Questions tagged [text]
May refer to: 1) Text & Talk, 2) Text File, 3) Textbook, 4) Religious Text or 5) Writing.
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Replace my text by Lorem ipsum or any other dummy text keeping the code
I have a tex file for a book which is growing in complexity. Sometimes I have to put questions here and in other fora and I have to provide a MWE. As I use the reledmac package (I am typesetting a ...
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Customising text in a table
I am new to latex and in a pressing need to quickly design a fine confusion matrix (with text rotation) as in the attached screenshot:
I am not sure how the content can be customised in latex as in ...
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How to horizontally center text inside cells
I´ve been trying to align horizontally the text inside the left-side cells and I couldn´t make it.
Here is my preambule:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[letterpaper, left=2.4cm, right=2.4cm, ...
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How do I make a character active only in text mode?
I want to make the character > active only in text mode (to create markdown-style block quotes) but not in math mode. I know the \mathcode`>="8000 way to make a character active only in ...
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Latex keeps putting me in math mode for a list that should not be in math mode
I am setting up latex for my conlang. Above this point, I have tables that include \textyogh with no issues. However, in a list later on, I have the line (in context):
\usepackage{placeins}
\...
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How to Automatically Center Ellipses in Justified Text [duplicate]
Consider the following excerpt from Plato's Republic:
See how nicely centered the elipsis is on the second to last line.
However (and frequently encounter this), when I try to produce such a ...
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Edit font in beamer [closed]
I have a presentation on Beamer. I am not satisfied with my font. I need to change two aspects:
the text in math mode equal to the font in the normal text.
turn off the bold mode.
Below the output of ...
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Why latex file shows some characters instead of digits?
I wrote a text in overleaf and then i transferred the file to winedit. But, some digits and characters are shown wrongly with some symbols.
Formula in overleaf vs formula transferred in winedit
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How to vertically align elements in a table with icons and text?
I have an issue with a table of personal information for a resume, I am not sure how to align and center vertically the text after the icons, so it does not look in the bottom of the cell. Also I ...
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Draw arrows from one part of a sentence to another
I'm trying to get the text in the top line to be laid out like the text in the bottom line. Ultimately, I need to draw arrows from the coloured t's to the word 'when'. I thought that specifying the ...
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Text and figures side by side [duplicate]
Im having trouble with the first part where the text cant be side by side with the figure
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Poor text quality due to encoding [duplicate]
The quality of my font turns out to be bad due to the encoding. I did not find an answer among similar questions. I need to print in Russian text
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T2A]{...
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LaTeX as alternative to Scribus for large text books [closed]
I want to publish multiple large text books, each one about 480 pages long, this is print on demand (POD) on IngramSpark. The content is basically text and a few black and white images. Another ...
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Convert plain text formulas into Latex Syntax so that I can use MathJax to show them in a web page
We have a set of Formulas like these-
Area of rectangle=breadth*(sqrt((diagonal)^2-(breadth)^2))
Annuity Payment=(rate_per_period*present_value)/(1-(1+rate_per_period)^-number_of_periods)
Volume of ...
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Image with border and fill
I'm trying to insert an image with a rectangular border, and that rectangular border has a gray color, something like this:
This is my code:
\begin{figure}
\lineskip=-\fboxrule
\textcolor{Orange}{
...
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Text floating over a figure or table
I have very big problems with tables and figures in my latex article. Why text floating over a table, figure?
Thats my preambla, packages:
\documentclass[proof]{WileyASNA-v1}
%\documentclass[12pt]{...
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Curved text in latex table column problem
I have one problem with my table. Why fourth column of my table has curved text?
\begin{table}[!htbp]%
\caption{XMM-Newton expositions for Gaia18awg\label{tab5}}
\centering
\begin{tabular*}{500pt}{@{\...
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Is there any plugin that helps correcting gramatical issues in Overleaf?
I'm using Overleaf to write a book, I wonder if there is a package or plugin to add to the online version to correct all grammatical issues ?
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Vertically centering text in latex tables
I am currently working on my master's thesis and I am trying to input a table in my latex document. The following picture will describe what I am trying to achieve:
I am trying to vertically center ...
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Command to put text at specific position no matter length
I have the following code :
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
%landmark
\draw [lightgray] (0, 0) -- (0,-1.5);
\node at (0.45,-0.2) {Hello};
\node ...
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Replicating a text box style with header
I was looking a research paper on the ACM digital library and came across the following text box style on their website:
See, for reference https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.csda.2006.11.002. I was ...
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How to change the header to a certain color?
I am trying to make all the letters in my header red. I tried adding more hashtags, but that makes the text disappear if there are more hashtags than letters. If I make space for "Work Experience&...
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How do I get rid of text that labels my images
I am trying to insert images into my document. The compiler I'm using is overleaf. My code is
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{images/graph 1....
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Cross-referencing with sentences? Is there any way for the LaTex to copy a certain segment from another .tex file?
Suppose there are several paragraphs in A.tex as follows:
para1: The Kalman filter is an efficient recursive filter that estimates the internal state of a linear dynamic system from a series of noisy ...
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Write symbols as text
I try to write different symbols as text form. I don't want the symbols to have a code function.
I'd like to be able to write the symbol ~. ~ will perform the special space. \~ won't do anything.
Is ...
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Auto-line break in table cell in many columns [duplicate]
How can I break the table cell data automatically to adjust the page width when data in both columns are exceeding?
Below is an example of the problem.
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
...
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Beamer \beamerdefaultoverlayspecification{<+->} and \pause for texts below itemize environment [duplicate]
Consider the following MWE in which I need to add some texts below itemize environment and I use \beamerdefaultoverlayspecification{<+->}. When I add \pause above the texts, the result is that ...
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TeX, LaTeX, space, tab shortcut
Is there a better than '\quad' way to style text like on the picture? I mean the space before and after dash. Is using '\quad' after 'inputs:' to make space in next line like after 'tab' a good idea?
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text not fitting to column width
I have used a template for a 4 page double column format. It works for all the other pages up to the point shown on the screenshot (end of page 3 to page 4) , and I have no idea what has triggered ...
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How to avoid vertical text going out of a table in LaTex?
I am new to LaTex and I have a little problem with this table... I have to do a lot of tables of that kind and I would like to find a way to fix this issue automatically. Can someone help me please?
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How do I make the text “og” be text, NOT part of interpreted text log
I'm new to LaTex and I have encountered this problem. The word "og", "and" in English. Is made part of the code and is read as log or 1og. How do I add space??
\textlatin{\lambda_1}...
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Space between equations/figure depends on previous paragraph/newline
I need to rewrite a Latex book and optimze the code and found a "problem" which I cant solve and dont find a global solution.
In my opinion the code is better to read, if there is a newline/...
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Using tikz to transform a single letter
I want to transform one letter on a title page in a very specific way. To illustrate the effect I'm trying to accomplish, I've attached an image. Notice how the left half of the letter H is shorter ...
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Text on Left of Arrow in Flow Diagram
I have a flow diagram where text appears on the right of the arrow. I want to shift to the left of the arrow, is that possible?
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}[auto,
node distance = 3mm and ...
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How can I make a rectangle invisible in tikz to delimit an area an write text on it?
What I'm trying to do is replicate this image:
And here is what I got so far:
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.8]
\draw[thick] (0,0) -- (4,0) -- (4.5,2) -- (4,4) -- node[above]{\textbf{Motivacional} }(0,4)...
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How do I add a reference page as a text file? [duplicate]
I am really struggling with my References / Bibliography page. I will unfortunately be unable to give much of my code, as the contents of the document are unpublished.
The template I was given to use ...
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I need help centering my table and wrap my text
I hope you could help me with my noob question.
I have this code
\begin{center}
\begin{table}[!htb]
\caption{\label{tab:vantagens}bus network}
\vskip 1cm
\begin{tabular}{ |c|m{7cm}| }
\hline
...
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Left aligned text in equations bound by right curly brace [duplicate]
I wish to have the following. There are several solutions on the platform, dealing with either left aligned text or rightly placed curly brace to the numbered set of equations. But, I am not able to ...
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how can I fix text centering at the end of a figure?
I have this situation :
I don't know how to left-align the text.
I don't want to use flushleft and noindent doesn't work.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance,
Luca
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{...
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How to left align text after a figure?
I don't know why after the end of a figure the text begins with some space like this:
I used "flushleft", but with the Italian rules of grammar (babel-italian) when the text goes to head, ...
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How to typeset the following equation?
How do writers typeset their equations of the form (EQUATION), (WORDS)(EQUATION), where the latter part usually serves as a condition or explanations?
For example,
Is the only way of doing this to ...
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Long text in tabular paragraph environment overflows
I have a tabular environment with some columns, but have so far been unable to ensure that long text wraps properly. Instead, the text overflows into the next column. The data being put into the ...
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Text going past page
I want it to automatically wrap paragraphs around the page just like other text editors like microsoft word. Is there any way to do this? maybe something I can add in the premable?
here's my code for ...
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Numbers, signs and units in text
In the results section of my text I have to write sentences that more or less go like this:
"(...) the values are in a range of -5 - -2 kcal/mol (...)"
I wanted to:
Make some visual ...
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Does ConTeXt have any tool for outputing a plain TXT file of the document?
I a working with some students who have very very slow Internet, and they struggle even to open a 20 kb file, so I'm sending just a plain text file instead. It does work to copy and paste from the PDF,...
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Is it possible to combine the two fonts (fouriernc & gfsartemisia-euler)?
\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{gfsartemisia-euler}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Experience the font
$\displaystyle\int_{0}^{1}x^{2}dx+\sum\...
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How to put text inside chronoperiode timeline-bar?
How can I put text inside the bar instead of over the bar?
Thank you in advance for your help!
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{chronosys}
\begin{document}
%--------...
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I want to identify specific words in a sentence and draw an arrow from one to the other
I'm trying to use tikz to draw a curved arrow from "he" to "John". I'm almost certain that the problem is using a node within a node, but I can't think of another way to do this.
\...
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line breaking in mbox environment
I'm writing a combinatorics resume for me so I need to write things like some number is equal to the number of objects satisfying some condition. In the way of this I tried
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Formatting multiple characters and glyhs/accents within the same word
As an extension to the macros (\FormatChar - \FormatChars - \ColorNthChar - \colorrange) posted in:
Apply command on nth character of a word
Emphasizing Arabic text characters
Apply command on ...
