Series overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package The colortab package 3. The xcolor package While coloring tables, the xcolor package provides the same commands as <a href="https://www.ctan.org/pkg/colortbl">colortbl</a>. The reason is that loading the xcolor package with the table option loads the colortbl package in the background. On top to the … [Read more…]
The referencing functions in LaTeX are pretty powerful. In this article we want to illustrate some of those features and present packages that extend on them. The basic functionality is easy to understand: place a \label{key} behind a chapter, sectioning command or an image or table and assign a unique (!) key to it. Then … [Read more…]
Series overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package The colortab package 1. Introduction to colors Colors constitute the human visual interpretation of light waves of different wavelengths. Color models There exist several models to represent colors. We will examine the three that are provided by the <a href="https://ctan.org/pkg/color" target="_blank" rel="noopener">color</a> … [Read more…]
Most people prefer to not save their figures in the same directory as the tex file itself since it would clutter up quickly. A common solution is to save all figures in a sub-folder of the main directory and use instead of to import them (to use \includegraphics you need the graphicx package). Personally, I … [Read more…]
Dear Reader, Unfortunately, I have had very little time to write articles during the past few months. Therefore, I am looking for people interested in writing articles for texblog.org. I am not looking for an expert LaTeX user, but someone with a genuine interest in learning more about the language as well as writing about … [Read more…]