Probably not for your thesis, but nevertheless worth checking out: Hanno Rein wrote the LaTeX Coffee Stains package which adds beautiful coffee stains to documents. Usage (coffee4) Stains cofeAm: 270° circle stain (see example above) cofeBm: 60° circle stain cofeCm: two splashes, light color cofeDm: colorful twin splash (see example below) Parameters alpha: transparency factor … [Read more…]
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Writing a thesis is a time-intensive endeavor. Fortunately, using LaTeX, you can focus on the content rather than the formatting of your thesis. The following article summarizes the most important aspects of writing a thesis in LaTeX, providing you with a document skeleton (at the end) and lots of additional tips and tricks. Document class … [Read more…]
Besides various online services and scripts, there are several LaTeX packages that generate tables directly from CSV (comma separated value) files. The advantage is everything is in the tex-file in one place and one doesn’t have to switch back and forth between website/script and LaTeX when changes are made. The drawback clearly is their limited … [Read more…]
While writing a presentation with beamer it may be convenient to have some backup/appendix slides ready as a support for answers to potential questions. By default, beamer will count the total number of slides, including the backup slides at the end of the presentation, leading to a wrong number of total slides intended for presentation. The package … [Read more…]