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…]
You don’t need to change to math mode every time you want to type a greek letter in normal text. Loading the textgreek package allows typesetting greek letters, generally just by adding a text-prefix to the letter name, e.g. for it would be: The letters will adapt to the font style you are using (bold, … [Read more…]
I was recently looking for a memorandum template when I came across a neat memo class, texMemo, written by Rob Oakes. It is based on the article documentclass and provides the following five commands: To: \memoto{}, From: \memofrom{}, Subject: \memosubject{}, Date: \memodate{}, and Logo: \logo{}. The usage is very simple, here is an example: The … [Read more…]
I was recently asked to write a three page assignment/case study using the following page, line and font settings: Arial, size 12 1.5 line spacing 2.5cm margin all round Let’s do one by one. Font type and size Font types are actually a bit of a pain in Latex and so far, I have … [Read more…]
Imagine having a beautiful picture, but the subject is very small or not centered. What if you want to place several graphs side-by-side with subfig, but all or some of the graphs have a white border taking up a lot of space. So how to trim pictures and eliminate unwanted margins of graphs? The graphics … [Read more…]