I've been using the longtable package in order to create a multiple page table. However, I want all of my column names to be different and am having a hard time getting it to work properly. While I've found examples that show how to vary the column names across two pages, I haven't been able to...

I configured evince to be my default application to open pdf files (using Open with... and clicking on always opening pdf files with this application), but when I type gnome-open foo.pdf instead of evince, I have Nautilus that opens up in the correct folder highlighting the file of my choice. T...

I'm dealing with a rather weird issue. Using the enviroment \wrapfigure, I receive an error message undefined control sequence \float@caption ... oxrestore ... \normalize @fs@capt ... let alone the caption doesn't show up the .pdf; while caption is working in any other environments (figure, ...

Is there a way to add the usage of a table/reference in the caption of the reference/table in LaTeX? For example: \begin{table} \begin{tabular}{ll} \textbf{Name} & \textbf{Description} \\ Foo & bar \\ Foo & bar \end{tabular} \caption{Nice Table. Used ...

From Splitting TOC into two columns on single frame in beamer, I'd like to know if it is possible to control the position of the breaking point between column 1 and column 2?

I think that the beamer manual is probably in need of revision here. The \multiinclude macro wraps up the highlighted input using \begin{alertenv} ... \end{aletrenv} (which is how \alert is implemented). Thus the colour only applies to things which LaTeX can make coloured, i.e. where \begingroup...

I am editing documents in French with Emacs, ispell comes will English dictionary by default. When I try ispell-change-dictionary, it proposes francais-tex, francais7 and francais in the list. But after choosing anyone, and doing ispell-word, it tells me Error: The file "/usr/lib/aspell/francais"...

I use fontspec to load the local fonts (ITC Esprit Std Book). Everything is fine (the only main problem may be, \/ doesn't work correctly, so I need to add extra space after \textit or others when the words end with f). However, when using footnotes, there is another problem, that is, the footno...

I used algorithm2e package and use it in the following format: \begin{algorithm}[H] \SetAlgoVlined \RestyleAlgo{boxed} \end{algorithm} because there is not enough space for the algorithm to show up in the left column of the paper, it is shown in the right column and some free space between pa...

I am using lua/xe/latex to generate a logo as a PDF and convert it to an SVG using pdf2svg for use on a web page. I would like to have a transparent background for the PDF and SVG. The transparent package seems to work only on text colours but not on the background. I have read that the TikZ/PD...

I use Minion in a document via the MinionPro package, and now I want to use Inconsolata for, amongst other things, code listings. When I include the fontenc package with the T1 option for Inconsolata, ligatures for “fi”, “fl”, etc. appear as separate characters in Minion. If I don’t use fontenc...

I change the chapter style as following. I set up the header and footer by using fancyhdr package before the following code. But the problem is that only the chapter page doesn't include page header and footer, the rest of pages are fine. Could anyone tell me how to insert the header and footer ...

When i typeset my document, there is no actual list of figures being put on paper. The .lof file is changed at each try, and also the \listfigurename appears correctly and is possible to format. Any suggestions?

I'm having an odd problem with the citations. Whenever I call the, after rendering, I get odd formats like: [Subramanian et al(2006)Subramanian, Ramamoorthy, Stone, and Kuipers] It's supposed to say only Subramian et al and the year. And the text is overflowing the paragraph structure (it i...

What are TeX limitations in typography, book design and publishing? (and TeX here includes also all its derivatives, like pdfTeX, LuaTeX, and macro packages built upon it, LaTeX, ConTeXt etc.). Some things (like math and references) are extremely easy in TeX. There are some things that are harde...

I prepare my figures in a drawing tool (OmniGraffle), export them to PDF and then use \includegraphics to include them in my tex file (which is compiled using pdflatex). Some of these figures have references to theorems of the text. It would be great if I could just write "Theorem \ref{thm:foob...

I started an emailing server. My emails are directly sent to Gmail, Yahoo, AOL & HotMail's spam bin. I can't understand how to fix my errors. I tried sending email to Hotmail which was marked as spam. I am posting the headers here and DNS records, anybody please find why my emails are marked ...

What are TeX limitations in typography, book design and publishing? (and TeX here includes also all its derivatives, like pdfTeX, LuaTeX, and macro packages built upon it, LaTeX, ConTeXt etc.). Some things (like math and references) are extremely easy in TeX. There are some things that are harde...

This works: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{titling} \author{A. N. Author} \title{A title} \date{\today} \begin{document} \maketitle \thetitle \theauthor \thedate \end{document} You have to specify the data, otherwise they're not available.

I did my thesis with TeXShop using pdftex. When I send the pdf file to the printer of my university, the printing stops after few pages with a code error about font stuff. If I send it again, it crashes again—but not always at the same page. I don't have any problem to view my file with any pdf v...

I've been looking for a way to overlay TeX/LaTeX i.e maths language etc (everything LaTeX is designed for) onto a background document containing 310 pages combined together in a PDF file. So far I have been eagerly under the impression it would be easy to do using pdfpages and once I had done th...

I'm using this to write on the foreground of individual pages of a large PDF (hopefully), i.e one with white spaces to enter in LaTeX notes. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pdfpages} \usepackage{eso-pic} \begin{document} \AddToShipoutPictureFG*{\AtPageCenter{ HERE IS SOME TEXT\ ohhello} hi} ...

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage{lifecon} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage[percent]{overpic} \begin{document} \begin{figure} \vspace*{-17ex} \hspace*{-17ex} \begin{overpic}[width=6.5in]{april02q4q.pdf} \put(0,105){hello} \put(0,104){} \put(0,103){} \put(0,103)...

ive run into some big difficulty. I was running overpic fine then I was trying to install some time font package and it was asking for psyr charter basically now i cant render the overlay pdf files..its been two days and i regret even wanting to change the font now , it was working beautifuly, ...

I am writing a document in LaTeX which I compile to PDF, which I often proofread in order to find mistakes in equations, tables, etc. When I find a mistake, I have to search the tex files for the text in order to find the position in the source, which is a nuisance. I know there are some "inverse...

How to use forced numbering of theorem and how to reference theorems using letters and numbers. For example: Theorem 2.b Thanks.

This question is on using BibLaTeX to insert publications in a resumé/CV. For a while I've been using my custom .cls file to control the display using some very simple command definitions. For example, defining a \pubjournal as the following in my .cls file \newcommand{\pubjournal}[6]{\noindent ...

im trying to implement some basic \overbrace and \underbrace symbols to the nodes of the vertical line in the timeline of this script. Can someone please help? getting nowhere. the TikZ picture is wedged into line I am typing normal latex on with \put due to the whole page having an overpic. \d...