There are two different ways to change line spacing in LaTeX. One is simpler, the other requires a package, but is more flexible. Let’s start easy. The linespread-command: To change the line spacing for the entire document, you can use the linespread command in your preamble: The factor is somewhat confusing. For double-spacing you have … [Read more…]
I put together this list of 10 ways to customize the Table of Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables. Some of them are pretty common, some may be new to you. Hope you enjoy the list… Some pieces of code below require the tocloft package which provides extensive customization functionality for table of … [Read more…]
In one of my previous posts I describe how to color or shade every other row in a LaTeX table. However, there is a much nicer, cleaner and simpler way to color every odd/even row, making tables much more readable. First load the xcolor package in the preamble: and define any color you like, e.g. … [Read more…]
I recently edited a table with data. One column contained a text description which was rather long. So I wondered if there is a way to reduce the font size of the whole column rather than for each cell individually. And this is what I figured out: Using the column type b{width} it is further … [Read more…]
Your operating system can print several pages on one. Sometimes however you may want to have the PDF showing several slides on a single page, e.g. for handouts of a presentation. On a Linux system, psnup/pdfnup are extremely flexible if you are familiar with these commands and their options. But it’s definitely faster and more convenient … [Read more…]