Documents with two columns are very popular, especially in academic publishing. In other scenarios, it may be desirable to have three or even more columns. In this brief post, I show how to add a separator line between columns as well as how to adapt the space between columns, for a better visual separation of … [Read more…]
There are different ways to define a specific color in LaTeX. Often, I just choose a predefined color from the xcolor package or define a color using the RGB color model. However, I personally like the red!40!blue notation best. This creates purple with 40% red and 60% blue. In this post, I will introduce these … [Read more…]
In a recent comment, I was asked if there is a way to carry over the table of contents heading in the report document class. In other words, reproduce the heading on every page of the table of contents. The atbegshi package offers a solution. The package provides a hook, which allows execution of … [Read more…]
Consider the following scenario: By changing one or more parameters in an experimental method, we produce a series of figures. We then want to include these figures in a research report, manuscript, or thesis. It is often possible to reduce the amount of code/typing through automation of subfigure generation. More specifically, one sub-figure environment is … [Read more…]
While preparing a manuscript for publication, it may become necessary to combine several sub-figure to a single figure outside the main LaTeX document. A possible reason may be package conflicts with the journal’s class- or style-file. Therefore, a journal might disallow usage of LaTeX packages such as subfigure, subfig, or subcaption. Another reason may be … [Read more…]