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Testing and modifying white space around an environment

I'm trying to create something similar to marginpar but without the hassle of floats (particularly because I'm going to have a lot of these). First issue These notes always appear at the beginning of ...
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How to reduce the margins and spacings in this document

I'm using the res.cls to create a one-page CV (I know, res.cls is old, but I prefer its layout). Since the CV is one-page only, I need to squeeze some more space for its content. This is what I have ...
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Rubber margins in chapters

I couldn't find a Google hit with what I need (try: LaTeX rubber margins). So, is it possible to stretch left/right margins, within defined acceptable limits, so that pages are filled optimally? I'm ...
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How to preserve relative spacing when changing paper size in beamerposter. (margins too big)

I recently made a poster in LaTeX using the beamerposter package, it was 48x36 inches, and came out great. I now need to re-print the poster in a smaller size. (36x24 inches) I realize that this ...
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Top-aligned table cells with different font sizes and controlled spacing

I am trying to achieve a table where a few things have to work simultaneously. Several of these things have been discussed before, but I have been unable to make everything work at once (and some ...
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Need help making sure a given thesis template is in line with my uni's style requirements (margin, spacing, font, etc)

I'm still in the process of getting Sunil Patel's Thesis Template.zip primed for writing. I've just overcome the unicode trouble and now need to make sure the template's in line with my university's ...
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How to move frame down in LaTeX?

I am writing one article using top and bottom margin. \usepackage[top=.5cm, bottom=.8cm, left=1cm, right=1cm, includefoot,showframe]{geometry} I observe some spacing between frame and footer ...
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Problem with content location with standalone package

I'm trying to create multiple pages with varying page heights using the standalone package. When I try to run my file (using XeLaTeX on a mac) the content gets shifted up and to the left so that it's ...
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How can get rid of margins and minimize white space to fully use a page in LaTeX?

I want to create a formulary in LaTeX. I can use it at the exam and it has do be at maximum a page recto-verso. I don't want margins (little margins for the print, no more). I want to minimize the ...
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Subtract height from column

The following latex example is kicking the third table down to the second page. But I don't need it on the second page, I need it all on the first and currently it's set at 3.5in but I really need it ...
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Adjusting the book document class for large volume writings

Given that my writing is relatively large in volume, I would like to make more efficient use of space. I therefore set \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}, but I suppose that there is a way to use a ...
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Two margin woes

I have two problems with my margins. One is that when I print the margins, I can't seem to get them to come out properly. I have \usepackage[top = 1in, bottom = 1in, left = 1.5in, right = ...
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(Badge printing) Why is there a margin in my framebox? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where are the necessary places to be appended with % to remove unwanted spaces? I am trying to create a LaTeX template for badge printing (for a conference), based on ...
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Adjusting bottom margin

I added the preamble: \usepackage[inner=2.5cm,outer=3cm,bottom=2cm,top=2cm]{geometry} But it produces weird spacings like this: It seems the problem occurs because the bottom margin is forced to ...
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Remove vertical space at start of latex document

I have this test file which is supposed to put Hello there. near the top of the page but it does not work in so far as there is still tons of vertical space at top. How can I fix this? ...
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How to have two left margins at different points on one page? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I change the margins for only part of the text? I have managed to get what I want with changepage, but was wondering if there is an easier or more elegant way to ...
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How to make a document occupy more pages?

As opposed to this question: Squeezing scientific paper to fit within page limits, I would like to find as many ways to make a document become longer without adding any real text. The motivation for ...
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Making a LaTeX document appear as though it were typeset in MS Word

I am typesetting a document in LaTeX for which I have been given exact specifications that are intended for an MS Word-processed document (single-sided, single-spaced, 0.75 inch margins, no more than ...
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argument in \begin{subtable}

I use \begin{subtable}{.5\textwidth}...\end{subtable} to produce two (or more) subtables side by side (from the subcaption package). But I don't understand what {.5\textwidth} means. I tried different ...
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Problem with continuation of TOC in Memoir Class [closed]

This is basically continuation of earlier questions. I managed to fix (brute force) most issues. This one effects continuation pages of TOC, TOF, and chapters pages after the first. I assume it is the ...
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How do I remove the occasional vertical space at the top of the page? [closed]

I have a one-inch top margin, which works fine. BUT, if I have a page that's particularly empty (because LaTeX decides not to start a new section toward the bottom of the page), all the text on the ...
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Margins from the column separator

If the text in both columns end and begin too close from the column separator, how do I increase the margin from it? Change from: | #Text#######|#Text####### | % (Bad, too close to column separator) ...
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\fbox command destroys margin

I included a graphic the following way: \includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{questionnaire1.png} Then I changed it so that a frame is drawn around the graphic: ...