# All Questions

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### Remove Indentation of Theorems

I am working with amstheorem and amsbook, and I'm trying to remove the indentation before the numbers of theorems so that they are aligned exactly to the left. Is there any way to do this? In ...
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### Wrong A4 measurements that are not “pagesize” solvable

I would like my pdf document to have an a4 format. \documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{article} \begin{document} Text, text, text... \end{document} Unfortunately, when I print the pdf document ...
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### Stopped compiling [on hold]

I have a problem with compiling in latex. I was trying to write a matrix, when latex suddenly did not want to compile it anymore. I deleted everything new, but it still did not work. First it had some ...
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### Restricting linespread outside some environments

I need to fix a precise linespread in a document I'm writing, but only in the plain sections of the document. In other words, I'm writing math and in the text there are a lot of environments (theorem, ...
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### Algorithm pseudo code not published beyond one page [duplicate]

My algorithm pseudo code is not being published beyond one page though there is no syntax error. The PDF produced via LaTeX is of only one page but my entire algorithm requires more than one page. So ...
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### Comparison of the plots of the same line on the Cartesian plane using pgfplots and TikZ

I have the plot of a line using pgfplots and the plot of the same line using TikZ. I would like them to be identical. I need to correct a mistake in the plot of a line using pgfplots. The point ...
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### Redefining the item command of the description environment

My thesis contains many description environments. After showing it to my supervisor, he complained about the missing separation between the items titles and descriptions. I tried to redefine the \item ...
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### Doing something like psframebox in tikz

I used the following code to typeset the figure below with pstricks. Is there something like this that works with tikz? I tried to do this and discovered \nodes that can be filled with text, but I ...
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### List of theorem dots overlapping with theorem name

Here is my MWE: \documentclass[a4paper]{report} \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amsthm,thmtools,tikz,xparse,lipsum} \usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath} \usepackage{hyperref} \makeatletter ...
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### Clean code in drawing with boxes and circles and lines not connected

I want to optimize the following code: \documentclass{article} %\pagestyle{empty} % Figure dimensions \newcommand{\defLength}[2]{\newlength{#1}\setlength{#1}{#2}} ...
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### File path at bottom of last page

My boss insists that every document I give him must have the file path to that document at the bottom of the last page. No problem with MS Word, but I don't have a clue how to do this in Latex. At the ...
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### Why am I getting an error when using \renewcommand, here?

I try to type \renewcommand{\mr}{\mathrm}, so that I can then use \mr in my text instead of \mathrm. I get the error \mr Undefined. what is going on?
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### Floatrow package is affected in figure environment

I am using floatrow package creating the box environment. if i declare the floatrow package in the tex file the normal figure framebox is affected. MWE \documentclass[twocolumn]{article} ...
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### Zooming on one of multiple images in a slide using Tikzpicture

I would like to zoom in on one of the 12 images that I have organized in 3 columns. There are 4 images per column, all the same height and width. There is one image that I would like to zoom in on ...
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### Pagebreaking in longtable with math column

I'm trying to write some step-by-step math proof of a formula in my electronics notes. The idea is to have two columns (side by side), the 1st has some text explaining the math, the 2nd one has the ...
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### LyX and biblatex authoryear-comp and same authors: Parentheses wrong

I use LyX with biblatex 2.9a, biber 1.9 and the authoryear-comp style. My biblatex configuration is below: \usepackage[backend=biber,style=authoryear-comp,natbib=true]{biblatex} When I insert two ...
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### dblfloatfix in a one-column document

I have been told to always load dblfloatfix in two-column documents. I therefore include it in my standard preamble, which uses one column by default. It did not appear to affect my documents when ...
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### To have this Latvian letter in Beamer

This discussion is an extension of this answer but in Beamer -documentclass and with XeLaTeX. I can get some variants working there in Pdflatex, see Christian's answer but with bad output and I do ...
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### Modify font for all text in tikzpicture

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### Edit and view BibTex database on Android

I found many applications which claim to a reference manager for Android. Some of which are: RefMaster, Library, Erasthotenes. Which one do you use which works with OwnCloud, uses the BibTex ...
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### Typing of math sign charts

For typing of quantities of solving mathematical problems I would like to type signs charts (diagrams to visualize the values of expressions). Something like this: x-5 - | - | + x+4 ...
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### Package pgf warning: gnuplots

I'm using the following code in a Tex file to draw a figure. When I compile the file using pdflatex --shell-escape filename.tex, the following error is logged in the log file and the figures are not ...
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### Glossaries with 3 columns gives error with missing item

I try to create a glossary with 3 columns, but continuously I get the following error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item. [...etentrycounter[]{page}\glsnumberformat{1}}}] Here is my ...
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### (New) Century Schoolbook Font in LuaLaTeX

I recently made the switch to LuaTeX from pdfTeX. Before the switch, I used the fouriernc package to set the document's font to New Century Schoolbook. I've come to understand (from this document) ...
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### How to trigger the marginal note in two column layout

I am using marginal note package in two column layout. The below mentioned command does not trigger the two column left and right side. \ifodd\value{page} ...
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### Conditionally change node background color inside foreach

I generate 8 rectangle nodes using a \foreach loop but I would like one of them (the one at the position index) to have a gray background. How can I do that ? I would like to avoid repeating the ...
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### Single Column Appendix in twocolumn article

My article uses the twocolumn parameter of the article document class. However I want to list my images as a multipage appendix at the end of the document (in a new page) but I want a single column ...
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### How can I readjust TikZ's dimension variables to fit mid-document dimension change?

Question How can I readjust TikZ's dimension variables to fit a mid-document dimension change as in this example and using the TikZ drawing from here. Problem TikZ coordinates are not where they ...
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### How can I find Asymptote code for producing images [on hold]

I need to code in Asympotote the following figures
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### Update Biber 1.8 to 1.9

I am using MiKTeX 2.9 (32bit) and TeXstudio 2.8.8 on Windows 8.1. When compiling, I get an error message that I am using Biber 1.8 (which I installed via the Package Manager) but should use Biber 1.9. ...
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### IEEE format caption alignment [on hold]

When I put a caption on the figures, the alignment changes to Left ! why this happens and how to fix it ? I recently removed the caption package to cope with change that occures in caption font size ...
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### Problem in MikTex while I'm installing mh package

I'm trying to install mh package with MikTex Package Manager in windows. When I try to install it, i find thid error: Unknown archive file size. What is the problem? I've installed also other ...
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### Labeling in Mathematica to match the font size same as in LaTeX

I have some plot Plot[a, {a, -6, 6}] I need to use it in Latex. However the problem is that labeling text style in Mathematica does not match with LaTeX text. So what I do, I copy the figure ...
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### How to avoid (wrap) figures moving out of sight

Using the code below, my figure moves out of the paper borders. As I understand, correction of figure position is best to do when writting is finished. But is it possible to forces figures - a ...
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### Latex template for statement of purpose

I have used ModernCV template to write resumes, Beamer to prepare presentations. Likewise, is there any standard Latex template for writing Statement of Purpose (SOP) or Research Proposal?
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### How to make the format of references look like this?

[1] Brown, P. & S. Levinson. Politenss: Some Universal in Language Usage[M]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1987. [2] Freeborn, D. From Old English to Standard English[M]. London: ...
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### Creating a smooth gradient between two colors on an edge in TikZ

I'd like to have a two-colored edge between two nodes of different colors. I'm hoping to make the edge fade from one color into the other in an even way. The solution I've found so far is a bit ...
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### LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `EU1/ptm/m/n' undefined [on hold]

How to solve this warning? and what does this mean? I want to paste the tex file but it's too long to read. I try to minimize the file and reproduce the problem at last it failed. It is beyond ...
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### Text alignment and form of connectors (edges) in tikz tree

I'm completely new to tikz and try to draw a tree structure. I have tried different options, but could not modify it as I wanted it to look like. It currently looks like that: Tikz code ...
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### Tabularx table with many columns malformatted

In our software we have a module, that generates PDFs via Latex. Some of them contain tables and I want them to span the whole page. Since the number of columns varies, I use tabularx with all X ...
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### Dash sign in file .bib is double when compile it to pdf file

Why bibtext file: ... pages = "419-444", ... generates 419--444 for me in pdf?
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### Creating a rainbow color macro

I'm trying to draw a picture in tikz whose code is generated by another computer program. The program outputs hundreds of numbers in between 0 and 100, and I'd like to color objects in the picture on ...
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### Custom style in LyX

I am having trouble editing this template in LyX. After downloading the .tex and .sty files I can compile with pdflatex nips2013.tex which works fine. In LyX, I click File > Import > LaTeX ...
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### How to change the paper color(background color) in tikz class

How to change the paper color(background color) in tikz class kindly help me to change color \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[usenames,x11names,dvipsnames,svgnames]{xcolor} ...
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### Making bibliography \flushbottom in book class

I am using the book class and have a long bibliography (using Biblatex) at the end of each chapter. When there is a long reference around where a page break occurs, the whole reference shifts to the ...
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### How to resolve this LaTeX error? [on hold]

I use Sublime Test 2 for OSX 10.8.5 to compile the tex file.But I am getting the LaTeX error: "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/ctex/cfg/ctexopts.cfg:1: LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. ...
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### Style file is altering my citation key

I need to have a citation inside a chapter title like such: \chapter{blah blah \cite{key}} The style file that I have for following university formatting guides (found here) capitalizes titles and ...