# All Questions

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### example: pgfplots groupplot with two x-axes

I want to share my result, having two different x axes in groupplot. One axis is the energy, the other is the corresponding wavelength. Up to now, this is my working solution, but maybe someone can ...
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### tikz picture inside beamer frame

I was trying to put this code from tikz official page into a beamer's frame and got this error: /home/.../file.tex:100: Illegal parameter number in definition of \test. <to be read again> ...
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### LaTeX kerning decisions

In his answer to this question, our friend @egreg explains: It happens that certain combination of letters have “bad” spacing. I have noticed this too. As I understand it, LaTeX is supposed to ...
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### I have a running miktex 2.9 in windows vista, but i can't run chronosys package

I installed the chronosys package with Miktex Package Manager, but it crashes with the following at the end of the log file: ... ! I can't find file chronosyschr.tex'. l.32 \input chronosyschr.tex ...
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### pst-3dplot error: Transformation matrix not invertible

I'm trying to reproduce example 1 on page 26 of the user manual of pst-3dplot. It is supposed to rotate the label 'xy plane' into a 3D coordinate system. All I get is a warning: ** WARNING ** ...
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### Package pdflscape has strange indent when including an abstract? [duplicate]

I am trying to use the pdflscape package. When I include an abstract, the indenting on the left margin becomes really large. Here is a minimal working example: \documentclass[letterpaper, ...
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### Aligning equation pairs at equivalence sign

How do I align the following so all the \Leftrightarrows are aligned under each other like so: So far I have the following \begin{align} \frac{\partial f_A (x)}{\partial x_1} & = w_1 - ...
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### Monotony table and signs

\documentclass[10pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{pgf,tikz} \usepackage{tkz-tab} \usetikzlibrary{shapes,snakes,arrows,backgrounds} ...
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### I have almost finished my table format

Sorry for so many questions, but I am assembling my thesis' table. Thanks to the community's help, I was able to generate the following table: \documentclass{article} ...
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### Add bibliography and bibliographic references

I'm writing my thesis in latex. I need to create a list of bibliographic references which by default latex create using the references I put in my document using \cite{key}. Also I need to create a ...
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### How to custom symbol from LaTeX symbol?

\bigtriangledown creates How to fill color and remove the black boundary so that I can create a customed symbol similar to this:
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### {beamericonbook} error .can't understand where and the meanimg

\documentclass[xcolor={dvipsnames}]{beamer} \usetheme{PaloAlto} \usecolortheme[named=NavyBlue]{structure} \usepackage[italian]{babel} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{amsmath} ...
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### Remove et al listing in bibliography; list all authors by full name

I'm currently using TexMaker and Biber on a Ubuntu machine. I'm quite happy with just using the standard numeric citation style, safe for 1 thing: it shortens all authors in my bibliography to "First ...
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### datenumber: define \dateshortmonthname

I am working with datenumber package with spanish option, \usepackage[spanish]{datenumber} and I want to define a command similar to \datemonthname, but each month with the first 3 letters, I mean ...
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### Error when trying to use Roboto font with pdftex

I'm trying to use the Roboto font in a beamer presentation, built with pdftex. I installed the roboto package, but when trying to build, I get the following error: Trying to make PK font ...
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### Typesetting for two variables muliplication

c, C, a, A are mathematical variables. $cC$ but the spacing is too close. The small c and big C almost stick together. How to solve this situation? For example: $aA$ the spacing is ok.
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### Rectangular graphs in pgfplots

Whenever I draw a plot using pgfplots, the result is always a square grid. That's generally fine, but in the interest of saving space, something I'd like to be able to make a rectangular plot. ...
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### I am trying to convert specific columns into scientific notations

I have the final table: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} \usepackage{pdflscape} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage[table]{xcolor} \usepackage{siunitx} ...
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### Matrix format in Latex

How can a matrix be written in LaTeX? I have tried to use \begin{matrix} but I need to write the matrix below and I cannot understand how to fill it up exactly as this.
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### How to split a string to figure float with figure name, label and caption?

I am struggling with a shorthand macro that converts a string to a figure. At the end is a working, but unstable version what I am trying to do. The goal is to parse make a command (or macro) like ...
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### Creating a Blank space - Formula sheet

This is my first time here and I'm also quite new to latex, but I've managed (with the help from a template I found online) to make this nice three column formula sheet. My problem is that i need ...
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### How to add a vertical block throughout whole page in poster?

I made a poster of my work using 'baposter' template. However, Professor told me it's better to make the poster using Institute template as follows (which I dislike). So my question is: how to ...
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### Labeling equations and math mode

I have to write the equation shown below in Latex and I am using {\textbf{q}=($\mu$ $_1$ $\mu$ $_2$ ... $\mu$ $_{n-2}$ $\mu$ $_n$ )\textsuperscript{T}} and it comes OK. However, I need to ...
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### How to add acknowledgements'' on documentclass `memoir''?

I am using \documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{memoir} for a writing a paper, and would like to add acknowledgements. But I can't do this. My plan is to put this after abstract and before ...
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### How to find coordinates?

By using intersections command I was able to make effect the line $\mathcal{P}_{t_{1},\gamma}$ is dotted outside of the set. However, I am curious if I can take a certain point on this line, for ...
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### How to get decoration text to be right side up instead of upside down

I am drawing arrows in a block diagram and using decorations.text to label them. Arrows going left to right are fine: the labels are upright. But arrows going right to left are appearing upside down. ...
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### I want to write letters before a numerator like shown below

I'm learning Tex and i have this command but i want the following output, Thanks in advance for the help. my code; \documentclass{article} \begin{document}  M_{extra} = \frac ...
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### CJK not working in TexPad on Mac

so I am trying to use the CJK package with PDFlatex on my Mac. I looked up several answers here and tried them but nothing works as soon as I use it in my thesis document. If I just paste the stuff ...
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### Latex Table font size set to 10pt

I would like to set my table to font 10pt. Here is my coding \begin{table}[h] \resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{% \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|} \hline & A & ...
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### How to define d in integral expression for \int \dif x f(x) notation

There seems to be some consensus about defining \dif like this: \newcommand{\dif}{\mathop{}\!\mathrm{d}} Should I \mathrm the d in my integrals?, What is the difference of \mathop, \operatorname ...
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### Font error message in XeLaTeX?

I get more than 300 different error messages which are different; however, they should all have the same origin: xelatex> ! Font EU1/CatalanaSansRegular(0)/m/it/6="Catalana Sans Regular:" at 6.0pt ...
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### How to set bold small-caps in a table header?

I've defined a command like so: \makeatletter \newcommand{\ion}[2]{#1$\;$\textsc{\rmfamily\@roman{#2}}\relax} \makeatother The purpose is to typeset an ionization state with small caps roman ...
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### How to have text appearance order in numbered bibliography and include authors and years in the text?

I'm writing my masters thesis with LaTeX. The thing that I want to have is the possibility to have a bibliography such as the one reported here, that is, a bibliographical order by citation appearance ...
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### how to command Last page in description, so that i decide with pages it counts

How can i make a command Last page in item, so that i decide with pages it counts. \usepackage{lastpage} \begin{description} \item { \textbf{Oplagstal:} X} \item { Rapport sideantal: ...
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### KOMA-Script: How to style the title of a chapter

How does one apply a custom styling to the chaptertitle in KOMA-Script? I know about the existence of the titlesec package but I've read that it doesn't play very well with KOMA-Script which outputs a ...
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### Problems with formatting of reference list using multibib

I'm using the multibib package to distinguish different types of references. In my document I have about 50 references in the first and about 70 in the second reference list. The numbering of the ...
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### Text formating depending on conditions

I have some conditions which are stored in boolean variables, such as \bool_new:N \l_word_numbered_bool \bool_new:N \l_word_lowercase_bool \bool_new:N \l_word_centering_bool I need to format words ...
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### Draw multiple curves at a constant distance from one another in asymptote

In asymptote, I would like to draw arbitrary paths as in the following image, but with multiple colors. In the example, the path shown in black is also drawn with two parallel red lines. I would ...
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### Old asymptote code in LaTeX document does not work after asymptote upgrad

I have a LaTeX-document with embedded Asymptote code that works fine. That is, in Asymptote 2.15. When I upgraded to 2.32 and rerun, the program gets stuck on working on one of the graphs. Stuck, no ...
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### Alignment of labels in itemize with text of document

I am trying to align the label in an itemize environment with the left edge of the text but am having no luck. Here is the sample code: \documentclass[]{article} \usepackage{enumitem} ...
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### Problematic question subtitles in exsheets

I'm using the excellent exsheets package to write the problem sections of a book. Because I need titles for the questions, I'm using the subtitle functionality built in the package. So even though it ...
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### Automatic Table Widths

This is probably a really simple question, but I don't know what keywords this question might have so I have trouble with searching it over the net. Anyway below is a code I wrote for a table. ...
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### Installing scrlttr2 – Koma-Script ‘letter’ class in LYX

I am having problem with installation of scrlttr2 – Koma-Script ‘letter’ class. I am unable to install it. I needed help on how to install it. I am using Windows Machine,my Miktex is located in the ...
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### Reference name of description list items in latex [duplicate]

I want to refer to a description list item by name instead of number. To that effect, I've added labels to each item, but when referencing them I only get the name of the section, not of the list ...
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### Changing color of cites with hypersetup not working

I'm trying to change the colors of my cites. I would like to get a light blue color for them. I tried using hypersetup but it seems not to work. Here is my MWE: ...
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### Replace an upright Greek math alphabet in mtpro2

I need to replace the gamma and upright uppercase Gamma alphabets in mtpro2 with their counterparts from newtxmath in both normal and bold styles. I asked a related question here, but got half the ...
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### Remove header in fancyhdr with new sections

I'm writing my thesis in LyX with the article class. I want my headers to have the "Section X. " except for the pages where the new sections start. Is there any way to do this? My current code is as ...
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### Troubles with dcolumn package - how to use underscores?

I do have following table: \documentclass[11 pt, oneside]{thesis} \usepackage{dcolumn} \newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{p{0.2\textwidth} d{2.2} ...