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Select specific items located outside a main file

I have a data base of questions (simply individual .tex-files) and include some of them in a main file with the help of simple \input commands, in order to create an exercise. Some of those question ...
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Add lines next to nested itemize

The MWE and mockup below explain the intended effect. This is a classic visual guideline in programming editors, and I would like it to be applied to all the nested itemizes (for which I'm using the ...
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Put \lstinline inside \item[] description and automatically add \item[] content to a glossary

I've implemented this solution to allow placing \lstinline code inside description \item command. I also want to automatically add the entire \item content as a glossary entry by placing it into name ...
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Reduce top margin of itemize when inside columns environment (beamer)

I wrote the following example code: \documentclass{beamer} \usetheme{Copenhagen} \begin{document} \begin{frame} \begin{block}{Top margin is fine} \begin{columns}[b,onlytextwidth] \begin{...
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Is it possible to concatenate itemized lists?

I am currently keeping track of my research / tasks to do in a LaTeX lab journal. The organization of each day in the Latex code is essentially like the following toy example: \chapter{Saturday, 2nd ...
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Split a row with long text (listed items) on it into 2 rows automatically whenever goes through the next page

I need a table looks like . I know it seems impossible to break 1 row goes through to the next page, but this screenshot is taken from a LaTeX document, so maybe there's a possibility to do this. My ...
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spurious indent combining standalone, french, itemize and verbatim

I have an indentation problem that I finally solved adding \usepackage{enumitem} but I can't understand the reasons why the problem happened in the first place and got solved using enumitem. I nailed ...
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Beamer default overlay: show subitem at the same time as the item

I would like to use the overlay system in beamer, yet only at the first level of a itemize list. In other words, I want A then B, yet A.1 and A.2 to show up at same time than A. The post: Beamer: ...
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Pandoc not converting inside custom environment

I use custom enviroments to produce Theorems, Lemma, Propositions, etc in a LaTex file like this: \newtheorem{thm}{Theorem} When I use Markdown+pandoc I write: \thm{A theorem.} And I get the ...
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Error while declaring itemize (You can't use `\relax' after \the.)

I'm getting the following error while declaring an itemize environment: ERROR main.tex:188 — You can't use `\relax' after \the. ERROR main.tex:188 — Undefined control sequence. ERROR main.tex:188 — ...
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How to change the zero in increasing numbers with dotted zero?

MWE \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{lmodern} \makeatletter \newcommand*{\pmzerodot}{% \nfss@text{% \sbox0{$\vcenter{}$}% math ...
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How to define a Lyx Layout for Custom Items?

I would like to have a list with two alternative bullets. Using the enumitem-package, I have already created an itemize-environment for one of the two bullets. For the other one, I would use \item[<...
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How does one make the latex compiler stricter with '\item's missing an enumerate or itemize environment?

When \item is inside a theorem-type environment, but not inside an enumerate or itemize environment, LaTeX does not give an error. Is there a way to make compiling stricter so that one receives an ...
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Creating a list with reduced spacing, no bullets and level 1 in bold

Trying to make a small topic list in the left side of a two column page using flowfram. I have tried making the list using itemize, but have been unable to make the spacing sufficiently small between ...
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Indenting bullet within `fbox`

\documentclass[fleqn, 12pt] {article} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{enumerate} \usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem} \begin{document} Previous text \fbox{ \noindent\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}...
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Alignment of items in poster

within an itemize environment I have the following problem: After inserting two pictures followed by a caption using captionof, the first item after the pictures is not aligned with the items before ...
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How to remove unnecessary whitespace before \begin{enumerate}?

I've defined a new environment via \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem{aufg}{Exercise} \newenvironment{problem}[1]{\begin{aufg}[#1] ~ \\*[0.2em]}{\end{aufg}} Then writing \begin{problem}{Maximizing ...
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Define new command to strikethrough all text in an \item

I would like to strikethrough all the text in an \item. Since \item takes a variable number of arguments, I don't know how to do that. I have tried: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{ulem} \...
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Hide specific \item

I have thousands of math tasks, which sometimes consist of several sub-questions. The subtasks are separated in an \enumerate environment with \item. I would like to be able to hide individual \item ...
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Beamer: Same vertical space between items in nested lists

For some reason, if I try to nest lists, the vertical space between the list items is not the same anymore; the one above the first item of the nested list and the one below the list item of the ...
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Hide/unhide questions using a command like \printquestions in exam.cls

I am trying to customize the question environment of exam.cls. I want to have a command like \printquestions to hide/unhide the questions, while retaining the points and question labels. I have used ...
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Beamer: stretch space between items in itemised list within columns

I've been following the code in this answer to get the items in my itemised lists to spread neatly across the vertical space in my slides. However, placing an itemize environment inside a column ...
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Use \textbullet\ in text like \item in itemize

I am trying to use \textbullet\ in a text like \item from the itemize environment. So far, I have come up with the code below. However, I do not want to use \newline at the beginning of my new command ...
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Tufte_Latex Itemize or Enumerate inside Caption does not compile

The Itemize/enumerate environment works flawlessly within Latex (eg report class). It did also compile fine a couple of years ago despite throwing up some warnings using the {tufte-book} class. Not ...
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i have errors after compling my code on latex with this error message Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) detected at line 103 producing 13 errors

\documentclass{beamer} \mode<presentation> { \usetheme{Darmstadt} \usecolortheme{albatross} \usefonttheme{serif} \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} \setbeamertemplate{caption}...
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Automatically enlarging slides for easier readability

I have a student with poor eyesight who needs enlarged lecture slides in order to read them. Previously, the student had done this manually but I figured that it may be possible to get satisfactory ...
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Beamer: strikeout with onslide produces "perhaps a missing \item"

Following the recommendation in In beamer, how to strike through an item after displaying, I wrote this: \documentclass[14pt,aspectratio=1610]{beamer} \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} \renewcommand{\...
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Automatic adjustment of items in itemize to fill the slide

In the following MWE, I manually define \setlength\itemsep{7em} to define the spacing between items. Is there a nice and reusable way to auto-adjust, so the slide does not look empty from the bottom? ...
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Table indent not working

So I have the following code setup: \documentclass[12pt]{beamer} \usepackage{pgfpages} \pgfpagesuselayout{resize to}[a4paper,landscape] %\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper] %\usetheme{Singapore} \...
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Items are not coming one by one

I learnt that the following code work for displaying items one by one \begin{frame}{one by one} \begin{itemize} \item<1-> a; \item<2-> b; \item<3-> c; \end{itemize} \...
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How to reduce the vertical space between text and equations in itemize lists?

I'm having a small vertical spacing problem with some itemize lists. The vertical spacing between equations and the text above and under them is perfect, except in itemize lists, where the space is a ...
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How to change the itemize color in Madrid and beaver theme in beamer?

\documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer} % dvipsnames gives more built-in colors %\geometry{hmargin={1.14in,1.14in}, vmargin={1.02in,.99in}} \usepackage{graphicx}% for "\scalebox" macro \usepackage[...
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Beamer alignment of bullets in Itemize environment polyglossia RTL

how can I align the bullet in itemize environment in beamer presentation that uses polyglossia Here is my code \documentclass[dvipsnames,mathserif]{beamer} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \...
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Autowidth Box for Itemize Environment

A newenvironment is defined using varwidth and tikz to get a block of width equal to that of the content within it. It works fine, unless itemization is involved. A MWE is given here. \documentclass[]...
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itemize environment fails within fixme note

I'm having problems when I try to enclose an itemize environment within a fxnote (using the package fixme). The code is attached below, as indicated tests 1 and 2 works fine, but test 3 fails when ...
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Shortcut without braces for begin{itemize} - item - end{itemize}

I am using LaTeX inside a graphical editor (IPE) for presentations and would like to speed up creating itemize environments, as I use them very frequently. I have different text fields for each item ...
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How to fit whole item label on page?

I am writing a document with several long label texts. The problem is that they do not fit on this page, the text is too long and the left side gets cut. This is the code I am using: \begin{itemize} ...
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lstlisting inside itemization

I need to have \lstlisting inside an itemization. I have the following code but as you will see from the output, the listing starts on the line following the item label. Is there anyway to get it on ...
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Enumerated list, skipping the numbering of some items

Is it possible create an enumerated list with some of the items in the list not numbered? That is, is there an \item* command that will suppress the numbering of that particular item, and then ...
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Same item indent for flushleft inside tcolorbox

I want to use itemize (or enumerate) where some items use an environment that basically amounts to flushleft inside a tcolorbox. They get another indent for the item marker, as seen for #4 here. I can ...
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Question using track changes

I have the following problem: I submitted a manuscript, where I have to use track changes, but, I have to delete a list of process, using the enumerate environment: So, I tried the following: \...
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new label in itemize/minipage/fbox not right

What can I do to fix this? This code: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \renewcommand\labelitemi{\rule{.3in}{.1pt}} \fbox{\begin{minipage}{3in} \begin{itemize} \item This looks good \...
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Wrapping text in enumeration environment around a table in tikzposter

The goal of simply using wrapfigure to wrap text around a table, is not achieved if the text contains enumerate of itemize environment. However, some time ago, the accepted answer to this question ...
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Weird "Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item." when using itemize inside quote

For the following document \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \section{Lesson Design} \begin{quote} \subsection{Overview} \textbf{Questions} \begin{itemize} \item How do we design lessons?...
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How do I format my theorem environment to fit the itemize?

I study by making summaries of books, and, in order to prevent constructing a narrative, I use the itemize environment to break up chapters, sections and subsections into the essential information. ...
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How can I create an itemize list with date custom bullet

I would like to have this render with an itemize environement : Anyone to tell me clues about how to get it ? I don't care about color and i can draw the arrows with tikz. Best.
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itemize inside tabularx seems to break exam class gradetable

I'm using the exam class. If I use the itemize environment inside a tabularx, LaTeX gives me warnings when I use the gradetable command: LaTeX Warning: Reference `question@1' on page 1 undefined on ...
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Multicol and Itemize

I am using the multicol package with itemize. On the left of my two columns, each bullet point is 2 lines long, and on the right side, each bullet point is one line long. Right now, my output is ...
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A blank appears for no reason

So I'm working on a report, but after adding a second item \item \underline{\textbf{Réalisation expérimentale }} a blank appears on the right of my text like it shows on the image. ans here's the ...
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Increase the spacing between my paragraphs while maintaining the spacing between items in the itemize environment

I tried to increase the spacing between my paragraphs by using the parskip package but it also increased the spacing between my items in my itemize environnment. How do I change the spacing between my ...
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