Questions tagged [memoir]
{memoir} is a document class designed especially for book-length documents. It incorporates the functions of many independent packages into one class.
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Wide threeparttables that stretch out into the outer margin in two-sided memoir document
I have a threeparttable in a memoir document that I would like to at most stretch from the text block's inner margin to the outer margin of the margin notes. I would further like for the table to ...
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Memoir class: how to change upper margin
I've been reading the documentation of the memoir class and trying to change the space between the top of the page and the header, but nothing I do seems to work. I've tried the commands \setulmargins ...
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Change styles for biblatex bibliography headings in memoir
How could I change the style for chapter bibliographies without changing how they appear in the table of contents or the style those for other unnumbered sections? Specifically, I would like them to ...
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Memoir: Small caps section number in table of contents
I would like appendices to be numbered using small caps in my memoir document. I have managed to do it for the actual title, but I can't seem to figure out how I should fix the table of contents.
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How can I make two distinct sets of endnotes?
I am preparing an anthology that reprints and discusses over a hundred third-party poems. Much of the commentary will be in the main matter, but the more tangential comments will take the form of ...
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Translate geometry to memoir
How would I go about in translating this geometry to memoir?
\usepackage[
paperheight=242mm,
paperwidth=165mm,
top=26mm,
inner=22.5mm,
outer=22.5mm,
headheight=10mm,
headsep=8mm,
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Memoir Class 2 Column Footnotes
Why does the footnote mark appear on the inside instead of the outside margin when using \twocolumnfootnotes in the Memoir class? I cannot use \dblfnote since my document will not compile with it.
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Is it possible to make a footnote inside the cut into the text
Is it possible to make a footnote inside the text like in the image? If so, how? I’ve no MWE.
I’m using the memoir class.
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"List of Corrections" is set as a `\section` instead of a `\chapter`
Below is an MWE:
\documentclass[draft]{memoir}
\usepackage{fixme}
\begin{document}
\chapter{test}
Oops?\fxwarning{Hello world!}
\listoffixmes
\end{document}
I want the title (List of Corrections) ...
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Running Custom Marks in FancyHdr
I have created a document that contains a book of the bible with chapter and verses. I have developed a header for the document, but it is not updating correctly. At the moment, it recognizes only the ...
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Positioning images next to each other or stacking them with centered captions (Memoir class)
Problem: I have groupings of images to be displayed together on a single page. They are groups of two, three, four, or five. Some should be grouped/displayed horizontally on a single page with ...
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How do I get headers and footers to extend into the margin (using the Memoir class)?
Similar to what was asked in this question I’m writing a document that uses a small text block, with the margin holding some notes. I did not explicitly changed the \textwidth directly, only the ...
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Center memoir chapter precis if not full width
I would like to have each chapter precis be ragged right, but would like the text block itself to be centered. So, a short chapter precis would appear to be centered, but as soon as the lines start ...
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Convert to memoir class
I would like to convert the following code from report class to memoir class and display the same result in figure
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
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\section doesn't work within a tcolorbox
I am a teacher and trying to create a file where I collect everything I do on a whiteboard as a reference.
To do so, I wanted to use tcolorbox for different parts of my lessons. I also want the top of ...
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How to make enotez list page numbers instead of reference numbers?
My MWE below correctly lists references numbers next to the text and in the endnotes listing.
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{enotez}
\usepackage{blindtext}
% \setenotez{backref=true}
% \usepackage{...
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How to vary the number of lines per page span? E.g., pages 14-15 have 30 lines and others have 31?
I'm using the memoir class and need to align the bottom of the pages of my book. The default settings do this by inserting paragraph spacing like below, but this looks a bit jarring, particularly if ...
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Vertically justify pages?
I'm formatting my book with the memoir class and my editor just educated my that the bottom of my pages should align. E.g., my MWE creates pages where one in a bit taller vertically than the others.
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Conflict between memoir class and float package?
I'm trying to put a table float in a book manuscript that uses the memoir class. This used to work fine until a few days ago, when I ran an update using the TexLive utility. (I think the memoir class ...
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Problem with 'memoir' v3.8 and 'csquotes'
With the latest update of memoir (v.3.8) I detect an error if I also load csquotes and defines active quotes in the following way:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{csquotes}
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Memoir: Hyperlinks in multiline toc entries stretch out to the margins
How can I make the hyperlinks be limited to the actual text in this table of contents while preserving the look? (I realize that this result is an obvious result of the method that I've used to make ...
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How to center-align and adjust font of the index reference in a TOC using memoir?
I'm using the memoir class and have a TOC that is center aligned. I adjust the chapter formatting and shown in my MWE below, but the index seems to follow some of the formatting but not all of it? E.g....
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Memoir: Centered two-line parts with ordinal part numbers in toc
I'm trying to format my table of contents to use two-line, centered entries with ordinal numbers for part and chapter numbers. The entries should also be hyperlinks. I have managed to string together ...
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How to get the chapter letter (not the number)
I use the memoir class, which defines appendix (§6.2.1) as
The \appendix declaration changes the numbering of chapters to an alphabetic form and also changes the names of chapters from \chaptername (...
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memoir: Using pagenote number in index
Using the MakeIndex (via memoir class), I would like to index a page note by referencing the page number (in the Notes section where the note appears) as well as the note number. Attempts to include \...
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Different linebreaks for chapter title on the chapter title page and in the Notes subheading (memoir)
I would like to specify my own line breaks for a chapter title in three places:
on the chapter title page (ie first page of the chapter),
in the corresponding subheading in the Notes chapter (ie for \...
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Page notes with no mark in text and no number in notes for one chapter in memoir
I am transcribing a document into the memoir class that has a front matter "chapter" with a collection of epigraphs. Each epigraph has no page note mark in the text, but in the back matter ...
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What is better? KOMA script or memoir in 2023? [closed]
To make a professional book layout, many people suggest to use either KOMA-Script or memoir.
It has been 13 years since the last question comparing them. What is better? KOMA or memoir. Has KOMA ...
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Multiple glossaries in a memoir class
I am looking for a way of making multiple glossaries (somewhere between 5-7) in a memoir class document.
In my research, I have found questions with answers in this forum such as More than one source ...
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memoir caption numbering with capital letter and no parenthesis
Using memoir and \subtop{}, I would like to have subfigure identifiers (no caption, just the identifiers) as “A”, “B”, … (caps, no parenthesis).
The MWE below produces almost what I want, but:
The ...
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Change margins for part of text using twosided memoir
I have a twosided document in memoir, where I want a part of the text to be centered with even margins.
As suggested in other questions, I can do this using either changemargin, adjustwith or ...
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Margins are not updated in the document
I used my university thesis class to complete my dissertation. However, my university requires margins to be 1.5 inches on the left and 1 inch on the right, top, and bottom of the page. I have tried ...
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Run-in section in memoir
I'm trying to achieve run-in sections with memoir. The "section title" within the book I'm typesetting is actually the first word of a sentence, just in italic, but it goes into the TOC and ...
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Memoir and Problems with Chapter and Appendix Styling
I am writing PhD thesis and I have some guidelines put forth by the university that I must conform to. I have mostly nailed it using the memoir package by following the thesis example memoir provides. ...
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Can I use memoir in G5 format?
I'm writing my dissertation using memoir. It will be printed in G5 format (169mm × 239mm). How can I set memoir to use these custom dimensions, while keeping margins etc beautiful?
I understand that ...
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Page Border problem in memoir
I'm working on a Gospel book for liturgical use (~500 pages) based on the memoir document class (it can be processed with pdfLaTeX and the minimal example below, although I'm actually using XeLaTeX), ...
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Two columun pdflatex output from memoir class book
What might cause the pdflatex output from a memoir class book to have two columns per page rather than one? Multiple columns can be used in some articles but not in a book.
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Implementing memoir class in LyX
I'm starting to learn the memoir class to use it with a book I'm writing in LyX.I've read most of the memman docuement. When I create a new LyX document I can enter the title, but not a subtitle, half-...
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Recreating a book layout in memoir
I've been investigating book layouts for a project I'm working on and I found the title page and book layout from the art and practice of printing
I have attempted to create this layout using memoir ...
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Converting article .cls class files to memoir class files?
I produced a set of lecture handouts using .cls files (ndjflart and dupart) that I'd previously used in the past for a paper I published in a journal .
I've now been asked to convert those notes into ...
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How to modify chapter number size in memoir using veelo
I'm using the \documentclass{memoir} and \chapterstyle{veelo} in my LaTeX document. However, I want to customize the size of the chapter numbers displayed in the document. By default, the chapter ...
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tex4ebook: file nameof image appears right next to the image in the ebook, etc
I am using tex4ebook to convert a memoir class document into epub. The document has several images included thru \includegraphics{}. The images are saved as .eps in the same folder as the .tex file. I ...
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Chapter number is string in TOC and numeral in chapter header (memoir)?
My MWE formats the chapter number as a string in my TOC like I want, but it also changes the chapter number to a string in the chapter header. I want it to be a string in my TOC and a numeral in my ...
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How to format biblatex bibliography reference in TOC?
I'm using the memoir class with biblatex and having trouble formatting the bibliography reference in the TOC to match the other references. (I want it like the chapters--centered and the same font.) ...
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Writing greek and arabic letters in memoir
I'm trying to write a book (documentclass "memoir") and I would like each chapter to begin alternatively with a greek or arabic letter.
I have no problem with greek thanks to the package &...
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How to apply bfseries to Montserrat Thin font?
I have the Montserrat Thin font installed from Google but can't get it to apply the bold style. E.g., my MWE tries to have a bold title using bfseries and bold text using textbf but neither works? I ...
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How to change font weight of memoir titles?
How can I change the font weight (a la textmd, textbf, ...) of chapter and section titles in memoir? Below is my MWE. I tried inserting textbf etc into the renewcommands but nothing was working for me
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Workaround for titlesec/nameref conflict not working for memoir class?
There's a nice workaround for the titlesec/nameref conflict here but I'm finding it doesn't work for the memoir class. Below is my MWE that works for the book class.
\documentclass{book}
% \...
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How to position the chapter title in the margin with Memoir?
I want to put the chapter title in the margin, like in the example. I am using Memoir. I have no MWE since I really don´t know how to position the chapter in the margin.
Thanks in advance!
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Memoir changing page size mid-document
Obviously I'm a bit new to latex (using xelatex engine), just trying out the ground to see if I can transition to it.
I need to change page size mid-document. The document will not be printed, it's ...
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