# All Questions

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### Converting latex margin notes to rtf/doc/odt margin notes

I am looking for any way to convert the margin notes I made in LaTeX (through \marginpar or the todonotes package, or anything similar) to show up as margin notes in a .doc or .rtf. Are there any ...
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### Which inputenc for these Latvian letters?

Minimal case \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \begin{document} diņš \end{document} which gives di only. How can you have those Latvian letters?
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### Where to find a comprehensive overview of the features of the ConTeXt cite command?

I need to use the \cite command in ConTeXt very often for in-text citations in APA format, in a wide range of forms, e.g.: (Author, YYYY) Author (YYYY) (Author, YYYY, p. n) Author (YYYY, p. n) ...
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### No first name in biblatex

With Biblatex, how to print the author name, in the bibliography, without their first name? I get Newton, I., G. W. Leibniz, and L. Euler (1600). Infinitesimal Analysis. But I want Newton, ...
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### Relating tree nodes in forest to content in a table

I want to draw the following figure: I now converted my trees to forest and the following code is what I have: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{forest} \forestset{ sn edges/.style={for ...
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### Love message at the end of a document after references with Teddy pictures? [duplicate]

I am trying to write a love message at the end. I tried \hfill\mbox thing but could not get them working as intended, see below and chat. It requires somehow making background images that go over the ...
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### Best practice for including standalone commented equations with tikz

I'm writing a document where there are some equations which I'm commenting with hf-tikz package. It needs two LaTeX compilations in order to get the right coordinates and to draw everything in the ...
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### Broken automatic line breaking in section titles when ulem and hyperref are used

I am trying to use the ulem package to underline section titles while still being able to have automatic line breaking: \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} \begin{document} ...
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### How can I make a whole listings line into a hyperlink?

Let's say I have a document with a listings. And I want to convert that listing into a hyperlink (e.g. to the source code). The first instinctive attempt will be something like: ...
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### Clipping 3D plots using pgfplots

This is a follow-up question to Plotting a function on a triangular domain using tikz. I am interested in plotting three functions on a triangular domain, specifically x*y ...
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### Custom Indentation

I am using the eledmac package to compose a document that will have verse interspersed with prose. Because of the way eledmac functions, I can't use the "verse" environment and have it come out ...
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### How to highlight variables in a \path?

Is there a way to highlight variables within a \path? For example in \path{$HOME/some/thing.txt} to highlight the$HOME part as Bash variable? Or do I have to use a listing environment for this?
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### align margin note to vertical center of text block or environment, with optional bar

Here is what I wish to achieve: section title as usual (optional) subsection in left-margin, aligned to top of its contents group of text/theorem/etc blocks within subsection margin note or label ...
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### How to set actual width for a rounded corners image using TikZ?

This question is closely related to LaTeX Photo With Rounded Corners. Suppose I want to put a rounded corners image in a marginnote, so the image fits the \linewidth of the margin. If I use the ...
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### Auto-complete feature for Texmaker citations

I have Texmaker 4.1.1 and autocomplete feature for citations doesn't work in it. I have my .bib file in the correct directory (the same as my .tex file), use biblatex, have added the command ...
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### How to enable the display of the page number on the first page after the Appendices title page(the page on which it says 'Appendices')?

I am using pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.6-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2014/dev) and I want to make myself a report template. The problem that I have, besides not knowing TeX/LaTeX inner workings, is with the ...
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### How to have several overleftarrows of same height and length [on hold]

I want to put arrows on top of various pieces of several formulas but I want the arrows to be of the same size and height. What is a good solution? For example consider \overleftarrow{x} \quad ...
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### Using the fonts from the pxfonts package with fontspec

I've been using the pxfonts package to typeset my document since I liked the look of the text fonts. I now have cause to use the fontspec package but now my favoured pxfonts don't load. I'm getting ...
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### Change the sans serif math font

I would like to change the sans serif math font to, say, Kurier, while keeping the roman font as the default. In other words, I'd like to change the font that is used with \mathsf whithout affecting ...
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### How do i type the symbol in tex? [duplicate]

How do i type the symbol in attached file?
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### Vanilla TeXlive and wxMaxima on Ubuntu

In order to install vanilla texlive (thanks for the excellent tutorial), I removed everything tex from Ubuntu, including wxmaxima. Now, when I want to install wxmaxima again, it also wants to install ...
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### how to raise superscript inside overline?

I want to N squared inside overline. The superscript in $\overline{N^2}$ is too low. How to raise superscript higher? Thanks
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### Problem with inserting the symbols \times and \omega when using arabi package

Is it impossible to insert the mathematical symbol \times when using the arabi package? After compiling A\times B it becomes AB and the sign \times disappears See the example below. ...
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### Difference between biblatex and biber?

When I execute with biblatex, I have the cite reference :year and author as a single link. See the code below: \documentclass[smallextended]{article} % onecolumn (second format) ...
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### Transform defined coordinates in TikZ

Say I have a triangle with vertices defined using \coordinate (a) at (0,0); \coordinate (b) at (1,0); \coordinate (c) at (0,1); Let us denote by T(x,y) the triangle defined by (a),(b) and (c) which ...
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### How to list acronyms without actually citing in the main document using acro package

I want some of the acronyms, listed in a file, to be listed while I don't want them to appear in the main document. It is not possible using \ac{}, \ac*{} (Using acro package). How to do it? Please ...
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### Indentation problem with the 'para' option of bigfoot

Continuing the questions concerning the layout of footnotes for a critical edition, I am reporting the last issue I am facing. I am using the para option of the bigfoot package to typeset the ...
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### Set image to full all available space in Beamer (without overlapping other elements)

I want to have an image take up as much as possible of the content area in a beamer presentation, without overlapping the title, the sidebars, or the footers. How can I achieve this? The code below ...
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### amsmath matrix vs loading the array package

Here is an interesting interaction. Consider the example below. When ever the array package is loaded, extra space appears on the right in the output. Any ideas as to why? ...
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### How to draw multi row multi colum table with many filelds

I need to create a table of the type given below. But I am not getting this. Could anyone here help me? Thank you
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### \cite doesn't work

If I use \citeA{Rannenberg} it works, but with \cite{Rannenberg} I get the error: ("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\BA Test\chapters/test.tex" Kapitel 1. Class scrbook Warning: ...
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### Centering Xcircuit Figure

Hi I am using a program called xcircuit to make circuit diagrams and I cant seem to get the figure centered. I have tried \begin{center}, \centering. I have tried messing with \flushleft but it needs ...
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### \pstSetAbsoluteOrigin Adds Space Before Section

As soon as I execute \pstSetAbsoluteOrigin a space is been added before the section. Is this normal, am I doing something wrong? I would expect the position of the first section no to be influenced ...
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### Did anybody succeed in opening a text file at a certain line from a PDF link?

In my attempt to clarify some inconclusive topics and a part of the series "did anybody succeed" (e.g. Did anyone succeed in playing embedded movies inside Acrobat in Linux?), here it is a new ...
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### Big \sum instead of small \sum in array environment

\begin{align*} \begin{array}{c} \min \: A = \min \: \sum_{i\in B} C_i \\ \\ \min \: D = \min \: \sum_{i\in B} \pi_i \cdot F_i \end{array} \end{align*} See http://i.stack.imgur.com/TFIfY.png for an ...
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### Plotting a function on a triangular domain using pgfplots

I would like to draw a function on a triangular domain using tikz. For example, I would like to draw the function x*y on (-1, -1) -- (-1, 1) -- (1, -1). This is a MWE for the rectangular domain (-1, ...
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### why does my url address has /#!/ character, [on hold]

Please need your help, wondering why won't work my link page and has /#!/ character in between of the my url address, and does work link to open the page by using google chrome browser. Please help. ...
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### Prevent LaTeX to break an inline math equation

I hope this question was not asked before. At least I haven't found it. I have an inline math equation and LaTeX is breaking it into two parts. In this case I'd prefer to have the whole and short ...
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### How can I write a cursive letter k in math?

Using amsmath, writing $\ell$ produces a cursive lowercase letter l. I would like to have a reasonably matching cursive lowercase letter k, available through \kay e.g., so that I can write things ...
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### Why does not \spaceskip work inside a TikZ node?

In my document, I need to increase \spaceskip in order to inject more space between words to make them more readable. However, the setting does not seem to apply to text that's inside a TikZ node: ...
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### Character clash in ToC with long chapter numbers

I need to change \thechapter into something that spans several characters. Doing so mixes up characters in my customized table of contents (as well as the ordinary ToC). Here's an example: Here's ...
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### How to create a newcommand with knitr?

I am using knitr and I'd like to make some new commands to combine common tasks into one, e.g. \newcommand{\numps}[1]{\numprint{\Sexpr{#1}}} so that I can do something like \numps{pi}. I can't seem to ...
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### 2 Arabic words just using Babel Arabic and Roman letters

I need to put the Arabic words for deaf and restoration into an English language book review. I know what these should look from the book under review, but I can't find a guide for the Roman letters ...
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### how do I create a complete graph in tikz?

I have the following code that I created: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[->] \node[label=west:$s$,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt] (n0) at (-1,1) ...
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### Can't write on file in Xelatex

The code is: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} hello world \end{document} WinEdt in WIN7 Error messages: Command Line: xelatex.exe --interaction=errorstopmode --synctex=1 ...
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### Can TeX produce an expanded TeX as an output format similar to PDF?

Can TeX produce an expanded version of TeX in which all the variables in TeX has been resolved? I suppose TeX4ht is doing something like that but I want all the linebreaks and pagebreaks (see related ...
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### Can TeX tell me where it is breaking the lines and pages?

I am looking for TeX to tell me where in the TeX file it has broken the lines and pages. I put \label in every word or even character and then it does tell me something but sometimes it is still ...
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### Strange preamble for a thesis or this is normal?

I have a somewhat strange template that I should use for submit my dissertation for the speciality. I put the code as a minimal working example for you to see: ...