# All Questions

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### How do I insert double blank pages

I can insert one blank page successfully with \afterpage{\null\newpage} But I need two?
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### biblatex numeric style with author last name?

I am currently usign the numeric style in biblatex. This gives me the obvious result of [22] when I call \cite{Someone}. I would like to stick to the numeric style but also include the last name in ...
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### What does \flrow@restyle do?

For a long time, I had an issue when using the floatrow package together with the twocolumn option of the article class. I did solve the problem by trial and error but I'd like to understand what I ...
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### Using latexdiff in MikTeX

I am trying to use latexdiff to compare two .tex files, producing a .pdf with a markup similar to the "track changes" function in Microsoft word (see ...
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### LyX sync document settings of child documents with master especially concerning citation style

How can I make sure, that the document settings of a child document are compatible to the master document? Today I had a big hassle concerning citation: If I choose "citation style standard ...
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### TeX Live not compiling from TeXnicCenter

Due to problems with psfragfig and MiKTeX I wanted to switch to TeX Live and TeXnicCenter instead (on Windows 8). However it does not compile even the smallest MWE in TeXnicCenter. I always get the ...
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### Wrongly spaced words in thesis title

My problem relates to the "and graduation" part of the title below and would like more space between the two lines in the title. I'm using a template, could it be that that the "vertical space" ...
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### Vertical centering inside an overprint

Is there an "easy" way to vertically center stuff in an overprint environment? Based on the current answer, this is my test document \documentclass{beamer} \usepackage{listings} ...
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### Problem to show image. Error Bounding Box

I'm trying to add some images, but When i compile it, an error is shown, and in the PDF the images are not showed. Code I have used: \begin{figure}[!h] % h-here, t-top, b-bottom \begin{center} ...
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### Strange Activity with TexStudio after Installing Package

I'm writing a program in TexStudio which includes an algorithm/pseudocode. I used the second post here to help write the pseudocode. After installing the following packages: \usepackage{graphicx} ...
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### Compilation blocked with tikz

I'm writing figure with several segments, and it looks like tikz does not like it. So I added: \usepgfplotslibrary{external} ...
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### Command to disable environments [duplicate]

I have defined an environment called answer that displays the answer of a question of a test I'm supposed to prepare. However it is the idea to compile a version where the answers are displays and ...
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### Moving in TeXstudio on a Mac

is there a way to make TeXstudio's shortcuts behave as one would expect on OS X? In particular, Command+Left usually moves the cursor to the beginning of the line, but in TeXstudio it takes me left a ...
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### Latex font of IMRN papers [on hold]

What is the very particular (latex) font used for articles published by IMRN? Is it available somewhere? Thanks
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### using hyperref package when have only one appendix

I would like to have a text as "... (see Appendix)" where the word "Appendix" is a crossref and I have only one appendix. In the Appendix section, I want it to be shown as "Appendix: Explanation about ...
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### Undefined control sequence }

Latex compile my code and it's kinda ok, but I don't understand an error it gives me This is part of my code that doesn't work \documentclass[paper=a4, fontsize=12pt]{scrartcl} ...
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### Acronym capitalization not working in plural mode

I am using the glossaries package to manage acronyms and it seems like the combination of "use long form", "make first letter uppercase" and "use plural form" does not work (see MWP below): At first ...
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### background [v2.1] package extraneous output using backgroundsetup

While using the new background package (v2.1, 4 Mar 2014) with minimal LaTeX commands in \backgroundsetup, I receive a centered text as -1000pt in a classic "Draft" watermark style. I have tried ...
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### beamer, Horner with a tabular

I know there exists a standard code for a Horner scheme. But I would like to get the following tabular. I've got the next code but I can't find how I get that little vertical line at the right ...
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### How to manage bibliography files with a VCS while they're used by an external program?

I use Mendeley to organise citations. It exports a .bib file automatically to a folder on my Mac. I also have another .bib file that I use for other citations not stored in Mendeley (websites ...
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I am having trouble controlling the axes in pgfplots. I have defined an evironment for graphs \newenvironment{graph}[3][]{\begin{figure}[htp] \def\tempa{#1} %Saves caption since \end cannot take ...
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### Remove (a), (b) from subfigure numbering, but keep the subfigure caption?

I've a question on the labels in the subfigure environment. I would like to remove the (a) and (b) and insert something else instead. This 'new' caption is different for every subfigure and not a ...
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### Removing hyperref for acronym starred commands

In the acronym package, the starred commands \ac* and \acp* omit the acronym from the list of acronyms with option "printonlyused". My problem is that acronyms inserted like this are still hyperref ...
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### Copying latex from scanned book

Suppose I have a scanned book with equations, is there a convenient way to obtain latex that reproduces them?
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### How to preserve space when using an Overlay command in Beamer?

Into Beamer, I want to preserve the space when I replace an expression by another in a mathematics formula with the help of an Overlay command. For example, if we have in slide number 1 this formula: ...
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### \vphantom and superscripts

The superscripts position is exactly the same for these two statements: \vphantom{\int}^S and {}^S How can I get the superscript higher up?
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### Custom Compilation Messages

Is there a way to create custom compilation messages? For example \msg{Compiling Chapter 1} \input{chapter1.tex} \msg{Finished chapter compilation}
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### Inclusion of TikZ package changes page dimensions

For some reason, inclusion of the TikZ package in a document seems to change the page size: the bottom of the page is slightly shorter if TikZ is included. A minimal example is ...
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### My bibliography has 2 parts. How to get the name right?

I'm using the basic class article/scrartcl. I have a (manually created) bibliography which consists of 2 parts. I am able to add the different parts under different names into the TOC by ...
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### Enumerating inside a proposition and inside a proof

I have one problem with enumerating. The symbols for items look differently when the enumerating is done ''inside'' propositions from the enumerating done ''inside'' a proof. The code ...
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### Biblatex: Last name only in \footcite

How can I drop the authors first name in the following MWE? I have already suppressed the volume and pages of the entry. I just want this to read: Brav and Heaton (2002). Competing Theories of ...
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### Bibliography in the TOC of a book class without numbering

I'm using a template for a thesis, and it's a book class document. I'm adding bibliography with those two commands: \bibliography{bibliografia} \bibliographystyle{apalike} and it reads the ...
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### biblatex defernumbers per refsection

In one refsection of my document the references are grouped into categories by their keywords. Now I want to print the bibliography for every section based on the category of the citation, e.g. one ...
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### Makeindex without sorting

Can I use makeindex but without sorting? This question looks peculiar but I would like to use index while the index entries (for example \index{Peace} in the document) are already sorted correctly ...
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### Figure next to text in beamer

I can't get my code to do what I want. I'm working in beamer and I want to position my figure on the left side of the frame and the text next to it, but I would like to work with alineas in my text. ...
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### Fill the area under minimum of two functions using tikz and pgfplots

I am loading two curves from a file and plot them with \addplot table [...] {the table.txt}; I have managed to fill the area under a single curve, but I want the minimum of the two curves filled. What ...
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### How to modify \AtBeginLecture?

I am using beamer to pepare my lectures. I am using command \AtBeginLecture{\frame{some text... \insertlecture}} to insert a tile at the beginning of the lectures. This put the desidered text at ...
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### After changing Kate's LaTeX syntax highlighting file, syntax highlighting for LaTeX can not be selected anymore in Kile

I wanted to adapt the Kate LaTeX Syntax Highlighting file (in my case: /usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax/latex.xml), to have a different highlighting in Kile, as in the answer to disable syntax ...
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### Flowing environment alone without static content interaction

I see this My tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[framemethod=tikz]{mdframed} \mdfdefinestyle{ans}{ linecolor=cyan, backgroundcolor=yellow!20, frametitlebackgroundcolor=green!40, ...
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### How to make a change the reference style?

Now, I am using \bibliographystyle{aer}, but the editor asked me to change reference style to fit their journal, which is as follows. Before (based on AER style): Bastos, Paulo and Joana Silva, ...
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### How to let hidden line be displayed as dash style in pst-solides3d

I want to draw a tetrahedron and an arrow, and part of the arrow is inside of the tetrahedron. However, I'd like the inside part is displayed as dash line. How to do that? My code does not work. ...
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First of all, sorry about the poor title, but I searched for ten minutes and couldn't find a better one.. I'm using fancyhdr to set some custom headers and footer in my LaTeX document. I'd like to ...
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### Aligned and \left \right [duplicate]

The following aligned equation gives an error 'Extra }, or forgotten \right.': \begin{aligned} U&=\mathbb{R}^{M N}\\ V&=\mathbb{R}^{2 M N}\\ W&=\mathbb{R}^{4 M N}\\ ...
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### TexMaker not producing pdf output

I have tried everything I can find to do in the various answers to similar problems including changing the pdflatex path to my Miktex2.9 location here: "C:/Program Files (x86)/MiKTeX ...
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### Fill rectangle with custom image file

I found a piece of tikz code for drawing pyramids of rectangles taken from here. In my document I need to fill sloped rectangles with a specific image file. Here is the code: % Using signed distance ...
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With this preamble : \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{book} \usepackage[top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm,right=2.5cm,left=2.5cm]{geometry} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} ...
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### how to put odd number subfigures in multiple rows

There are five figures. Basically, I'd like them to displayed as following: |figure 1|figure 2| |figure 3|figure 4|figure 5| The first two figures are in the first row and the last three are ...
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### TeX causing run-on italicized sentences that break formatting

Total neophyte to TeX, trying to type up a term paper due tonight and I keep getting really weird errors during compile. I'm not sure if this question has been asked before, but I don't really know ...