Questions tagged [formatting]
{formatting} is for general questions about formatting document elements. Use this tag in addition to other tags specifying what should be formatted. For questions about font attributes (e.g., {bold}, {italic}, {small-caps}, {sans-serif}, {typewriter}), use the appropriate tag instead.
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Rmarkdown - Formatting not applied
I am trying to generate a pdf from Rmarkdown, which works fine. However, the formatting is not recognized (code below).
All package that miktex asked for are installed. I've tried xelatex and pdflatex....
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Inconsistent Vertical Spacing of Text in Beamer With Frametitle
Apologises in advance if this question has already been asked somewhere, but I am working with the following basic template and would like consistent placement of the main body of text in a frame, ...
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Custom Sidebar Table of Contents in Beamer
I'm working with a blank Beamer presentation template and want to recreate a sidebar similar to one shown in the image below. Unlike typical Beamer sidebars that extend to the page's edge, this one is ...
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How to get bold text for symbols in a heading [duplicate]
One thing I have never been able to fix it the headings which don't print the symbols of latex like they print the text. For instance:
\documentclass[bibliography=totocnumbered]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{...
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Changing color of section
I am completely new to LaTeX. I want to change the format of my sections, subsections, etc: I simply want to change each of their colours using the titlesec package. Can someone provide me with a ...
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Is it possible to remove the header chapter title prefix using the `titlesec` package?
In my book, the header is so far composed of the page number, and the chapter number and name, like this:
But I would rather have it only as "2. Life", i.e., without "CHAPTER", ...
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How do I format my Math Homework better?
I'm new to Latex and have recently started typing out my Math HW in latex. However, I feel like the homework looks "ugly", and was wondering if there are any general tips on how to improve ...
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Cornell style notes formatting
I am a beginner so I apologize if this is a bad question. I am trying to write a latex document that has a similar style as the following image
So far I came up with the following minimum working ...
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Conditional formatting in table of contents (toc) with ifx
I am trying to format the appearance of table of contents in a book document. Below is an example of what I want to achieve.
So far, below is a depiction of the extent I progressed with a MWE:
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Can cells in a matrix be merged? (Something like colspan in HTML.)
I am trying to create readable LaTeX formulas on a Wikimedia page.
matrix and & are generally helpful to align symbols.
But in the following example I would like to align the plus signs in the ...
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How do I ask latex to start numbering from the title page?
This is my MWE.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\...
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Formatting table of contents, issues with tocloft package
I am trying to create table of contents for a book class as shown below.
How could this be achieved? I looked around and tried to use the tocloft package but I end up in errors. Below is a MWE, where ...
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How to hide all content of a type enviroment?
I'm making an book for my students, but i only want to show the proofs for myseft. I decided to make 2 version, have proofs for me and not have for my students.
I defined the proof is between \begin{...
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How would you format to be cleaner and explain the steps better? Do I have any no no's in my latex?
How would you format this to be cleaner and explain the steps better? Do I have any no no's in my latex? Pretty much complete newbie in latex and want to start moving my notes into it but it seems ...
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How to create an "Artist (Songtitle)" Formatted Index in Songs package
CONTEXT: This brilliant answer already described how one can create a title index that looks like this:
Lady in Black (Uriah Heep) ........ 4
Lemon Tree (Fool's Garden) ........ 6
QUESTION: How can I ...
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