Questions tagged [document-configuration]
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Why does "Temporary page!" error occur?
At the end my document, I get a new page that contains,
Temporary page!
LATEX was unable to guess the total number of pages correctly.
As there was some unprocessed data that should have been
added ...
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What is \DocumentMetadata? What key-value pairs does it take and when should I use it?
So, I stumbled across a document that began with,
\DocumentMetadata{pdfversion=1.2}
\nonstopmode\synctex=1
\documentclass{article}
I have seen line 2 and 3 in the wild but I have never seen line 1 ...
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Use tectonic with a latexmkrc file? [closed]
Is there a way to tell tectonic to use a latexmkrc file? I could not find anything in the docs.
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TeXMaker compiles without error but pdf does not change
I installed MiKTeX 1.2 (MiKTeX 22.3) and TeXMaker 5.0.2 winX64. I used overleaf before but now I cannot find what is the problem here.
When I run the project (which correctly works on my friend's ...
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How to make all math in document significantly smaller?
I am creating a cheatsheet for an upcoming test, so far everything seems to be going fine (using a multicols layout).
However, the fonts themselves seem to be too large, which makes the sheet too long....
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can't set path of texlive on ubuntu
I installed a full texlive by sudo apt-get install texlive-full
then i added the fallowing code to ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc ~/.profile
export PATH=/usr/share/texlive/2019/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
enter ...
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Problem configurating the TOC
I had set the Table Of Contents (TOC) to display as shown in the attached screenshot, with the chapter number inside a square box.
Everything was going perfect until the book surpassed 9 chapters. ...
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Is it possible to merge the documentclass file and the main tex file? [duplicate]
A normal TeX file looks something like this (MWE):
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Contents
\end{document}
In this case, one must have two files in order for the document to be compiled : ...
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Remove period between Appendix letter and figure number in Appendix captions
In the report class, figure captions appear as Figure A.1. I'm trying to get LaTeX to output Figure A1 instead (i.e., remove the period between the letter and the number).
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Automatically generate "Reference leaflet" and Pedagogical book
I am writing a book on math, and I would like to support two ways to read it :
The usual, pedagogical way, to write is in sequential, topological order :
we introduce an operation
we introduce a ...
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Is there a way to import content from a separate file?
I have the content in a separate text file. Is it possible to import that between the \begin{document} and \end{document}? Is there an include option in LaTeX? Thank you!
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Is it possible to generate LaTeX documents from within a lua interpreter?
I'm curious about the possibilities LuaTeX offers. I understand LuaTeX is a sort of unified API which allows you to hook into the TeX engine and benefit from some abstractions which would make the ...
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Can I hide parts of the text from the final output?
Is it possible to write a document where some parts of it are displayed or hidden in the output PDF on the basis of a flag?
What I am tring to do is to write two documents of which one is an extension ...
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Configuration error: no conversion from undefined configuration value to string
I've updated the MiKTeX Console on admin this morning with all of the new updates. After this update, I haven't been able to do anything within the console. I've tried installing packages which fails ...
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Setting the tables under correct subsubsections
I am writing my master thesis via Latex and I am not able to put my tables under correct subsections. There is similar question and the suggestion was to use clear page but the problems is that the ...
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ConTeXt: Replace tokens in document title option
Background
Macros are autogenerated for a book's title and author name. The title can sometimes include TeX-specific tokens, such as ~ and ldots{}.
Problem
When setting the document properties, the ...
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ConTeXt: Override global project value within a product
Background
Looking to understand the definitive relationship between projects, products, environments, and components.
Minimum Working Example
Here's the directory structure showing the problem:
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Error 'CBabstract' not found
I am trying to use document class
\documentclass[b5paper,11pt]{CBabstract}
but I have the following error:
File 'CBSabstract.cls' not found.
Could you please help?
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In a LaTeX project (how) can I use more than one documentclass?
I know that this question is not new but the existing answers I found didn't work out for me. Right now I have a document with document class scrbook which is the master document for my thesis. ...
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How to automatically produce a separate title page?
Sometimes (in my field) a journal requires an anonymised version of the manuscript and a separate title page to be submitted. Other journals sometimes require other subsets of the overall document to ...
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ConTeXt project structure: Component not linking to environment via product
Following the ConTeXt documentation enter link description here I should be able to use this project structure.
test.tex
\startproject *
\environment test_env
\product test_prod
\stopproject
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ConTeXt Project Structure: Add metadata to component
I am setting up a project structure for a new journal and I want to use a structure like the one in this answer. However, instead of using document:start I tried \startsetups component:start, but no ...
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Template for Technical Manual / User's Guide using Memoir
I am making a Technical Manual using the memoir Class, since I heard it is very customizable. Far now I've got this:
\documentclass[8pt,a5paper]{memoir}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[...
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What Does A `.dtx` File Do? [duplicate]
Latex documents often come with a number of different files. What does a .dtx file usually specify? Please assume that the person reading your answer has next to no experience with using LaTeX. I don'...
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Reading Theorem counter from another file
I am preparing a two part document (two separate TEX files, two separate PDF files), where the second part is a continutation of the first part. As such, numbering of Theorems, Lemmas etc. are resumed ...
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Is it possible to set the draft mode of a document AFTER \documentclass
I am using a precompiled preamble with the \documentclass inside. However, I sometimes want to change the document to 'draftmode'. Recompile the preamble everytime I am doing this is not so ...
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How to nest multiple documentclass
I would like to create a running diary of documentclass 1 that constitutes multiple instances of documentclass 2, where preferred documentclass 2 is 'minutes'. I am aware of subfiles, but don't know ...
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Print out all relevant document information. (Maybe a package?)
I starting to make a table which print out all for me relevant document information in one table like
actual paper width,
count of words,
actual font size
actual font type
...
Is there maybe a ...
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Problem with absolute path and [ngerman] babel?
I want to get rid of relative paths and defines a new command which point to the root folder of my project:
\providecommand{\myPath}{C:/Users/xxx/Google Drive/WS_1819/Bachelorarbeit/_new/}
However, ...
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space between \exists and \forall
I'm writting maths papers. I do use a lot of
$ \ exists ; \ forall $
but I have this problem, they glue the next caracter to them. It is really bad for comprehension... So, in my parameter folder, ...
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Clever way to manage and include SAT or any exam's historical questions? (partial include?)
Suppose, I am writing some handouts for students to prepare SAT (actually, it is some big exam in our country, not SAT). I have several .tex files, for example, polynomial.tex, conic sections.tex, ...
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Is there something like an XPath to all the properties of a document in LaTeX
I'm trying to use LaTeX to format a document (I'm a casual user of LaTeX, in that I don't make my own document classes—but I can tweak them).
I have set up a document using the standard LaTeX ...
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Texstudio: Adding "additional shortcut" to a command that doesn't have one by default (specifically indent)
I have been migrating my (La)TeX writing from TexMaker to TexStudio to try out a more configurable program. So far I really like the additional control it gives me. There are a few shortcuts I use a ...
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how put introduction in table of content without count like chapter
The introduction doesn't appear in table of content. How I can do it in the following example.
\documentclass{book}
%\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{setspace}
\renewcommand{\...
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Change the font size in the book class
I'm using thesis template of my University with pre-defined page properties. I need just to change the font size from 11 to 12.
You can edit it directly through the sharelatex.com
Link to my ...
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Improving my preamble
I'm at that stage in my thesis where anything is a distraction, right now it's cleaning my tex preamble, my document layout is pretty much as perfect as I could want it. Any suggestions to use a "...
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\end{Document} No Line Here to End
I keep getting an error:
line 44: There's no line here to end. \end{document}
This error does not happen when I use the \maketitle command instead of \begin{document}environment.
Can anyone ...
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I keep getting the error missing \begin{document}. \ProcessOptionsKV[p]{Gm}.
It's compiling without producing a pdf. Additionally, it has been producing a page with just "chchchch" written on it.
Here's a MWE:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{...
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Including different sections of text based on different configuration
I'm writing a document in which will eventually be broken into different versions of different length. Most of the differences will just be which material is included in different versions. Is there ...
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Class file and style file structure
I'm trying to clean up a documentclass for documents produced in a course I'm teaching. It's evolved over about 15 years of various novices "just adding a little something" until it's a complete mess. ...
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dealing with figures after appendices when writing elsarticle
I am writing a paper using elsarticle, in which I have to put all the figures individually in clear pages after the biblography and before the end of document. however since the I have appendices ...
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How can I render a LaTeX document without pages?
Almost always, I simply render electronic documents, so I don't need pages. Also, pages make it difficult to arrange images in a document.
I want to draw TikZ graphs for my blog articles, and I don't ...
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how to remove duplicated sections in the generated pdf using MikTex and how to use \keyword command
For the following .tex I got an error on \keyword tag and after commented it I got another problem at the generated pdf file which is a dublication for the abstract at the end of the document as in ...
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How to define margin for pdf doc?
I have the problem that my output pdf has the wrong margin between left and right. you can see it in the pic below:
The problem is, I need the opposite way. left have to be wide and right narrow. How ...
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Choose documentclass according to condition
I would like to choose the documentclass according to a value. For instance, something like this
\newcommand{\mode}{0}
if (mode is 0)
then \documentclass{...}
else if (mode is 1)
then \documentclass{...
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LaTeX Report Template for Windows PdfTeX
I am very novice in LaTeX and would like to make similar documents (template) like the one referenced in the LaTeX template here.
I would like to place the header, footer as in the similar fashion ...
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How to add two figures in the same row
I am trying to make two figures adjacent in the same row but have no idea how to do this. I used following tex code but it adds only one figure in a row. Kindly help me. Thanks a lot for the help.
\...
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How to make a page bigger without affecting the text inside? (Useful for drafts with notes)
I have a document such as the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{todonotes}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{showframe}
\begin{document}
\...
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Poblems with minipages in LyX in main pdf file [closed]
I am writing my thesis in LyX. It is in the report class and have two chapters as child documents. Both chapters have objects on mini pages.
Both chapters produce fine pdf independently. But in the ...
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How to interpret the page layout in LaTeX using layout package?
I have used package layout to generate the page layout figure for both article and amsart class. It's quite curious that although different in values, the patterns for those two layouts are quite the ...
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