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Long underscore in LaTeX
In LaTeX, how would I make a long underscore?
For example,
Name _______ Signature _______
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How can I have colored and underlined links with hyperref?
I would like the internal hyperlinks generated by hyperref to be colored and underlined.
Reading some of the package documentation, I know that these \hypersetup keys exist:
colorlinks: when ...
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How to replace a large block of text by an empty block of the same size?
I know there exists the \phantom command, but does it work on large blocks of text (containing several paragraphs or even several pages)?
What I want is to have some commands, call them \hide and ...
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Why does underlined text not get wrapped once it hits the end of a line ?
Sometimes I want to underline some text, and it extends past the end of a line. Why does \underline{} not automatically wrap my text for me ?
Also, how can I underline text so that it will still ...
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Recreating a logo (text around a circle)
My objective is to figure out how to put text around the circumference of a circle as shown below.
I have read Calligraphic logo in tikz which answer part of my question but not completely as ...
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Url with fragments in bold
I need to write document containing a lot of URLs but some fragments of these URLs have to be in bold. How can I accomplished this? For urls I use \nolinkurl but I can't use \bf in it.
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How do I write \underline text but with a dotted line
Like
Hello World
...........
or
Hello World
-----------
And not so
Hello World // \underline{Hello World}
___________ //
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Is it possible to have hyphenations in \underlined{text}?
In a document I was writing, I had some really long captions and I wanted to emphasize the important parts in them. I tried to use \underline{} but no hyphenation was used at both the caption and at ...
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underline omitting the descenders
I'm very well aware that it is considered best practice not to use underlining other than on typewriters and in handwriting. But sometimes it is needed nonetheless.
In my opinion the typographically ...
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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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Good Style of Creating a Signature all within LaTeX
I have a small task that involves trying to get a signature using LaTeX fonts. I want to be able to make the signature look as handwritten as possible (pen/marker) using the LaTeX fonts.
Also like to ...
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Strikethrough text
I am writing an article in LaTeX 2e. Part of the article describes the Sieve of Eratosthenes, and I want to show examples of how multiples of a prime are removed from the sieve by showing them in a ...
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Crossing out sentences
I had to cross out a sentence and I did it the following way, which is kinda sloppy.
$ ...
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Visualize index entries in the text?
When I ad an index entry using \index with all the options available for the "format" and "see", and cross-reference, I'd like to see at the place where I make the index entry how this specific entry ...
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How to fine tune rotation of text along circular path?
After searching the web and finally coming from here (recreating a logo), I couldn't find an answer to what I am looking for. I want to rotate a text inside a circle and have a full control/fine ...
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Put a slash through a word
I would like to write a word with a slash through it, using LaTeX (in text, not in math mode). That is, I want a line from the lower-left corner of the word through the upper-right. Is there a nice ...
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A thicker wave underline
I have found \uwave in the ulem package, and its definition in ulem.sty:
% Now define various special underlines. All the definitions go like
% \def \command {\bgroup \markoverwith{something} \ULon}
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How to create text with shadows?
This question led to a new package:
shadowtext
I used the following code:
\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage{pst-all}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{pst-3d,pst-text}
\usepackage{soul}
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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 ...
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Writing clean long underscores [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Long underscore in LaTeX
I'm writing a document in which I encourage the reader to "fill in the blanks" in order to be actively engaged with the proof.
Is there any way ...
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Outlined characters in Beamer
Following Outlined characters, you can make selectable outlined text using the contour package. For example, the following writes "Text text text contour text", with "contour" in green with a red ...
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a line after text?
I am not aware of having a text with a colon and a line as a command. Is this possible?
I am using the exam document class so I can use the \question command for the proper numbering.
example:
...
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How to write/draw over the figure with site specific locations in Latex
I wish to show some comment/text bubble on my picture in latex presentation. Kindly help me to write/comment on a included figure in latex.
