a figure in my LaTeX document:
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{some_graphic}
\end{figure}
My question is pretty simple: Is there a way to get the size that some_graphic ...
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How to make math symbols bigger?
Is there a way to make math symbols bigger?
Reason: I've used \sfrac{q}{m}, and those symbols appear far to small, so I would like to make them a bit bigger.
edit: I just thought that \sfrac{q}{m} ...
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votes
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How to make a textbox with this TikZ code ?
I made this with TikZ :
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\def\banlen{3}
\xdefinecolor{mycolor}{RGB}{62,96,111} % Neutral Blue
\def\bancolor{mycolor}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0.25,0.25) rectangle (5,-2); %
...
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votes
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label in subcaption and customize cell size of an array
Using the following code
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\DeclareCaptionSubType*[arabic]{table}
\captionsetup[subtable]{labelformat=simple,labelsep=space}
...
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votes
1answer
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How to resize a line with the text height with TikZ?
I made a new style of quoting. But I have to put the line height and width of the quote manually. Someone have a solution for make a environment with just 2 or 3 parameters? The quote, the author ...
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votes
1answer
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Tikz - move/reposition arrow decorations (arrowhead length/size)
I'm trying to build a 'dimension line' macro for Tikz:
\documentclass{article}
% note: with \documentclass{minimal}, this example fails with:
% ! Undefined control sequence.
% ...
12
votes
4answers
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Creating stackoverflow like tags
I'm trying to create stackoverflow like tags. Currently I'm using an \fbox{text} to create the tags, which works, but not all boxes have the same height (it seems that letters like 'p' make a box take ...
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votes
1answer
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Resizing a table by textheight
Say, I have a table which doesn't fit on one page. Say, I don't want to use any special table types or so but want to solve the problem by using the \resizebox-command and keep my ratio.
If by using ...
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votes
3answers
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How to increase the size of first character in a chapter (Drop-Caps)
I would like to know how I can increase the size of the first alphabet of first paragraph of a chapter using (Xe/La/?)tex. Please look at the image shown below.
What is such an effect called? How ...
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votes
1answer
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Size of TikZ ellipse node
When I set the minimum size of an ellipse in a tikzpicture environment, it expands into a circle if the inner content does not grow as large as the ellipse shape itself.
Is there any way around it?
...
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votes
1answer
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Changing size of greek in mathmode with Times fonts
I'm using mathptmx to write a paper for a conference that wants Times. Everything seems to be working ok, except for the size of the greek letters in mathmode. The greek letters have a larger ...
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votes
1answer
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How to put part of a TikZ graphic into a box to measure its size
After adding support for tooltips today in pdfcomment (\pdftooltip) I wanted to make a TikZ example with tooltip annotations.
Within \pdftooltip the annotated element is set into a box to measure the ...
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votes
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Reduce size of \bullet character in lists
Example for a list using mdwlist:
\begin{itemize*}
\item First
\item Second
\end{itemize*}
The bullet symbol for the first level can be redefined with:
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$}
It ...
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votes
2answers
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How do I make one minipage the same size as another?
I'm writing a LaTeX document into which I want to put two boxes, in a row next to each other, which will contain varying length content.
I want each box to be the same height, and that height needs ...
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votes
1answer
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Big table with rotated column labels using booktabs
I'm trying to get a big table to fit into my document using the booktabs package, but it is too wide. An example of a couple of rows of the table is given below. I'm using the ...
