Showing the total number of pages in addition to the actual page number is straight forward using the lastpage package. Now you can simply access the number of pages using: Note: You will have to typeset the DVI/PDF twice in order to get the number right. Example: Note: See this recent comment on how to … [Read more…]
Some Latex editors (like WinEdt) internally convert your umlauts to Lamport’s umlaut format, e.g. ä \"a Now, if your editor is not doing it automatically (like Vim 🙂 ), you basically have two possibilities Use Lamport’s umlaut format: \"{} Use a package that can handle umlauts and all characters having a code > 127 The … [Read more…]
By default, Latex will print text within formulas in italics, omitting white spaces. Now if you need to add normal text into a formula or even write a formula using words, you can do this with the text-command inside the math-environment: Example: \text{velocity} = \frac{\text{distance}} {\text{unit of time}} Btw. The “text-command” will also take care of … [Read more…]
Adding margin notes to a document is more convenient and better noticable than comments between the lines. Latex provides a very easy way to add margin notes without changing the margins of your document. You can add anything you like, e.g. a formula in the math environment, etc. And you don’t even need to use … [Read more…]
This post is not to be taken too seriously, but to show that Latex is not only used by mathematicians and engineers, but actually has a very broad field of application with its thousands of packages available. LaTeX for Chemists: Helping chemists type their chemical symbols. chemsym LaTeX for Chefs: Helping chefs type their recipies. … [Read more…]