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88 questions linked to/from Will two-letter font style commands (\bf , \it , …) ever be resurrected in LaTeX?
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define an global variable; error ! Use of \@ doesn't match its definition
I want to define some variable for my IPE template, such as the title, affiliation and author etc. The code is listed below. However when I compile it using pdflatex, it does not show the result what ...
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How can I have spaces in text within a formula?
I have a series of TeX formulas where the author has put in spaces in the text, for example:
{\rm{Maximum credit}} = {{\mathop {{\rm{Net income from sources}}}\limits_{{\rm{without the United States}}}...
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How to write maths symbols
I have written in my work $X^{+},\,\rm{e}^{X},\,|X|^{p}$. Why is the second and third term not in italics?
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Removing extra vertical space in \maketitle with titling package
Consider the following two LaTeX source files:
First, manually producing a title using a new environment (eww):
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\parindent0cm%
\newenvironment*{mytitle}{\begin{...
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Preventing newline from left column from forcing a newline in the right column
I'm writing a CV in LaTeX, and got started with the sample called Writing a CV in LaTeX.
I'm trying to modify it so that a newline in the left column does not force a newline in the right column. ...
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Noindent in \thanks, left align
I am using the following command in WinEdt to have the corresponding author contact info at the footnote. I used \\ to have a new line since it was long.
I have two problems. First I need to left ...
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Some issues with title page
I have a few problems whilst creating my title page.
How would italicize just the email, course, supervisor etc., and not the actual text itself?
How would I shift the Email: <myemail>, Course:...
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How to boldface a section header? (including title and number)
I'm using class amsart, and I want to boldface each section's header.
That is, the part \section{whatever} - it appears as, for instance, <3. Whatever>
Now I wish to boldface the <3. Whatever> ...
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Using characters to delimit commands (like markdown)
I recently came accross the \DefineShortVerb command of the fancyvrb package, which lets you "define a special character as an abbreviation
to enclose verbatim text", so for example:
\documentclass{...
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Vertical space between tables vspace won't work
I have 2 tables, one above the other. At the moment I can't make any space between them in my report. The strange thing is I moved them in to a new blank document with all the same preamble and \...
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A correct bounding box for a standalone logo
Writing
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{varwidth}
\begin{document}
\begin{varwidth}{\linewidth}
{\em line 1}
{\em line 2}
\end{varwidth}
\end{document}
produces an incorrect bounding ...
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Modifying a template fancy chapter
I am using roughly the following setup
\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[bf]{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[fleqn]{...
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How to set font to Serif in Beamer title only
I want to use a serif font for the title in the title slide only. I have tried:
\documentclass[12pt]{beamer}
\usefonttheme[stillsansserifsmall, stillsansseriftext]{serif}
\title{\sc Great title}
\...
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My symbols are rendered as ff. Have I ran out of memory?
I have been trying to solve a 4x4 matrix and have done a hell a lot of writing. Now I am near the end and I am not getting the requested output out of the LaTeX compiler.
When I write for example:
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TikZ, a selfloop without an arrow at the end
In TikZ, within the context of automata,
I would like to draw a loop without arrow in order to be able to
highlight a path in an automaton, as shown by the following example
(which highlight a path ...