# All Questions

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### pdfpages & includepdf not working

I compiled the following file (through MiKTeX which I have just updated all files), and I do not get the junk.pdf file inserted. \documentclass{report} \usepackage{pdfpages} \begin{document} qwe ...
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### Table of Figures

Is there a nice way to include multiple figures in the format of a table? I want it to look something like the following mock-up (pardon my terrible MS Paint skills), and am willing to include any ...
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### Why doesn't latexmk handle errors in the preamble?

Today I discovered that if I have an error in the preamble of my tex file then Latexmk produce an error only once. Precisely, for example if my file looks like this \documentclass{article} ...
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### Manually installed TexLive on Fedora 16

I manually installed TexLive on Fedora 16 because I need to use tlmgr and install some packages. Now I want to get Texmaker, which I installed with yum, to work with the manually installed TexLive ...
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### Remove the header of List of Listings

I'm using classichtesis and I would like to remove the header of List of Listings. Before posting here, I tried the following strategies: The command \renewcommand\lstlistlistingname{}, suggested ...
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### unicode-math and braces scaling

I am trying to create a minimal lualatex distribution, and hence try to eliminate as much non OTF fonts as possible (I try to get rid of the .afm, .pfb, .map, etc files to save space). Everything is ...
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### How to create a 'fact box' or pull quote that is tied to the margins of your page?

I'd like to accomplish the following: Ut convallis libero in ------------------- urna ultrices accumsan. | | Donec sed odio eros. | "an important | Donec viverra mi quis ...
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### What is your favorite Emacs and/or AUCTeX command/trick?

What is your favorite Emacs and/or AUCTeX command/trick? The point here is that I don't know what I don't know. I'm an Emacs and AUCTeX user looking to improve my Emacs & AUCTeX use, especially ...
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### Inline equation in latex with text

Hi I want to write an inline equation with some texts like Amplitude = 0.3 * Max_Amp_Of_Signal How can I do it with LaTeX?
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### TikZ Region bounded by points

I have a set of points. I would like to "enclose" the points by a region. Since a picture is worth a thousand words: The dots are the points I want to enclose. I want the ability to control the ...
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### What is a suitable package for drawing term algebra style trees

I want to be able to draw something like nested triangles that are arranged in a tree-like fashion. Or explicitly, a node of a tree is represented as an isosceles triangle pointed upward. Each ...
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### unicode-math and amsmath incompatible

When I compile the following mwe with xelatex, I am told: ERROR: LaTeX Error: Command \dddot already defined. --- TeX said --- Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual. l.571 ...
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### SumatraPDF Inverse Search

I wanted to set the SumatraPDF Inverse-Search option on Inlage, according to instructions on this page. For some reason, my "options" menu ends at "Make SumatraPDF my default PDF reader" and doesn't ...
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### Vertical centred alignment of text in table cell

I would like to know how to put vertical centered text inside a table cell. The problem with m column type is that i'm actually using tabularx to auto detect the width of the columns ...
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### TikZ Automata Make An Arrow To Nowhere

I have the following TikZ code: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,automata} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[shorten >=1pt,node ...
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### Error with \foreach in TikZ

In the MWE below \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \foreach \i in {0, 1, 2, 3} \draw (\i, 0) rectangle +(0.5, 0.5); % \draw (\i, 1) rectangle ...
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### How to make onecolumn/twocolumn parts in a document class?

I have a simple document class adapted from article, but independent (.cls file). The document is twocolumn, but when I add a title with \newcommand\maketitle{\begin{titlepage}% \begin{center}% ...
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### Greek characters in normal and sans serif math mode

Here's a simple demonstration program: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} \DeclareMathVersion{sans} \SetSymbolFont{letters}{sans}{OT1}{cmss}{m}{sl} \begin{document} \[ x ...
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### Remove page number from index entries

My indexed terms are hyperlinks (to external files -- see question listed below), so the page numbers are really not useful information. Hece I would like to be able to remove the page number (and the ...
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### How can I prevent a new paragraph between two \input commands?

I want to use the command \input{} to insert two textfiles, text1.tex and text2.tex, into my latex working file. I want these two textfiles to produce one single paragraph when I am compiling my ...
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### About some shortcuts used in LyX

Please tell me how to use shortcuts in LyX to implement the codes below $\sum\limits_{\substack{0<k<p\\\gcd\left( k,p\right) =1}}$ Notice that do not use the function of inserting TeX code ...
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### Convince employer to use TeX over MS Word [closed]

I would not be surprised if this was closed because it isn't considered constructive. So lets all dispense with the fanboi comments. I have read a few of the posts on this site. I am in a struggle ...
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### Highlight a table row with a rectangular overlay

I am trying to highlight the row of a table by drawing a rectangle over that row. A wrinkle is that the code for the table is pre-written from external statistical software and then included in the ...
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### Decreasing the outer margin

How can I decrease the outer margin for the pages of my memoir book, without decreasing the inner margin? I want to alter the settings I already have, given here: \documentclass[10pt]{memoir} ...
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### Alignment of colorbar with colorbar to name

I am trying to make a group of plots with groupplots sharing the same colorbar and the same y axis. An example: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepgfplotslibrary{groupplots} ...
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### Problem to print a pdf [closed]

The problem appears with two Lexmark printers. A friend compiled this example of my package tkz-euclide: \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor} ...
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### setting section number, etc with counter

Originally, I have these types of numbering: \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition} \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma} ...
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### Beamer: increase radius of circle in TOC and include subsection bullet

I am trying to increase the radius of the circle in the TOC of a beamer presentation and include a subsection bullet. The beamer manual states gives an example of \setbeamertemplate{some beamer ...
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### How to use string.find from Lua in ConTeXt?

I am trying to make some conditionals with Lua, which check if some text is found within a string. Unfortunately, when I compile it, I get: ! LuaTeX error <main ctx instance>:4: bad argument #1 ...
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### amsart.cls capitalizes the article title. How to disable it?

I am writing an article with amsart.cls. amsart.cls capitalizes the title of the article. I looked into amsart.cls and found that \MakeUppercase is used in \maketitle. I tried to turn off this, but I ...
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### How to emulate a newline without a <return> char?

This works: a^^M% ^^M% b But a real newline is still needed after %. If I remove the newlines and use a^^M^^Mb The result is just a letter a. It seems that, everything after the first ^^M is ...
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### Interaction between \hdotsfor and colortbl: Bug/Feature?

When using package colortbl, the command \hdotsfor fails (partially), leaving too much white space before and after the dotted part. The mwe \documentclass{book} \usepackage{colortbl} ...
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### Alignment of the bar labels of ganttbar

The labels of \ganttbar in pgfgantt are right aligned by default (at the border of chart). Is it possible to have it left aligned?
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I have used hyperlink(say fig.pdf) for my presentation in main pdf. In the fig.pdf I have again used hyperlink to main document. But my problem is when I come back to main document its starting from ...
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### How can I horizontally align an image created with psmatrix?

I've got an image created with psmatrix code and I would like to put it at 1/4 of the text width. Using \centering in the image environment it gets too far to the right. I'm sorry but my code is a ...
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### longtable multirow problem with cline and nopagebreak

I have a problem using with the package lontable and multirow together. It seems that the \* is not avoiding the page breack, if I'm using \cline{i-j} just afterwards. Here the original code for ...
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### How to customize a document class?

In LaTeX, we modify a predefined documentclass to fit our need. I wonder how we can edit the original documentclass (e.g. article) to have our customized properties? I mean which file is responsible ...
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### xstring character comparison and \meaning

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### Macro assignment problem

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### Drawing simple edge, no arrow

I have \begin{tikzpicture}[->,auto,node distance=3cm, thick,main node/.style={draw,font=\bfseries}] \node[main node] (111) at (0,1) {$X_{1,1}^{(1)}$}; \node[main node] (121) at (0,2) ...
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### How do I embed vector graphics to LaTeX document

I have a vector grahpics file. Could someone please help me embed a image into my LaTeX document ? I have no clue.
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### SumatraPDF with AucTeX and Foxit Reader as the default viewer

I like to use Foxit Reader to view PDF's but it locks the file so i cannot use synctex with it. So I'd like to use SumatraPDF with AuCTeX when making my PDF's but still have Foxit Reader as my default ...
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### How to make a superscript on the upper left hand corner of a letter? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Left and right subscript How can I make a superscript on the upper left hand corner of a letter?
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I am trying to write a CV (Resume) and a cover letter in LaTeX. I wish to add hyperlinks so that I can provide easy access to more information on areas I talk about. However, I feel that it might look ...
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### Errors when using dot2texi in MikTeX

I receive errors in log file while trying to compile the following code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows} \usepackage{dot2texi} \begin{document} ...
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### Storing and retrieving data in tuc file

I want to store some data in the .tuc file, which is being picked up in the next run. I suceeded in storing some values but I failed in retrieving them afterwards. Here is my attempt: \starttext ...
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### How can i change the list of tables heading font

I have to make all the headings with 12 pt.s bold. How can i change predefined headings like list of tables generated with command \listoftables ? (and content page of course) Here is all packages ...
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### Beamer: double uncover hides instead of watermarks

When I make a presentation with nested enumerations where each enumeration needs to be animated, the inner enumeration is completely hidden from the slide until its parent becomes visible, while the ...