I always forget how to do this. If you have the same problem, here is a quick post for your bookmarks… Basic commands Using * as width in the multirow command, the text argument’s natural width is used (multirow package documentation). Multiple columns Multiple rows Multiple rows and columns The examples … [Read more…]
In large project such as dissertations or even books, it is important and necessary to keep the content organized. One way is to split a document, by chapter for example, and then load the parts using input or include. The catchfilebetweentags package offers a more flexible way to organize content. It let’s you store chunks … [Read more…]
Sometimes it is hard to keep track of labels, particularly in large documents with many figures, tables or equations. Unless you remember all label names by heart, you will likely scroll up and down till you find the particular position in the text where the label is defined. The showlabels package provides a convenient way … [Read more…]
The floating environments figure* and table* allow adding wide, single-column tables or figures in a two- or multicolumn document. Here is an example. Wide figure in a 3-column-document The example makes use of the multicol package. For two columns, it is sufficient to use the documentclass-option twocolumn. The starred version of figure, figure*, and … [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…]