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…]
When writing documents in TeX/LaTeX, it is important to understand how the TeX engine “thinks”. A paragraph is the basic text unit in a document and many TeX/LaTeX commands, when used properly, affect the current paragraph only. TeX provides a set of basic commands controlling the way a paragraphs are typeset. The following article explains … [Read more…]
The three most commonly used standard document-classes in LaTeX include: article, report and book. A number of global options allows customization of certain elements of the document by the author. Different document-classes might have different default settings. The following post illustrates available options with figures, provides alternatives and highlights the default option for each document-class. … [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…]