{templates} is about templates built on {document-classes} to provide the basis for a particular document type. Questions with this tag should be about the features of the template, not the underlying class.
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LaTeX template for resume/curriculum vitae
If you have a TeX'ed resume, did you use a template or make your own? Are there any useful packages? What looks the most professional? How about special considerations for different areas of work ...
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How do you draw the “snake” arrow for the connecting homomorphism in the snake lemma?
How does one draw the "snake" arrow for the connecting homomorphism when using the snake lemma?
I'd also be interested in drawing similar arrows act as "carriage returns" when considering a long ...
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LaTeX templates for writing a thesis
Aside from CTAN, what are good resources/repositories for Latex templates? In particular, I'm looking for some pretty Thesis templates (I'm familiar with classicthesis)
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Working with templates
I have just read the wonderful article LaTeX templates and realized that I have tried to practice this approach but there is one technical aspect which I don't know how to tackle. I am talking about ...
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How can I contribute to CTAN?
I have create a template and some macros I would like to share. How can I contribute them to CTAN?
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Where to find custom beamer themes
I don't like default beamer themes very much.
Where could I find some custom beamer themes?
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how to create a template or document class for latex?
I need to write a document class or template, as for an article, letter, etc. Is there software for this? How do I set it up so that anyone can use my class just like \documentclass{article}?
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LaTeX template for a technical reference manual / user guide?
I'm looking to use LaTeX for my technical documentation needs (such as reference manuals, user guides, etc). Could I use your template to quickly get started in order to avoid being overwhelming by ...
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Is there a good document template for making business cards?
Is there a good document template for making business cards?
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Questionnaire template?
Is there a template available that allows me to create questionnaires like this one?
http://www.ergo-online.de/site.aspx?url=html/software/verfahren_zur_beurteilung_der/fragebogen_isonorm_online.htm
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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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Implementing line-based corporate design in LaTeX
I would like to implement a line-based corporate design in LaTeX. This question is kind of a follow-up question to my earlier question How to write a report template to match corporate design.
I have ...
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Business letter template with letterhead on the side
Is there a template for a letter that allows for the letterhead to have some of its elements on the side (in the left/right margin) in a vertical column or sidebar including a business logo?
Somewhat ...
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Template for a book for children
I intend to (write and) typeset in LaTeX one or more books for my almost-4 child. They would be books telling a fairy tale (or the labours of Hercules, say) with one sentence and a large illustration ...
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LaTeX template gallery
I know that there's CTAN but I would like to know if any LaTeX template gallery (commercial or not) exists on the web. I mean something where I have some PDF examples that I could preview, and a ...
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Looking for Cover letter template
I'm looking for cover letter template which would fit with this CV, PDF here. Can anyone suggest anything similar to that (just a regular cover letter, sender's address on top right, recipients lower ...
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Painless Memoir Class Book Template
I would like to find a memoir class book template that has the basic features of a book already configured (with dummy type, dummy figures, etc.) that compiles properly, so I can just start writing ...
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Where can I find a `datasheet' document class or a tutorial on how to create one?
I'd like to be able to make a datasheet for a module that I'm building. By datasheet, I mean a document containing:
A title page, with the primary features, applications, and an application block ...
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How do I go about typesetting a Genkou Youshi page?
I wanted to create a simple sort of template, for printing and then using by hand.
The one I want to create is called Genkō yōshi (原稿用紙, "manuscript paper"), which is nothing more than those squares ...
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How to disable automatic indentation on new paragraphs?
I'm using a template that I can't/shouldn't modify. This template forces that every time a new paragraph begins, there is an indentation added. In some rare cases this is just looking really ugly and ...
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Creating a complex template
I would like to create a complex template for documentation as a document class.
I should be able to define my text fields (for instance, \documentNumber, \projectTitle). My class should be flexible ...
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Template for cheat sheet
I have been working with LaTeX for a couple of years but I don't know anything about pure TeX.
I find this LaTeX cheat sheet useful to remember some commands. So I'd like to have a LaTeX template for ...
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Directory organization with multiple papers that share files
Being a PhD student, I have written/will write several papers. Most of them share a common bibliography file and some styles, so I created a directory tree like this:
publications/
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LaTeX template for writing a novel
I'd like to use LaTeX to write a novel. Could you recommend me any template?
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Uneven text distribution with two-column layout
I am comfortable with creating basic LaTeX documents and making minor modifications to templates I can find online, but not much more. The Oxford Bioinformatics journal has an awesome template here ...
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How to include font into document?
I have a template that use Frutiger Font. But I think the font is not correctly included because while generating the document I get various font errors and the last one:
LaTeX Font Warning: Some ...
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Creating static head title for a document class
I am making my own document class in LaTeX but I have a problem on how will I make this title appear automatically when my class is used.
Should I code it this way?
\AtBeginDocument{%
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Lyx Templates site
Does anyone know of a site which collates Lyx templates and provides previews of how they look?
I don't just mean thesis layouts but also letters, essays and all sorts.
Many thanks in advance.
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Anyone know a good template for formal letters?
Occasionally, I write letters that I actually print out and send by snail mail :).
I'd like them to look as formal as possible. Archaic (pre-typewriter) Dutch customs require the sender's address to ...
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Preparing cheat sheets
Are there any templates, document classes for preparing cheat sheets?
If not, what would make it easy to produce such documents?
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How to write a LaTeX class file for my thesis
I want to design a new LaTeX for my college thesis, so that all students could use it. I have decent understanding of how LaTeX works.
I am looking for some nice article explaining how to write a ...
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Template for a German CV with moderncv
I currently need to write a CV in German and decided to with moderncv.
I find the class quite good. One issue I have is that the content and style of a German CV can be quite different than one for ...
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What's a good typewriter template?
I'm searching for a template which makes a document look like it's written with a real typewriter. Ideally, this means it's not only in mono-spaced font, but the hyphenation is adjusted accordingly. ...
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Nice looking invoices
Do you know of any nice looking invoice LaTeX template/class. I would like to create a web invoice engine (maybe on top of the scribtex engine) that compiles for me an invoice using the LaTeX engine ...
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Europass CV in (Xe)LaTeX
I was requested to re-write my CV in the Europass format, and I would like to do it using (preferably) XeLaTeX. I came across the europecv package, which seems to do the job just fine, but I would ...
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Code improvement and suggestions in template
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,twoside,letterpaper]{report}
\usepackage[text={4.95in,7.5in},centering,bottom=1.5in,showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
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Best LaTeX Templates for books and lecture notes
I have written and submitted a lectures series in mathematics in arXiv, arXiv:1211.3404. Its format is book, but I have some difficulties with it. For example for page numbering, indexing, etc. I am ...
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Technical documentation and/or book templates?
I'm just getting started with LaTeX and wanted to see some templates for technical documentation and/or books. I'm writing a small book about PHP and wanted to use LaTeX with it, but i wanted to have ...
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Cornell Notes - A lyx or latex solution needed
I teach academic writing to computing students and one of the tasks they have to carry out is to compile a set of research notes which can then be developed into an essay. I find that the Cornell ...
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LaTeX template for book reading?
Is there any LaTeX template such that in each section I can write down my reading notes ......?
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Class file for Homework/Assignments
I was wondering if there is a good general purpose homework class file/template out there. I want to use it for classes. Generally, math-centered courses. I would like if there was syntax highlighting ...
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Good LaTeX template for book about maths
As I want to write a short "book" about Analysis I would like to work with a template which is good enough for readability, looks good and furthermore can handle dozens of my theorems, axioms, ...
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How to create Page-a-Day Calendar Template
Recently I got a page a day for math Puzzles. I was wondering if there is a LaTeX Template out there.
I am trying to learn new Language and for that I thought to create page a day calender. Any help ...
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Use g-brief address field layout to produce labels
I have a number of letters created with the document class g-brief and would like to generate labels (does not have to be automatic; cut-and-paste would be ok for now) from the address used in each ...
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Is there a common pgfplots styles/templates repository
I (try to) use the same plot layout in pgfplots everytime. I keep having to input the same details and although I do my best to cut and paste, it would be great if there were a simple set of chart ...
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Template which can change
This question might be too general, but is something I thought about because I needed this in several different situations.
What I would like is to have a document of "problems" which I can solve. In ...
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How to customize the standard report template
I am tired of writing company reports using MS Word, so I am looking for a way to define a custom template that follows the company branding. Basically what I would need to define is the following:
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Software Requirements Specification with LaTeX
Are there anybody who uses LaTeX to produce quality Software Requirements Specification documents?
If yes, do you have any template which you can share?
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europecv and biblatex compatibility problem
I use the europecv class and I'd like to use my biblatex bibliographies inside. It turns out that europecv needs the ucs package which is incompatible.
Any idea how to deal with this problem?
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Subcaption package: compatibility issue
There is a compatibility problem between the CIFA document class
and the subcaption package.
When I compile the following example (with PDFLaTex):
\documentclass{cifa}
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