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…]
The draftwatermark package implements a few simple commands for adding watermarks to documents. It provides some flexibility that is sufficient in most cases. A basic example: The following 5 properties of a watermark can be modified through commands defined by the package. Text (default DRAFT): The following command controls the watermark text: To … [Read more…]
There is a really nice package, lineno, which provides line-numbering and various options for customization, some of which I will discuss further below. The most common use is continuous line numbering throughout the document. The following two lines in the preamble will do the trick: Options Some of the options the package provides include: … [Read more…]
Have you ever tried to add a footnote to a table inside the tabular environment? Even though the index is printed, the search for the actual footnote will be in vain. One way to overcome this issue is by using longtable. The package handles footnotes really well. But it may be an overkill if your … [Read more…]