Questions tagged [line-breaking]
{line-breaking} is about how (La)TeX breaks paragraphs into lines and how those breaks can be influenced.
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How to handle line-wrap in index page?
Im using the package makeidx to generate an index page with two columns. When a term is slightly longer than a column, it just overflows instead of a line break. How do I handle this?
My code:
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Moving an unbreakable equation from one line to another
I have an equation that is being split between two lines. I would like to solve this by making it unbreakable. However, if I do this, it overflows into the margin. How can I force the unbroken ...
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Line breaking after \paragraph{}
I know that I can it with \mbox{}\\ (\paragraph{}\mbox{}\\) but that's kinda messy and using titlesec to redefine \paragraph{} doesn't cut it for me either, because I most of the time want to have ...
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Aligning and line-breaking a set of long equations in both single- and two-column modes with proportional vertical spacing
For the following set of long equations, how to
1- aesthetically align and line-break them in a single- and two-column modes without crossing the single column dedicated space and
2- separately ...
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How to use fontspec to typeset Amharic text in Latex?
I am a new user and want to use Amharic as a main language with English as a second in LaTex. I use MAC O X 10.13 version with TexShop 4.44 version. To write the Amharic text I use Abyssinica SIL as a ...
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How can I introduce a line break in the title for a chapter, but not have the line break in the contents page? [duplicate]
Hello,
I wanted to introduce a line break in some of my titles for aesthetic reasons (to avoid a line with one word)... But now this has seeped into the contents page. Is it possible to have a line ...
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A \par[] version of \linebreak[]
I like how \linebreak[] takes an number 1-4 as how insistent you are about breaking. There are some long paragraphs in my paper, and I'd like to add option paragraphs in the middle of them. I know ...
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Split an index entry between two lines
Is it possible to break an entry between two lines (the reference in a line and page number in another)? I have an index with long entries and I see that it never happens, something causing big white ...
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How can I enforce a line-break of DOIs in the references?
In my bibliography four items extend beyond the column width, three of them because of the DOI. I use biblatex.
My MWE looks like this
\documentclass[11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[url=false,...
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Automatically break a very large formula through multiple pages, using package `breqn`
I have a document which contains very large sets, consisting of hundreds of large numbers, which have to be represented as products of their prime factors. So I need to use dseries* environment of the ...
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xltabular error \newline
I am trying to build a table using xltabular. In all 3 columns, I need left aligned text.
In my opinion, the manual of xltabular is not very well documented. I had a look at different topics over here,...
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Non-breaking \hspace in ConTeXt
The only non-breakable space command in ConTeXt that I know of is the tilde (~) command, but I'd like to have finer control over how long the non-breaking space will be. In LaTeX, I could accomplish ...
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random line break
I have a question. LaTex does a random line break betweenwenn and \[ [x,y] \in I\] in the penultimate line. Can someone tell me why and how I can fix it? Already tried \mbox{} and it doesn't work.
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Line break for URL clash with hyperref
I want to put a line break for the urls as it exceeds the page margin. I've refereed couple of posts on StackExhange but still it's not successful. The error for the following code says
!LaTeX Error: ...
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Restrict text to part of beamer slide (trapezoid shape)
Previously I got help to insert images in my beamer slides here: Place image in background layer defined in frame. Now, I am trying to find some way to make sure the text does not cross the slanted ...
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Wrapping of long addresses when converting Markdown to PDF via pandoc
I have documents in markdown that are converted to PDF using pandoc, which relies on a latex engine to generate the output file.
The documents contain long web addresses as well as directory and file ...
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Line break binoppenalty does not work
\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{pgf,pgfplots}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[romanian]{babel}
\usepackage[paperwidth=15.5cm, paperheight=23.5cm, ...
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Why is multline not splitting my equation?
I'd like a simple multiline environment that automatically breaks lines up to fit within the margins. I haven't decided on the end document style so I would like something that adapts well when ...
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Prevent line break before a specific character
I would ask if it is possible to set a global option to prevent line break before a specific character, in my case – (especially in the index).
In my index formatted in a single paragraph I use – as ...
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PNAS template doesn't break reference list
(first post, please be kind, not familiar with local norms)
I am using the latest pnas-new.cls and bst files, and use the standard \bibliography{mybib} before \end{document}. The references don't ...
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vim-t line split not working
I'm using context on my mac machine. I'm trying to wrap lines automatically using lines=split when defining vim typing, but it's not working.
This is how I define vim typing at the very top of my ....
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Lua Latex: How to break a long line of elements of a set in inline mode?
I have a long listing of 2-uple elements like $A = \{ (1,2), (1,3), (1,5), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (1,2), (1,3), (1,5), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3),(1,2), (1,3), (1,5), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3),(1,2), (1,3), (1,5), (...
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List of Terms/Definitions Text off Page
new to TeX...Most of my document was provided to me as a template but there's something I can't get correct. Trying to make a list of definitions / terms, and on each line it should be like this:
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Redefining inline math, so it always proceeded by a non breaking space (~)
I don't like when inline math is typeset at the beginning of a new line. Is there a way to redefine the dollar sign so that
Text text $i$. Text, $i$ text $i$ text.
is automatically translated to
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Line breaks in really long sqrt expresssion
I am asking a question that has appeared many times on TeX StackExchange but none of the answers seem to work for my use case.
I am trying to introduce line breaks, programmatically, into really ...
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Penalty after Rel, Bin, but not Punct
Considering the inline math mode, is there a conceptual or typographical reason, why TeX automatically puts a penalty after atoms of type Rel and Bin, but not after type Punct?
One reason that comes ...
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Align text centered around (custom) symbol with linebreak
I want to align two text columns centered around one symbol. The following code is close to the solution, but still has a linebreak problem:
\newcommand{\correspondsto}{\overset{\scriptscriptstyle\...
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Auto wrap broken words without hyphens, zero all stretch/shrink inter-word intra-word glues in fully justified paragraph
(1) Recently I have been researching a lot of fonts, have come across a range of type specimens where designers have deliberately disabled hyphenation (as a stylistic effect) while allowing words to ...
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line break so both lines have same width
I have a long string of text and it takes up more than one line. I want the line break to happen so that the first line and the second line have the same width. How do I do this?
A very long line ...
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In Lyx lines go outside the page in the pdf file after choosing a larger font
I wanted to convert my lyx file into pdf but with a larger (than the default base) font size.
I was told to go to Documents -> Settings -> Document Class and choose Article (Standard Class with ...
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Where to find documentation for XeTeX's line breaking behavior?
I am trying to find out more about how XeTeX implements line breaking for different languages using \XeTeXlinebreaklocale. From the XeTeX reference guide:
\XeTeXlinebreaklocale⟨Locale ID⟩:
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End short line in fully-justified text
I want to end a line in justified text without having the line streched.
Basically I want \linbreak to justify the one line it ends left.
For this I dont want to use setparsizes (or similar) since I ...
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How to find out the number of lines in a paragraph for \hangafter
I want to have the last line in a paragraph be filled with an \hrulefill which sticks out 1cm to the right of the paragraph margin, like in this picture:
To typeset the above, I used \hangindent and \...
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Is this possible for inline math line breaks: Have symbol duplicated on the next line?
In certain typographical conventions, it is customary to duplicate symbols of binary mathematical operators when a line break occurs. For instance, if a + b = c is broken at +, the result would be a + ...
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there is no line here to end how to introduce space of a line [duplicate]
I am having following code section
Security Centre uses following technologies
\newline
\subsection{Intelligent threat intelligence}
\newline It looks for bad actors by using
I get error there is ...
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Typesetting curiosity: word change on one line does not affect how that line is set, but affects how the next line is set
The following two paragraphs differ only in that the first one uses "his" on the first line and the second one uses "her".
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\RequirePackage[adobe-utopia]{mathdesign}
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Insert image with line-broken texts inside a table cell
I am able to insert an image in a table but I am having difficulties with the format adding text below the image. I don't want to use caption because I don't want to have "Figure x" showing up. ...
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How to break lines using conditions
How can I break a line for when the text exceeds the paragraph width?
\noindent where
\begin{conditions}
\hspace{1cm}A & This text goes here over the paragraph and I would like to (so somewhere ...
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Long title with package Exercise.sty
I would like to know how to allow line break in the title of an exercice, using the package Exercice.sty.
Indeed the code :
\begin{Exercise}[
label={my_label},
title={My very long ...
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Why do my lines not break correctly?
I'm struggling with line breaks in my document and it seems to me that LaTeX is randomly deciding when to break correctly and when not. See the differences in the three blocks below.
\documentclass[...
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revtex4-1 onecolumn: Remove the extra long blanks before/after eqnarray
In revtex4-1 onecolumn, I find the extra-long blanks (sentence breaks) before/after eqnarray, like this
question: How to remove the extra long blanks before/after eqnarray?
\documentclass[11pt, ...
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multiline text in tikz-rectangle [duplicate]
I am trying do use tikz to (re-)produce the followning figure:
But it seems impossible to insert multiline text into a rectangle. I tried
\newline, \\, and array without success. What else can be ...
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break an URL in the source file
I would like to break the url of the command
\href{https://www.nature.com/nature-research/editorial-policies/reporting-standards#data}
{policies}
in the source file as follows:
\href{...
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How to align the long state in algorithmicx [duplicate]
I want to reedit the algorithm in the paper. But the statement can not stay in the right place when I have a long state in algorithmicx.
I want it aligned as the paper does. Is there any simple ...
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How to fit a line in latex?
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
%\usepackage{amsbsy}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
Let $G$ be a $3$-coloured digraph. A subgraph $\mathrm{H}$...
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No new line after environments in block quotes for citation and quotation marks
My question is heavily related to this one: How to avoid citations being placed on a new line when \blockcquote ends with a list?
I manged to adapt the solution proposed in the aforementioned ...
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Single Line Break in Latex to Single Line Break in Text? [duplicate]
This definitely seems like an answered question somewhere, but how can I make a single line break in the latex source code correspond to a line break in the text?
For example, I'd like
\...
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Two columns: automatic new line with compound words and inside equations
The two-column design works fine, but I encountered three problems:
Every time I use a word that already has a hyphen (-) in it, LaTeX stops breaking the word with new hyphens to make it fit the ...
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Having trouble starting a new line with \mbox
Here is what I've tried so far
\[\mbox{
\Large$
(1)(1)+2(1)+(-1)2+
\\
(-2)1+0(1)+(1)3+
\\
1(2)+(-1)(1)+0(4)
$}
\]
However, \\ is not working here. Can any genius get this done?
The reason why I use ...
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Hyperlinks to headings with line breaks
I have a document with some long heading titles. I use \\ to create line breaks in these headings to have them fit my two column TOC as I please. The problem is that, when I use hyperref, within the ...
