# All Questions

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### How to resize arrow head Bar?

Consider the following MWE: \documentclass[tikz,border=3mm]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,arrows.meta} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[>=angle 90 ] \draw[|<->|] ...
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### Nested parenthesis automatic indentation in equation

Here is some code that produces a display equation with nested parentheses indented to different depths. \documentclass{amsart} \begin{document} \begin{align*} (\exists d) &\biggl( ...
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### Cannot find TeX Live root using kpsewhich, when updating MacTeX [duplicate]

I was trying to update my MacTeX this afternoon. However, TeX Live Utility complained that it couldn't find TeX Live root using kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT. I checked this in the Terminal, ...
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### TexStudio, MiKTeX and Sumatra; Compilation Issue

All is in place: latest version of TexStudio, latest version of MiKTeX (I chose the installation for my 64x windows 8.1), and latest version of SumatraPDF. I installed every package by hand which ...
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Here is an example with modern cv : \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv} \moderncvstyle{casual} \moderncvcolor{blue} \usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry} ...
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### Missing end statement in algorithm2e environment

I used \SetKwProg{myproc}{Procedure}{}{} for starting my pseudo-code with Procedure keyword. But its end statement (the last end in pseudo-code) is not appear in the result pdf. So how can i bring it? ...
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### Make list of indexed keywords for each section

I made an index in my document with the makeidx package and \index{} command. Now I would like to summarize all indiced entries in front of each section which are used in the section. Is that ...
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### Subscript glyphs in OpenType math fonts. Where are they?

This is a follow-up to this question. The accepted answer tells me that OpenType math fonts typically include (in the same font file) optically scaled glyphs for script and script script sizes. I ...
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I use this piece of code to add a subhead (usually a quick reference) in my notes: \newcommand{\mysection}[2]{\section[#1]{#1\\*[.6ex]\normalsize\textit{#2}}} I'd like to make the subtitle hanging ...
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I got this error while running my tex file in XeLaTeX. For recovering this i install fonts by running following code : sudo apt-get install texlive-full sudo apt-get install ...
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### How can I make scheme Multiply Polynomials?

I want to create a scheme of coefficients of Multiply Polynomials P(x) = x^2 + 2x + 3 and Q(x) = 4x^2 + 5x + 6 as this picture By my hand, I tried \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} ...
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### How to specify bookmark and TOC title separately

I customize a dash symbol \newcommand{\shortdash}{\rule[.7ex]{0.5em}{0.5pt}} to minimize the space around when typesetting in non-english situation. When I used it in \section, it works in text and ...
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### Picture and Table centered alignment

this looks messy right now. How can i achieve the following: Caption of picture is centered under the picture and caption of table is centered under the table. Both captions are on the same vertical ...
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### LaTeX beamer slideshow presentation

When I export a beamer presentation, I get a .pdf file. Now I want to present it slide by slide like a powerpoint slideshow presentation, but I'm not sure what the best way to do so is. I can't find ...
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### list of figure and list of tables simple style

I'm trying to keep the same settings of the table of contents, list of figure and list list of table. For the table of contents I used this code to modify the style: \usepackage{titletoc} ...
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### I want to reset the question numbering under each section?

I am using exsheets to type questions and answers. When I start a new section, the question number continues from the previous one. How do I reset it it and make it start from number 1 again? Here is ...
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### PGFPlot equally spaced coordinates

how can i make the plot that the provided x-coordinates are separated visually with the same distance. So instead of 0 500 1000 1500 2000 there should be 0 10 20 50 100 200 ... and the second thing ...
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### Defining Moleskine paper colour

I use Moleskine journals and I really like the colour of the paper. I find it quite good for the eyes compared to the pure white, nonetheless I have no idea how to reproduce this color in LaTeX. An ...
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### Question marks showing up while trying to reference equation [duplicate]

Similar questions have been asked, but I've found them to be of no help. When I try to reference an equation in texstudio, all I get is ?? An example of code I have inserted which does this (I have ...
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### Problem with the numbering of figures [duplicate]

I'm trying to use the reference of a figure, but numbering is not correct. Every figure that I use as a reference, account as Figure 3 and I dont know why. I'm using \documentclass{article} and this ...
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### Separate bibliography for articles

I have a bibliography that mixes every refrence type (mostly books and articles together). Now, I would love to be able to separate only the articles from the rest and display them under a separate ...
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### pgf plot and foreach loop

I have this function y=a*x^2 where a changes (-2.4,-2.1,-1.8,....,2.1,2.4) and i want to draw it with pgf plots. Problem is i dont know how to implement this i think i'll need foreach loop or ...
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### etaremune fails: “undefined control sequence”

I'm having a perhaps embarassingly simple problem with the package etaremune. It seems to crash both latex and pdflatex with a command derived from xkeyval. Here's the .tex file that crashes for me: ...
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### TikZ binomial distribution plus Gaussian approximation

My intention is to draw the probability function of a binomial distribution with trials = 20 and probability = 0,4. Then i wanna add the curve of an approximate gaussian curve in the same plot. How ...
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### How to measure the distance of two points? [duplicate]

My question is this. Is there a way to measure the distance of two points? (The points are drawn with TikZ.) Thank you for your answer.
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### Help with citation [duplicate]

I would like to cite this article from the web: https://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/iree/v4n2/grimes.htm This is what I have in the body: \indent The proportion of students cheating in schools vary ...
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### Does LaTeX really perform worse than Word? [on hold]

A new study in PLOS ONE1 concludes that even novice MS Word users perform better than expert LaTeX users in document creation. I have read the article and I feel like I have identified some flaws in ...
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### Error produced in citation with agsm style

My citations are not defined according to the log but then appear in this strange form in my biblography. This is the Code I use: \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} ...
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### Change reference style

I usually find references directly through Web of Science search in Endnote and make my references list. Then each Endnote record contains some unnecessary information such as DOI, URL and notes. ...
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### How to check conflicts happening between packages

I am not sure whether there are many people having the same problem with me or not. The thesis includes several of the .tex files as chapters, sections, parts, etc. Now I would like to refine or add ...
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### How can I remove the footnote box with acm_proc_article-sp.cls? [on hold]

I am having to use the acm_proc_article-sp.cls but I do not need the footnote box on the bottom left of the first page. Since we do not have anything to fill it with, it just leaves a white space ...
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### Using authblk package automated count on affil command

I am using \usepackage[noblock]{authblk} package. My requirement is I that I do not give any parameters "1" in \affil command. I am give \affil{address text here}. The number is automatically ...
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### Separate centering of table number and caption

Hi I want my table header to look like this: so with the table count centered on top and a header followed by a description. My current output looks like this: Please note that arabic number ...
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### A lot of unexpected spaces between paragraph after inserting colorbox

I have a problem as shown in the attached picture. I guest that it comes from colorbox inside minipage. My document is a thesis of more than 150 pages. When I test this piece of latex code ...
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### Package to design page on a grid layout (JL Doumont approach)

I am really thrilled by JL Doumont approach re the design of a page layout based on a grid system as detailed in his talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkBCeOBbAmM). I started to think about using ...
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### How to cleanly post-process PDF compilation in AUCTeX and ESS?

This question is somewhat related to this one, but separate. Thanks to Jan Gleixner's utility, One can obtain synchronization between a source foo.Rnw compiled by knitr and the resultant foo.pdf. ...
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### How can I have automatic line breaks in a multirow inside a tabularx?

I want that the table fits the page, but by default the table is too wide. I already tried tabularx, but now the rows that use a multirow aren't high enough. This is my code right now: ...
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### creating a background for a group of nodes

How can I put a background for a group of nodes (but the group of nodes is created before drawing the background). The problem is that if I draw a rectangle before creating the group (i.e. before ...
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### Need to create table in latex below, kindly help out

Kindly help me to create table as specified
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### Is there an outline version of Concrete Roman Slanted Condensed font?

I can't figure out whether any of the packages like beton, concmath, ccfonts or concrete have an outline version of the Concrete Roman Slanted Condensed (ccslc9) font. Concmath documentation have a ...
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### How to get references at the end of each chapter?

I want to get references at the end of each chapter. references are in bib files. Please help me. I also want to write the title of each chapter. \documentclass[twoside]{book} ...
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### Auctex evince synchronization problematic with accented characters in file paths

I recently stumbled on this nice problem (bug ?) : I can use evince to visualize foo.pdf output from LaTeX obtained in AUCTeX and Synctex synchronization,as long as none of the files referenced in ...
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### Is it possible to define shortcuts in text mode

I want to learn if it is possible to define some short cuts in text mode. For example instead of typing "topological vector space", "monotone convergence theorem" etc. each time in a text, is there a ...
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### Positioning a node with respect to a group of nodes

I have a set of nodes that is generated by a macro, and I would like to position a node with respect to the north, west, south of this set of nodes. In my example I would for instance like to position ...
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### List and Sub-list align with n number column automatically

I have using enumitem package for list alignment. How do split the list in 2 columns or 3 or 4 columns (i.e. upto textwidth) and how do align list with sublist as per below image: My MWE is: ...
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### frenchb/babel has no effect

As the title indicates, loading the frenchb/babel with \usepackage[frenchb]{babel} does not properly format my document for french typography and special characters ('é' is replaced with 'Ã©', etc...) ...
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### Append verbatim material to a file

I am using the fancyvrb package. I'd like to create a verbatim-like environment that does the following two things: 1) Append the verbatim material as-is to a file that has already been opened. 2) ...
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### Shorten line without moving arrowtip in PGF 3.0

I have this arrow style in PGF/TikZ 3.0: \tikzset{myline/.style={double distance=0.8pt, line width=0.4pt, -{>[length=2.5pt,width=4pt]}}} It produces this result: As you can see, the double ...