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Times New Roman on Linux

I need your helps, I have written my thesis on Linux and I have used Texmaker, but i have a problem, I can not change font to Times New Roman I have searched on Google, people usually said that uses ...
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Can't include pifont

I'd like to insert "BALLOT X" symbol ✗ U+2717 I found \ding{55} command from pifont package, but when I try this: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amssymb} ...
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\vbox and vertical spacing between lines

When I put a text in a \vbox and \unvbox it, I have extra space between line. Why? See the MWE: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \newbox\titi ...
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How to attach section-title to corresponding text? [on hold]

My title (\chapter, \section etc.) should always be attached to the corresponding, followed text. It happens that the title is squeezed into the last line of a page and the corresponding text on the ...
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How to finish this diagram with some tiny rectangle

I already have some tikz code which is a frame structure stand for wireless network hidden problem \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{array} ...
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Embed TeX as a typesetting system for an eBook reading application

Are there any projects or information on how to use TeX to typeset texts for screen reading? That is, I want to get the beautiful output of TeX to render in a browser-like desktop application. I want ...
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How can I include SWF Animations in a document?

Minimal tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{media9} \begin{document} \includemedia[ activate=pageopen, width=200pt, height=150pt ]{}{Heartaxis.swf} \end{document} Everything runs fine in ...
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Draw arc in tikz when center of circle is specified

It would be convenient sometimes to be able to draw an arc in tikz by specifying the center of the corresponding circle its radius the initial/final angle i.e., the "natural" way an arc is ...
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What is the difference between LyX and LaTeX?

Currently I am using LaTeX to typeset all my math reports. Recently I found out that LyX also uses LaTeX, which can also generate PDF, accept commands from LaTeX, but is easier to use as it does not ...
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Referring a point in the text with a specified name

Please suggest as how can I implement the following code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amssymb,ntheorem,float} \begin{document} We summarize our results. \begin{table}[H] \centering % used ...
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achemso + chemmacros incompatibility

The combination of the achemso and chemmacros package used to work, but now I've upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 (TeXLive 2013, I believe) and I get the following: \documentclass{achemso} ...
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Book(standard class), headings for chapter* sections not all caps - urgent help needed

I have a 400 page document in Lyx 2.1, book(standard class), using default settings. The \chapter headings appear in all caps in the header, but the \chapter* headings (which I manually add to the TOC ...
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Misnumbering of examples

I am trying to use the mdframed package to create a boxed numbered Example environment. This is my first foray into environment definition, so I may be making a rookie mistake. Why doesn’t the ...
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Can not create PDF file anymore [on hold]

I'm working for some days on a document right now. Everything was going fine, but after replacing a label reference Texmaker wouldn't create a PDF anymore. I checked on the internet but couldn't ...
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How to break lines in a cell of table? a very long word contains “::” or “_”

I use "longtabu" package to create a table. The reason I choose longtabu is, first it can deal with very long table, second it can automatically break lines to fit the width of a cell. But I got a ...
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How can I typeset those three mathematical symbols? [duplicate]

I need to typeset (in one of my post on Mathematics.SX) the following three mathematical symbols but I don't know how: the symbol for the Heaviside function, the symbol for "not equal", as in "x ...
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WinEdt error after compilation : No PDF Output [on hold]

Error reported is: no output PDF file produced
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Why is the pin's angle argument displayed as text?

I'm completely stuck with the syntax of the command options \node Here is my code line: \node [circle,fill=blue,scale=0.5,pin=60:$q_0$] at (9+90:15*4/30) {}; And it displays the same as if I had ...
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Drawing of Sun–Earth–Moon system

Is there a package (or packages) for drawing the Sun–Earth–Moon system with either PSTricks, TikZ, or some other vector graphics language to illustrate Lunar and Solar eclipses, the phases of the ...
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Recalibrating \hline vertical spacing to that of \cline

How do I alter the spacing dimensions of \hline so as to replicate those of \cline? I have drawn a series of (empty-celled) tables using \hline for lines spanning whole tables and, e.g., \cline{1-2} ...
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Move Moon on its orbit around the Earth

I want to draw my Moon on its orbit around the Earth. I can easily draw the moon on the perpendicular axes centring on the Earth but to move it around would probably require some trigonometry... Is ...
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MathJax doesn't convert \bf [on hold]

here is my JS part <script type="text/x-mathjax-config"> MathJax.Hub.Config({ displayAlign: "center", extensions: ["tex2jax.js"], menuSettings: { zoom: "Click", ...
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Text color with hyperref package

I wanted to use the hyperref package and I looked for help and I found a lot of solutions. However, I used this option that look great, as I could control the colors. ...
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how to modify the following table

In the example below, you might see that I have a table: I would like to change/introduce and understand the following: How to change the column separator say to \Rightarrow. Normally one can do ...
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Numbering of head title on titlepage?

I want to combine several independent papers in a pdf-format. However, due to time constraints, I am looking for a "quick and dirty" solution. Therefore, I manually constructed a table of contents and ...
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Latex randomly stops compiling [on hold]

My thesis is due in in a few days and hence I'm working on it all day using Mac. I turned on my laptop this morning and went to compile my .tex document (as I do every morning) and randomly it's not ...
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How i can insert “%” symbol in my writing context? [duplicate]

while writing % in the sentence it is considering as a comment . Just like i wana write this sentence 25% of this bottle is empty. But texnic does not showing remaining text in the output. kindly ...
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Hex renderer in LaTeX

Is there a package to render binary files as hex in LaTeX. We've searched for it, but couldn't find any. The package should provide some kind of command: \lsthex{file.ext} With file.ext a "binary" ...
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How to make right alignment when using Tikz

I use tikz to draw an image, below is part of the image. But the variable name is central alignment, how to make it right alignment? Below is the related code \foreach \i [count=\j from 1] in ...
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Latex text quality + font in a drawing tool [on hold]

I use CorelDraw on a Windows platform and would like to get the latex PDF-text quality + font in a certain drawing. What is the best approach? print the text as pdf via latex first and then ...
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Two problems with my homework template: overlapping text in footer, and large fbox minipages

I begrudgingly used this template for homework through undergrad, ignoring or working around its minor issues. I would like to finally figure out how to fix some of the problems I have with it, and ...
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Adding styling to LaTeX produced by MATLAB

MATLAB has a function called publish which has the option to export a script and its output as LaTeX. It looks quite nice, although there are a few additional things that I would like to do to the ...
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I like little squares but not as much as TeXstudio

I recently downloaded TeXstudio and I really like it's feel, only problem: Gave it a quick google and nothing came up. Using all squares as code has it's limits, namely not being an "injective" ...
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Reducing the console output of LaTeX

When I run pdfLaTeX, I get very verbose output: (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/librarie s/tikzlibrarycalc.code.tex) ... Is there a script to soak up all the ...
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Changing star symbol with letters in Package authblk

I am using package authblk in an article class. I need to change the *,a with a,* after the first Author Name. How can I do that? Please see the code below and the attached figure. I put a rectangle ...
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What happened to the mzlatex command?

I am using MiKTeX 2.9. I would like to convert a LaTeX file to HTML. I have seen here (http://access2science.com/latex/tutorial_txht.xhtml#x1-50001.2) that I can use the mzlatex command to convert ...
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MiKTeX 2.9's tex4ht not working

According to this document and my own experience. MiKTeX 2.9's version of tex4ht is not working. Using MiKTeX 2.8's tex4ht does work, but is obviously not prefered. Does anybody know how to fix MiKTeX ...
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Removing specific commas between array cells

Consider the following code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{colortbl} \usepackage{cancel} \newcommand*\nonly[1]{\cancel{\textcolor{red}{#1}}} \begin{document} \left\{ ...
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How to show break in lines in tikz?

Im not sure what the term used for what I want so I will explain it. I want a double long drawn "S" to show that the line in my figure is actually longer than is shown- implying that there is a ...
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itemize bullet not appearing in beamer [duplicate]

I'm trying to make a beamer with TeXMaker and when I want to put itemize environment in a frame, the bullet does not appear. I compile with PDFLatex and I look at the PDF. My code is: ...
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How can I include the R source code in the appendix?

I really have no idea how to include the R code into latex, so I only can provide my R code. I would like to put it in the appendix. I am really looking forward to your help. Thx! The codes will show ...
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How to install Babel English?

I use MikTex Update to install, some security configurations make me can only install package in Update, not Package Manager. I install all package in the Update, but the system show error that I do ...
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TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [save size=50000]

I am on Mac OS X Lion latest, and get the error trying to compile my large multi-page project. This happens after adding one more code listing (shown below). The full error is: TeX capacity ...
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Horizontal lines

In my header of a page in documentclass scrbook there should be two horizontal lines with text in between. This was my idea: \begin{minipage}{12cm} {\color{black}\rule{12cm}{0.7mm}} \begin{center} ...
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Spurious Vertical Space Introduced by multicols (Additional Case)

This seems to be a duplicate of Spurious [?] vertical space introduced by multicols, but the solution from there does not seen to work for me. Basically I want the case of using multicols to not ...
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Setting zmin/zmax in groupplot confuses colorbar creation (colorbar is 3d)

When using groupplots and setting zmin and/or zmax in the groupplot environment manually, pgfplots generates a (broken) 3d legend: I assume the issue is that groupplot passes the zmin/zmax settings ...
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How to increase the memory if I get this error TeX capacity exceeded

I am using the following codes to input DNA sequences from fasta format (177 sequences with 1140 base pair long) Using texshade package but I had the following error: my system is: Windows 7 (64 bit) ...
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Positioning Nodes In Tikz Below Left

This code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes,positioning} \usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.markings} \tikzstyle{block} = [rectangle, draw, fill=blue!10, rounded ...