Questions tagged [layout]
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Mimic layout LaTeX Companion (memoir) - OneSide Chapter Heading problems
I'm trying to set a document using companion layout as page and chapter, but for one-side.
It is a mess. Two-sided is working.
I read 100 pages from manual. I'm not a programmer, but - no offense - ...
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How do I make this header fit/look better with the page?
I'm looking for suggestions to make this header more presentable. I used fancyhdr package with a centred setting and /footnotesize text. What are some things that might make this more presentable/look ...
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How to produce side by side item and description [duplicate]
What I'd like to do is this:
Item 1: description description description description description % edge of page
description description description description description
description ...
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baselineskip ruins my layout and shifts everything too low
I have a page consisting of two pieces, each one having two lines to sign on. Its kind of a contract, explaining that I wrote my seminar work by myself.
However, I want the date of the signature to be ...
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Is it possible to have multiple gather environments in one line?
Specifically, I want to arrange many small equations in a more compact manner, but still include a \tag with each one. Currently, I typeset the longer equations like this:
\documentclass[fleqn]{...
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Tables with many columns in on slide
I have searched stack exchange for answer to how I can create a beamer having 2-tables with many columns side-by-side, all the answers I am getting refers to tables with few columns.
Currently I have ...
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Tcolorbox continuing after another one
Good morning all,
First, since it is my first post, I would like to thank you all for all the information I have found so far on this website that saved my life many times!
However, this time it seems ...
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Display document styling variables
My tex-illiterate teacher wants to check the formatting of our submission (e.g: margins, fonts size, spacing, etc...)
Unlike WYSIWYG, it is not possible to select text and know its properies.
Question:...
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Display body margins [closed]
Taking as reference the image given here: https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/page_size_and_margins, I'm trying to display the body margins, that is, the margin corresponding to the region delimited ...
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Title best practises
My school has some really weird ideas on how the title for my seminar work has to look. How would I go on to create such a layout, while maintaining proper LaTeX best practises (i.e. using \title)?
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Unwanted irregular layout when using \multirow
I am an experienced user of latex but new to constructing tables. My problem is illustrated with this example:
\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabularx}
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How does one nicely arrange a collection of subfigures on a page?
I have the following code that renders awkwardly on a page... Ideally I'd like it to fit on one page, but I'm new to Tikz and I'm trying to go by example. Is there some way to scale? Should I be ...
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Setting margins to a A4Paper
Im writing a paper for school and I am using the geometry class to set the left and right margins.
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
a4paper,
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Double border line for table
What I want to achieve is what is shown in the attached image at the bottom. The first problem is making a double line border. I have not gotten to try much, most I have done is google around and ...
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Single Frame Layout MacBook
I am creating a presentation via beamer however when I run the typeset the 2 slides show up side by side rather than individually on my Mac. Is there a way to prevent this please?
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Comment line between commands changes layout
Can someone explain to me what goes on behind the scenes here? I thought latex does ignore empty lines...
I have the following command defined
\newcommand{\requirement}[3]{
\textcolor{blue}{#1 ...
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Latex beamer - Split frame horizontally - get rid of top margin
I'm trying to make my first LaTeX beamer theme. This theme will be open-sourced.
In order to promote and foster the adoption of LaTeX, I would like to provide a couple of pre-made and ready-to-use &...
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Logicproof Package and Axiomatic proof, issues with Layout
I am using the logicproof package in order to write proof in axiomatic style. The problem is that, if a line of the proof is too long, the whole block exceeds page margins.
Here is a the code:
\...
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Setting a page wide image on a page that pushes all text to be below it (no overlay)
I am working on a D&D style book in Latex, using the DnD latex template, and everything works well with the exception of inserting D&D-style spreads of images. These tend to be either a full ...
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custom page except front and index
I want to format my document so as to fit its contents as I would like, but not keep this format for the front page and the index; as I need large margins for notes & equations but this particular ...
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Author and affiliations in footnotes
I have the following MWE that I use to add affiliations to authors:
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\begin{document}
\title{\sc This is a title \thanks{Thanks to ......
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How to display all trigonometric function plots in a table?
For my maths summary I am trying to make a table with all function plots of the trigonometric functions (Something like the picture below, but including the inverses). Since my space is limited to 12 ...
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The default value of the oddsidemargin
When I use the grid behind the text I see on my first page the distance between the left side of the page and the left margin of the text is around 1.5 inch.
When I use the layout package and the \...
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How to use \ContinuedFloat and avoid the text moving up?
I want to write a paper, and do not want the text after the figure to move up.
I want the flow like this below:
My WME:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{...
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Best strategy for setting page format for a book
I want to write a book, the format of which is 7 X 10 (in).
What are the different strategies to set this format? I mean: which package (embedded? geometry? other?), and what do I have to care about ...
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Why is a simple fraction not displaying properly? [closed]
This should be pretty basic, but I can't work out what I'm doing wrong here.
I'm trying to just write a = 1/6 with the fraction displayed the normal way, 1 over 6.
I've tried both a = \frac{1}{6} and ...
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How does a figure's height influence its positioning?
Sometimes a figure I want to place at the bottom of a page is placed on the next page regardless of the available space. I, finally, did some testing and realized that the height of a figure may not ...
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Table goes out of the half width Layout
I have the following Layout in my article.
I've added a table like this
\begin{table}[h!]
\begin{center}
\caption{MINT-Lücke im Vergleich zu den Vorjahren}
\label{tab:table1}
\begin{...
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Set to width by adjusting font size in LaTeX?
I'm trying to set a multi-line block of text with a fixed width where each line is justified by adjusting font size without breaking the lines. The SILE typesetter has this feature in its specimen ...
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What lay out to use to mimic this pdf format in LaTeX?
I am trying to recreate this precisely in LaTeX but nothing I try works (tried table, \qaud and even pasting as figure - which does the job but brings other difficulties). Anyone have a simple tip?
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3x2 layout handout/annotations from pdf
I have a slides.pdf file (no source for it), which I would like to annotate on my own. I would like a 3x2 layout with the slides on the left and latex-notes on the right.
Is there any package or easy ...
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Changing NotesTeX page layout
I came across Aditya's beautiful NotesTeX template, to which I wish to change the page layout a bit.
The NotesTeX.sty file includes a geometry package command that sets up the page layout.
What I want ...
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Column not aligned on the bottom in a paper
I am writing my first paper in overleaf, however I have one problem with the layout. If in one page I have a section title on le left column and then only text (both in the left and right columns) I ...
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A Bridge Scorecard I can reuse, that can be discussed to the right
I am interested in duplicating the standard bridge scorecard for inclusion in a book, the discussion will refer to the scorecard (possibly with highlighting parts of it). I expect the scorecard to be ...
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How to print accents in verbatim?
I have this code:
\begin{verbatim}
Serial.begin(9600); // definisce velocit\`a porta seriale
bt.begin(9600); // inizializzera' comuinicazione Bluetooth
display.setBrightness(0x0f); // ...
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Warning: \headheight is too small
This is the code:
file tesisty.sty
% contiene alcune definizioni personali
%\documentclass[12pt,titlepage]{report}
%\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\def\corso#1{\gdef\@corso{#1}}
\def\anno#1{\gdef\@anno{...
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How to change the header?
This is the code:
file tesisty.sty
% contiene alcune definizioni personali
%\documentclass[12pt,titlepage]{report}
%\usepackage[italian]{babel}
\def\corso#1{\gdef\@corso{#1}}
\def\anno#1{\gdef\@anno{...
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Triangular Layout of text in Latex [duplicate]
My apologies if this is a basic question. In Latex, is it possible to set text in a triangular shape, as was often done at the end of chapters in Early Modern typography? I imagine it would be easy ...
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How do I ignore the titlesec package, and create a subsection without runin?
I'm using the titlesec package to have runin subsection titles. However, I only want this some of the time, and if I try to break the line with \ it either throws an error to adds some weird ...
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How to add some fancy old style decoration in four corners of margins?
I would like to add some fancy-looking, old style decorations in the four corners of each page of the main part of a document, while keeping a small gap from the paper's edge to allow printing.
Here's ...
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How to adjust margins in Kaobook?
Wondering how I can set page margins on Kaobook? I have these requirements from the Uni:
4cm binding margin
2cm head margin
2.5cm fore-edge margin
4cm tail margin
Page size A4 (I have seen the ...
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Why Appendix appears like Appendix A?
I want to create document like this
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1
Section 1.1
Section 1.2
SubSection 1.2.1
SubSubsection 1.2.1.1
Chapter 2
...
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/multirow in table
I have the following below. Please can someone help in where I would input to having the \midrule as a \multirow? E.g. The columns 'Total Distance' to 'Average Acceleration' will be a \multirow of 4, ...
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I need a rather complex layout for a scholarly edition and don't know where to start
for a scholarly edition, I need a rather complex layout.
I tried using columns and tkiz, but I am not experienced enough to complete this daunting task.
How would I go and put the | .th. | incomplete ...
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book/openany, but start on right?
How can I avoid blank pages between chapters but start the book on a right page?
I’ve tried “openany”, but that starts the book on the left, so the margins are screwed up.
Thank you in advance!
For ...
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(Urgent) Remove “Abstract” title and content from document
I need help trying to remove abstract and all the content that is included in my document. Can anyone help me please immediately? What I am posting is the wlscirep and the main.tex.
wlscirep
%
% An ...
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Beamer not respecting changes in footline height
It looks like beamer is ignoring changes in the size of template elements.
I have the following minimal example:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[text line]{
\...
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Customised Society documents in LaTeX
OK, I know that LaTeX can be used to design letter head and memo. But in all through the answers I searched here, I cannot find one that answers my question. So I ask this one.
I want to produce ...
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Context: How to do full-page figure with proper orientation and captions in opposite page?
I've searched in ConTeXt manuals and here, but couldn't find a way to achieve these 4 requirements altogether:
Place a figure as full-page figure (works without other requirements)
Change orientation ...
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How to split page into rectangles?
I am trying to make some notes for my math class, and I would like to organize them in the following way: I first want to split the page with a vertical line, and have definitions on the left, ...
