I was recently asked if there is a way to reverse the numbering of chapters in a report from n to 1. I didn’t find an easy way to do it which is why I decided to write a short post. Here is the minimal example used to produce the above output. I will explain … [Read more…]
I recently came across the menukeys package and found it very useful for software documentation and description of workflows. The output it creates is quite neat. Therefore, I will briefly introduce the main features and give some examples here. An example at the beginning Getting the package The package comes with the texlive … [Read more…]
The paralist package implements the three standard lists: itemize, enumerate and description for usage within paragraphs. In other words, the package provides a way to create inline lists placed within normal text. Besides the inline environments for the standard lists, the package also provides support to format the labels (bullets, numbering, etc.). However, for labeling … [Read more…]
I always forget how to do this. If you have the same problem, here is a quick post for your bookmarks… Basic commands Using * as width in the multirow command, the text argument’s natural width is used (multirow package documentation). Multiple columns Multiple rows Multiple rows and columns The examples … [Read more…]
In large project such as dissertations or even books, it is important and necessary to keep the content organized. One way is to split a document, by chapter for example, and then load the parts using input or include. The catchfilebetweentags package offers a more flexible way to organize content. It let’s you store chunks … [Read more…]