Questions tagged [layout]
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sectioning wider than text area
I stumbled across the type specimen of the beautifull Tierra Nueva and I'm wondering how is it possible to achieve a sectioning in LaTeX similar as shown in the picture (centered and wider than the ...
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Ifoddpage statement inside switch case
Continuation of topics
tcolorbox: specific width and height settings for odd and even pages and Distance Variable in front or back pages.
I'd like to set lengths conditionally based on the expansion ...
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How to Alternate Geometry Layouts With \atbegshi [closed]
... A documentation question ...
Question: Is \AtBeginShipoutNext from the atbegshi package intended to "exceptionally" apply to a single printed page? Or, would this not even work with the ...
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How to reproduce this layout?
I'd like to reproduce this layout (especially the sections + the bottom and the top parts of the paper).
My code:
\documentclass[a4paper, french, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{...
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Trying to add frames in \AtBeginDocument destroys slides layout
I guess I've basically got the same question as here. But copying .sty content into my header by hand doesn't feel like the right solution. So let's have a fresh start:
For some slides I create, the ...
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Properly lay out long titles in Part
I can control the size of the font used in my part titles.
I can control the location of the word within the page's Y-axis. But for titles that are too long, I get the following ugly result: a big ...
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Help replicating this Document Design
I want to replicate this document layout. I tried to reach the author, but did not get any positive response.
What I got so far is the header. But mine is statical and I want a dynamic header (...
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How can I get tabulars on facing pages to line up?
I want to create a two-page spread with a grid across it. So I have this code:
\documentclass[letter,openleft,twoside]{memoir}
\usepackage[left=0pt,right=0pt,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{...
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Change numbering style from 1. to (1)
I'm trying to change the numbering style in the Enumerate layout from displaying as:
xyz
to
(1) xyz
I've tried a few things by adding to the preamble, but mostly seem to be getting error messages....
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Insert something when *not* before a page break
I've tried to find a solution but obviously the right search phrases escape me ...
I need to insert something into the document which will be suppressed if it would be followed by a page break.
For ...
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A tex-script to impose multiple layout signatures (optionally saddle stitch) from pdf
I am trying to add a pdf with 32 pages, A5 landscape to A3 landscape with a script.
So far the pdftex or context have failed me and I wonder if I am missing something in there that might help me on ...
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Drawing a horizontal \rule through the middle of a line
How can I do something like \noindent\rule{\linewidth}{0.25mm}
but in a way that doesn't leave a big gap before it?
Currently it's kind of like \bottomrule, almost as if it skips a line. I want it to ...
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Remove white space at the start of new section in latex
Using this code:
\RequirePackage[l2tabu,orthodox]{nag}
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,nofootinbib,notitlepage,tightenlines]{revtex4-1}
\linespread{2}
\usepackage[letterpaper,margin=1in,bottom=1in]{...
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Extra spaces when mixing beamercolorbox and tikzpicture
I am trying to create custom beamer blocks for a template using a tikzpicture for the title of the block and a beamercolorbox for the body.
Here is a MCVE:
\documentclass[t]{beamer}
\usepackage{...
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How to properly insert an image?
This image should have been fit after (a) and it seems like the image can fit into the previous page...I have been facing this kind of problem a lot and I don't know how to fix it.
I tried to use [h],...
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Insert image if there is room in the current column
I use this: Section should automatically start new page if the whole section does not fit on current page to make sure sections start on a new page (or in this case column) if they don't fit the ...
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How to create a specific page layout template?
I'm searching for some ideas to create a template whose the page layout would be the same as this one ( http://www.jcbehareditions.com/images/36/extrait_7.pdf): two pages face to face. Any idea of how ...
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Small table and small figure next to each other
Any tips on how to put these two together (see image upload). Current code:
\documentclass[
11pt,english, onehalfspacing, nolistspacing, liststotoc, headsepline, oneside, chapterinoneline, reqno, ...
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Placing images and text in separate parallel columns [duplicate]
I feel like there should be quite a simple answer to this (apologies if so), but have been looking for a while and can't find one. I am trying to format a latex document to match the layout pictured ...
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Extremely long footnotes (3+ pages)
I'm transcribing a manuscript in which there's a very long footnote, spanning across seven 8vo pages, each having a couple lines of main text above the continuing footnote. I estimate it is probably ...
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Getting an object to span multiple [jou]{apa6} columns without colliding
I like to use \documentclass[apacite,jou,a4paper]{apa6}.
It wastes too much negative space, but it invokes a consistent two column layout, and helps with the APA journal style, referencing, etc. which ...
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Modify NatBib Bibliography List Style/Layout (CiteThemRight)
I am currently working on my Bachelors thesis with TexLive 2018 in TexStudio.
My University demands the usage of the CiteThemRight reference styling, which is an adaption of the Harvard referencing ...
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How to add and customize an element on title page of a beamer template
I'd like to add an extra element to the title page of a beamer template. I've tried re-purposing and re-positioning the \institute{} element for this, but moving it down causes the height of the page ...
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ConTeXt: Complex multicolumn layout
Background
Looking to achieve a fairly complex layout from a Markdown source document. The layout resembles:
Code
\usemodule[newcolumnsets,visual]
\setuphead[chapter][
header=empty,
footer=...
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A new aspect for the chapter of Legrand Orange Book
Starting from this MWE,
\documentclass[12pt,fleqn]{book}
\usepackage[top=3cm,bottom=3cm,left=3cm,right=3cm,headsep=10pt,a4paper]{geometry} % Page margins
\usepackage{graphicx} % ...
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Align framed environment boxes accurately
I'm trying to draw a figure consisting of two boxes, using the framed environment, aligned side by side, each containing a small header and an align* environment. I'd like some symmetry. I.E. that the ...
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Tikz force node in specific layers in layered graph
I'm trying to use layered graph layouts to generate Directed Acyclic Graphs where all nodes are partitioned into layers. The following code produces a near-perfect result.
\RequirePackage{luatex85}
\...
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Can I stretch or expand an entire standalone document to fit the page?
If I create a standalone document, and it's approximately the shape of an A4 piece of paper, can I expand it to take up a full page; stretch it to fit the dimensions of the an A4 article? Just want to ...
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custom \midrule length
I just want a simple \midrule that doesn't span the entire page or cell.
For instance, with \rule, you can specify dimensions like:
\rule[0.2cm]{100pt}{0.5pt}
That's as close as I can get it, but ...
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What's the appropriate layout for academic or scientific articles
I want to step up my game and produce more professional written assignments, research articles, etc. and I'm looking for a more suitable style/layout appropriate for the sciences and general academia.
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Drawing a Decision Diagram with Tikz and layout manager
I'm trying to draw decision diagrams (DD) in an automated fashion. A DD is a DAG, where all nodes are partitioned in layers. Edges typically go from a node in layer l to another node in layer l+1. ...
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Lyx: Choose option from .cls file
I would like to use the sigconf style from acmart.cls.
I have already downloaded the acmart.cls file into the latex folder, run texhash and copied a minimal .layout file:
#% Do not delete the line ...
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Imitate Email-reply layout: Vertical line in left margin, except for responses
Edit: I am not happy with the 3 answers my first, smaller bounty got me. So I rewrote the question to set clear rules and a proper bounty.
The solution should create two environments, originalemail ...
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how to setup minimum textlines before new page?
I have a 130 pages thesis, that has many chapters starting in the lower 5/6 of the page and having only 3-5 lines of text before it wraps to a new page.
If I have to manual add \newpage below every ...
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Lettre Class, how to supress this aweful blank space
I am currently writing a cover letter with the modified lettre package which is a modified version of the original letter, in order to correspond to french standards. Below a MWE :
\documentclass[...
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Multicolumn: justify left and fill unused space from the left. (Odd pages.)
Esteemed community, I have a two column document layout, and am aware that normally I can choose between
justifying text to the left, which fills unused space from the right, and
justifying text to ...
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Should geometry bindingoffset remove or add space from the inner margin?
In twoside book/memoir documents, using the geometry package and LUALaTeX - and to set up offset printing, (four + pages per sheet):
What should be the expected behavior of bindingoffset?
1. Issue
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Is TikZ picture or LaTeX document the right tool to create an "information card" with multiple features?
I'm designing a "welcome" card with a couple of bullet points of text, a picture, some symbols and frame decorations. It's to be printed on a A5-size paper.
I want pretty good control over ...
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visual problem with eso-pic
I'm using this code to produce a pdf with three pages:
the first with ad image (and no text inside), the second with normal text, the third like the first.
\documentclass[oneside,a4paper,12pt]{book}
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How to split the text into two columns that both have a different width?
I'm making a report about some code that I've written. I want to split the page into two columns, in such a way that I have code on the left side and (commentary, descriptive, non-code) text on right ...
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Trying to replicate this title page: page grid and image
I am trying to achieve the following result:
Get a grid over the title page
Have a figure that looks like a stock price process
Does anyone know how I can achieve this?
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How to have multicolumn with each cell being multiple rows with everything centered
I am trying to achieve this:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut vitae accumsan ligula. Aenean vel condimentum magna. Aenean in nisi sed sem semper molestie. Donec ac pulvinar ...
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How do I add a background image to just a parbox?
I'm trying to design my CV and want to have a box at the top which contains some content on the left end (name and title) and content on the right (maybe a few rows containing contact info sorts of ...
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problem with setting up a two side document
I do have the following problem: I wrote my theorem, and in the end I wanted to change it to \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{report}
instead of \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}.
But when I ...
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Layout: new-geometry with global and local options
I have a document with pages of different 'headheight's.
\newgeometry{...} seems to overwrite (almost) all options set in \usepackage [...] {geometry}.
How do I achieve that e.g.
margin = 3cm, ...
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How to draw rule from left text edge to right paper edge without overfull?
I'm currently using the following instruction to draw a horizontal rule from the left edge of the text body to the right edge of the paper:
\rule{\paperwidth}{2pt}
This works, but it results in an ...
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Creating a 3 column table glossary with {glossaries} over full width
I have this MWE which I would like to use for my glossary. Problem is that the width of the third column is based on \setlength{\glsdescwidth}{12cm} which will/will not work depending on the document ...
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Compile to number of pages
Is it possible to make LaTeX format the document in such a way that it fills exactly a number of pages? For example, to give LaTeX enough text to fill roughly two pages make make LaTeX take care of ...
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