Questions tagged [layout]
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Manage page layout in r2l text direction
How can page layout be managed correctly in an r2l text direction? Which mechanism is used? Does the backspace option become a cutspace? What about left, right, etc.? I would like a detailed ...
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How to place a headrule in ConTeXt?
I am attempting to create a headrule spanning the width of the text. The ConTeXt document with which I am working is formed by two files: (i) A main one, containing the code below: \mainlanguage[en] \...
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voffset and bottom margin
I'm using the article class to prepare an exam. I want students to put their name and ID at the top of each page. Because the exams will be stapled, and then have the corner with the staple cut off so ...
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Table width issue when switching from single- to double-column layout in elsarticle (Elsevier template)
I am preparing a manuscript using Elsevier’s elsarticle class. According to the author guidelines, the review version should use a single-column layout (e.g., \documentclass[review,1p,times,authoryear]...
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Title page layout, how can I create this?
I'm fairly new to LaTeX and I'm using it to write my course "book" I have a separate file for my title page, and I have a precise layout I would like to realize, but haven't been able to ...
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Layout Problems
I am trying to define my own layout, something I haven't done before. I have encountered a problem I don't understand and hope to get some helpful explanations as to why this is happening. What I want ...
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Set left-right margin ratios in KOMA twoside scrbook
By default, the scrbook class sets the margin ratios inner:outer = 1:2. Is there a way to modify this so that the ratio is instead 2:3, potentially without manual modifications such as by using the ...
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description list with several items per description
In a description list I want to describe several items with the same explanation, like in: \documentclass[twoside]{article} \usepackage{enumitem} \begin{document} %% Snip start \begin{description}[...
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How to achieve a constant A4 page width, a variable page height, constant margins, and KOMA-Script-like headers/footers in a scrbook/standalone class?
For context, I usually write long-form documents in LaTeX with a package bundle of my own macros for (but not entirely exclusively requiring) the scrbook document class. I intend to start writing ...
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improving stacked layout of three images in beamer frame
I'm working on a frame where I need to show three images, and I wish to have the first on top taking half of the width with the other two on the bottom equally splitting the allocated space; the top ...
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Lecture counter and general layout of lecture notes [closed]
I'm trying to replicate the layout of a script I found nice to read and look at. However, even after extensive research (and asking available AI tools), I just couldn't find any package or MWE to ...
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What's the proper way of introducing sections when including entire pdf pages?
I'm currently writing a report where I have to insert pdf pages of a different format into my A4 article class. There is also a lot of other stuff happening in the report but these pages need to be ...
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Two columns of text that can be edited independently
While reading my physics book, I came across this page: At a certain point on the page, circled in red, you can see that it is divided into two columns: one on the left containing quantities ...
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How to use a given font for title-page only and another font for the rest of the document?
I would like to use a "special" font for the title page only (lets say any elegant sans serif font for a novel title page), while using the crimson font for all the document. Currently, all ...
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Need advice to optimize this generic book code
I'm rebuilding almost from scratch my personal generic book code, for future works. I don't want to repeat mistakes that I may have introduced without knowing, before it's late in the writing process....
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