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Multi-column and multi-row cells in LaTeX tables

21. December 2012 by tom 72 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: cline, hline, LaTeX, multicolumn, multirow, table, tabular, usepackage

Keeping things organized in large documents

4. December 2012 by tom 3 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: catchfilebetweentags, chunks, equation, figure, LaTeX, newcommand, organization, table, usepackage

Correctly typesetting paragraphs in LaTeX

7. November 2012 by tom 4 Comments

In LaTeX, paragraphs are ended by leaving a blank line between the end of the previous and the beginning of the next paragraph, never through a combination of end-line (\\) and new-line (\newline) commands.   A standard paragraph   Changing the standard behavior The new paragraph automatically gets indented a little with no extra vertical … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: baselineskip, LaTeX, newline, paragraph, parindent, parskip, rubber length, setlength, spacing, usepackage

Multiple bibliographies with biblatex

22. October 2012 by tom 12 Comments

The biblatex package offers great flexibility while creating bibliographies. One of the things the package handles beautifully and can be achieved with little effort is the subdivision of a bibliography into multiple parts for per chapter/section bibliographies as well as by type or other patterns.   Per chapter/section bibliographies Biblatex implements the refsection environment to … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Bibtex & biblatex, Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: article, biblatex, bibliography, book, chapter bibliography, LaTeX, multiple bibliographies, nottype, refsection, report, type, usepackage

Changing the font size in fancyhdr

9. October 2012 by tom 4 Comments

The default header with fancyhdr for a book (two-sided by default) displays the chapter at the inner side (left odd, right even) and the section title at the outer side (left even, right odd). For long chapter and/or section titles, the two may overlap. There are several possible workarounds to solve this issue. One may … [Read more…]

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Posted in: LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: book, fancyhdr, fancyhdr font size, font size, LaTeX, long header, overlapping header, report, usepackage
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