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Inline lists in LaTeX using paralist

1. February 2013 by tom 11 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: description, enumerate, inline, inparadesc, inparaenum, inparaitem, item, itemize, LaTeX, list, paragraph, paralist

Cross-referencing list items

21. March 2012 by tom 6 Comments

List items of numbered lists (enumerate) can be cross-referenced using the standard \label{} and \ref{} command pair. Cross-referencing description items is not supported by default, but can be done with a few additional lines of code in the preamble. Enumerate Ordered or numbered lists are cross-referenced with the label-ref command pair similar to figures, tables … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Tips & tricks Tagged: description, enumerate, enumitem, item, itemize, label, LaTeX, list, ref, usepackage

Reverse enumerate or etaremune

29. November 2011 by tom 2 Comments

I stumbled across this package recently thanks to a comment by ofer. Basically, the etaremune package inverses the enumerate counter, making the indices decreasing rather than increasing. Basic example: Furthermore, to make the package more flexible, it offers different customizations. Starting number: The start option, lets you begin with an arbitrary number. In case the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: decreasing, enumerate, etaremune, inverse, item, LaTeX, usepackage

Beamer: An introduction to LaTeX presentations

3. May 2011 by tom 2 Comments

Beamer is a LaTeX document class that provides extensive functionality to create presentations. Here, I will only show the basics and after reading this guide you will be able to create a simple presentation in LaTeX. I am aware there are a lot of tutorials available out there and this is not different from any … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: beamer, color, documentclass, figure, frame, frametitle, graphicx, includegraphics, item, itemize, LaTeX, section, usetheme

Lists: Enumerate, itemize, description and how to change them

16. October 2008 by tom 162 Comments

Latex distinguishes between three different enumeration/itemization environments. Each of them provide four levels, which means you can have nested lists of up to four levels. Enumerate: The enumerate-environment is used to create numbered lists. If you like to change the appearance of the enumerator, the simplest way to change is to use the enumerate-package, giving … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: description, enumerate, item, itemize, labelitemi, LaTeX, nested




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