Questions tagged [parcolumns]
provides an environment for typesetting text in two or more columns columns in parallel
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Critical edition on 3 columns
Is it possible to typeset a critical edition with a three columns section?
I need to have numbered lines and footnotes (like edtext) on all three columns.
Text length is different on the columns and I ...
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\paracol not allowing equations to flow to 2nd page
I have 2 columns containing worked solutions for math test questions (consecutively numbered horizontally).
No problems with code compiling through problem #6.
Problem #7 should start on the next page....
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Footer for every column in parallel column page layout
I have a page layout with multiple parallel columns. How can I add a footer for each column on every page?
Currently I'm using parcolumns to add two parallel columns in a fancyhdr footer.
However, ...
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Different formatting styles for different columns in paracol environment
Is it possible to use, say different line spacing in different columns in paracol package?
Hint: Package paracol is intended to provide
multi-column typesetting mechanism by which you produce multi-...
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Wrapfig changes indent of all subsequent itemize environments
I'm trying to fit a lot of information onto a single page, including bullets and a sidebar on the right (I don't care if the sidebar is the full length of the page or not). I understand that wrapfig ...
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How to make footnotes in parcolumns?
I need to have two columns of text that span over multiple pages placed next to each other, which I managed to do using parcolumns. However, when I try to insert a footnote, it's content doesn't show ...
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Placing content side-by-side: minipage-columns cannot break pages and paracol-columns introduce suprious horizontal space
I would like to put items side-by-side in a two-column layout with some space
in-between (think of three columns with the middle one being empty). I would
like to define an environment which I pass ...
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column of second page swithches to first page
I am working on a document using \begin{paracol}{4}. For the columne break I use \switchcolumn
My problem starts on the second page: When I want to switch the column the text appears ad the page ...
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tcolorbox or parcolumns do not render correclty for my recipes
I'm currently writting a new version of my French recipe book (I mean, that's in French).
My problem is I'd like to have recipes looking like:
This style is composed of two independent columns each ...
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Position of a headline in a multicolumn poster using flow/window/frame
An answer which is sufficient but not optimal OP has been found. Any improvements are welcome.
Requirements:
a landscape poster in A3 with four (possibly a different number later) columns,
the ...
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How to align parallel lists
I have two lists with items of different lengths,
\usepackage{parcolumns}
\begin{parcolumns}{2}
\colchunk{
\begin{enumerate}
\item Et ullamco veniam adipisicing dolore quis ...
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Can page heading marks work with paracol?
Problem summary: Neither the standard marks nor extramarks work as desired when using paracol because LaTeX treats each column as a separate page. In my application, each page on paper consists of ...
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How to make two separate equal width columns of text side by side without text flow? [duplicate]
First let me point out that I searched for an answer to the question but I only partial answers, but nothing complete. So if you already know where I can find my answer just point me in the direction ...
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Polyglot interlinear bible verses(rows) don't break but begin on new page
I'm looking for help!
I used \usepackage{parcolumns} in order to manage splittings inside parallel verses
on the same page. Here is the sample
\documentclass[12pt,landscape]{report}
\usepackage[...
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How to create or import a bilingual table from Word in LaTeX?
Short story: How can I recreate this table in LaTeX, I am currently experimenting with the parallel and parcolumns packages, but the results are not similar.
Long story: I am trying to make a ...
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parcolumns spacing problem when used with expex
I get two problems when I use expex and parcolumns together.
A big gap appears in the non-glossed column.
A gap above the gloss appears, such that the two columns/paragraphs are no longer aligned.
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Divide Page into Two independent Columns with Different Backgrounds [duplicate]
I wish to divide my page into two independent columns from each other (one large 33% of the page width) and with different background colors.
Which is the best strategy to do this? I also would like ...
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parcolumns and qtree
I need to create two columns with different widths. I am trying to use the parcolumns package, but I can't make it work properly. Here is the code and the result:
\documentclass[12pt]{amsart}
\...
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Create design with vertically content-spanning rotated headers
You're dealing with a complete LaTeX noob here, so please be gentile ;) I'm trying to typeset a particular lay-out, but I've not been able to get the desired result so far. My previous attempt was ...
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parcolumns page and font style
I'm trying to modify the Awesome-CV template in order to make it a 2 column CV. Initially the template for Awesome-CV was setting up something with the structure:
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| Head ...
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index like parcolums delim
The printed index in LaTeX provides by default at first item, some indent and the page number. The .idx-filelooks like
\begin{theindex}
\item{Test}\hspace{0.2cm}1
...
\end{theindex}
For \hspace{0....
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Avoiding widow/orphan lines with parcolumns [closed]
I am using parcolumns for two parallel columns, and I have also set
\widowpenalty=10000 % avoid widows
\clubpenalty=10000 % avoid orphans
But while \widowpenalty and \clubpenalty ...
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reledpar: parallel text keeping a translation in the outside column
I'm using the packages parcolumns and parcolsx to keep my translation on the outside column of the page (so on even pages it would be on the left and for odd pages on the right)
I'm interested in ...
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parcolumns package with display math
I need to typeset two parallel columns of text running over several pages, with occasional synchronization. (Synchronization meaning that both columns "restart" from the same vertical position.)
I ...
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Why does parcolumns indent the first paragraph differently?
I need to typeset two columns of text running in parallel. I found the parcolumns package for this purpose. However, this package seems to indent the first paragraph with a noticeably larger indent ...
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How to avoid page break after section titles in parallel columns
I am using parcolumns to write some parallel columns documents. Everything works fine but some section titles show at the end of the page. I want them to be in the next page or at least some content ...
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Creating several sets of laterally aligned equations
I'm just getting started into understanding TeX and the workings of it. However I am trying to write up something and I am very unsure about what to do.
I have no idea where to start with this, any ...
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Parallel Text (Translation) Including the Same/Double/Parallel Heading Numbering
I want to write a bilingual document with paragraph wise parallel translations (two column layout) -- something like this:
I also want to have structural elements like picture captions and headings ...
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How to make two lists of text appear side by side and lined up
I'm new to Latex and this forum. I want to make two columns of text:
SAT:--------------------------SAT Subject Tests:
Critical Reading: 800------------Biology: 800
Math: 800---------------------...
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Make a column vanish / package parcolumns
I wrote a report in German and English language. It has two columns, German on the left, English on the right side.
Now, I need to produce a word file, but only including the german text. I've got ...
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Image wrapping inside parcolumns
I can't get image wrapping inside parcolumns. I have been trying for a long time, and here is what I've got so far:
What am I doing wrong?
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amssymb,...
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How to allow parcolumns environments in an enumerate environment?
I want to make a note of my study on Japanese Language. For this, I have to enumerate some Japanese sentences and provide the translation in English for each sentence on the right side.
I use ...
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Avoiding indentation in “parcolumns”
The package parcolumns has an option nofirstindent to “suppress the indentation of the first paragraph in the environment,” but apparently it indents other paragraphs, even ignoring \noindent.
Is ...
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Automatic table generation
I am working on a book that includes word-to-word translations that need to be put in a table. The format of the average page looks like this:
Regular paragraph text.
Verse.
Translation section.
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List spacing being ignored in parcolumns environment
I am trying to make a 2 column resume using parcolumns but I am having a problem where any changes I make to the itemize or description environments are ignored if they are inside the parcolumns ...
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How to typeset multilingual adjacently parallel paragraphs within a page with different footnotes
The above example was created using an WYSIWYG editor. But want to achieve same using xelatex where different footnotes (explanatory, variants) can also be used. Any pointers.
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Alignment of text in two columns: forcing empty lines in one, to avoid collisions in the other
I have a question about aligning text in two columns. A similar question was asked here:Two Columns whose content is positioned relative to each other, but I wasn't able to get the example solution ...
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Custom table with mdframed and parcolumns: LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item
I am building my own table environment using parcolumns and mdframed.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{parcolumns}
\usepackage{mdframed}
\newenvironment{mytable}[1]
{\begin{mdframed}[...
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Parcolumns: Unbalanced Columns
I'm using parcolumns to help design a resume but it's giving me some trouble by adding lots of extra space in the left and right columns.
Code (compile with XeLaTeX):
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\...
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Enumeration in the `parcolumns` environment
I am encountering a problem in the parcolumns environment.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\...
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parcolumns in \autocite footnotes
I have a thesis chapter that has been compiling perfectly well on one machine, but when I installed and updated MacTex2013 on my new machine, it throws up all kinds of errors. I don't know where the ...
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tcolorbox Spanning Two Columns in {paracol} Environment
The paracol environment allows figures to span two columns by using an asterisk in the figure's environment declaration: \begin{figure*} ... \end{figure*}.
I'm not familiar with the guts of why that ...
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parcolumns, Vertical Misalignment of Columns
The columns produced by parcolumns are not vertically aligned. Why, and how can this be fixed using the parcolumns package as intended?
I have found similar questions with answers that I find ...
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4 parallel text on 2 pages
I know there are packages parcolumns and eledpar.
With parcolumns I can have 4 columns on one page. But this is not what I want.
With eledpar I can have 2 parallel columns or parallel text on ...
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Fixing vertical spacing after \captionof as a custom caption
I'm trying to get a single caption after two columns of code. For two columns, parcolumns is the only method I've found that allows a page break in the middle and is my current favorite. Using ...
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Incorrect vertical line spacing after changing font size in parcolumns
Here's my test case...
\documentclass[english,twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{parcolumns}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[pangram]{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\begin{parcolumns}{2}
\colchunk[1]{
\...
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How to place pictures inside parcolumns
I would like to display pictures inside \colchunk of parcolumns. This works just fine, but it produces a vertical space in the oppposite column. How can I prevent this from happening?
\begin{...
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How to typeset a complex layout like a page of the Talmud?
I need help for typesetting a complex typographic layout comparable to the Talmud, yet not necessarily in Hebrew.
I found the parcolumns package, but it does not support footnotes and it also does not ...
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Complex layout involving multiple levels of footnotes
Cross posted from comp.text.tex
Hello,
I am trying to put together a book with a very complex layout. I did some research, and it seems that TeX is the software that I need. I am having some ...
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Customizing the `\columnseprule` in a `\multicols` environment
In OpenOffice and LibreOffice, one can specify the height (depth?) of the column separator rule in a multi-column section. It can be e.g. 50% of the columns’ height. I would like to be able to do the ...
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