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41 questions linked to/from What are underfull hboxes and how can I get rid of them?
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Finding the cause for an overfull vbox [duplicate]
When compiling my document I get the following warning message: Badbox line 1: Overfull \vbox (1.77525pt too high) has occurred while \output is active [] Now from Google I learned that this warning ...
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How to rectify Bad box error with overfull hbox message [duplicate]
I am writing a paper for a journal. When I run the latex program ,I get the Bad box error. I have read numerous queries about this error since the last 2 days but have not understood how to rectify it....
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Best way of breaking a line? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: What are underfull hboxes and vboxes and how can I get rid of them? I'm just trying to break a line at some point, e.g. Word 1\\ Word 2 Which will give me an underfull hbox (...
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Underfull \hbox (or \vbox) and Overfull \hbox (or \vbox) [duplicate]
I'm currently using the dis class with strong requirements on text with and text heigth. After compilation of my latex file I got a lot of warnings of the following kinds Underfull \hbox (badness ...
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Bad boxes appearance [duplicate]
I compile everything correctly. It is shown a document as I wanted it. But then, on the bottom of the page, it is written: errors: 0, warnings: 0, bad boxes: 31. What are those Bad Boxes?? That ...
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How can I solve the underfull \hbox (badness 1173) in paragraph? [duplicate]
This message of warning appears at the line 967, which says: \begin{enumerate} \item Dac\u{a} $(a_{n})_{n \geq 1} \subseteq D$ este un \c{s}ir cu $\lim_{n \to \infty} a_{n} \in D$, atunci $\lim_{n \...
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What do "underfull" warnings mean? [duplicate]
What does this warning message mean? Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 49--50 This is my code, I can't see what happens, it is a simple itemize. As you see, there is an ...
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"Underfull \hbox in paragraph 58--68" warning [duplicate]
I have become relatively familiar with most commands and what-not however I CANNOT seem to actually troubleshoot these darn "underfull" messages. If anyone can look at this bit of text and help me ...
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Enumerate text crosses the boundaries [duplicate]
I have simple enumeration (using enumitem package) with disabled hyphenation. \documentclass[12pt, oneside]{extarticle} \usepackage[a4paper, left=3cm, right=1.5cm, top=2cm, bottom=2cm, bindingoffset=...
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What does "overfull hbox" mean? (Why is there a black mark at the end of a line?)
I often see output from TeX with the warning overfull hbox, badness 10000. What does this message mean?
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Do I have to care about bad boxes?
When I compile my PDF from LaTeX source, do I have to care about all the messages (currently 28) about 'bad boxes'? The PDF seems fine to me.
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how to suppress "Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) ... while \output is active"?
when using an inflexible document class, one is often faced with the warning Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) has occurred while \output is active [] on pages that contain no display math. in ...
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What's the difference between \tolerance and \badness ?
I'm having some difficulty understanding this sentence on page 29, Chapter 6 of Knuth's TeXbook: Run TeX again, and begin this time by saying \hsize=2in \tolerance=1600 \input story so ...
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What does double backslash in LaTeX mean?
What does double backslash in LaTeX mean ? (please see example below) label 2-1 & label 2-2 & label 3-3 & label 4-4 & label 5-5 \\ \verb= http:\\www.chinatex.org=\\ some line have \\ ...
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Overfull/Underfull \hbox warnings when compiling the document
I have bunch of pgfplots (plots and bar charts in my document) and when I compile I get errors like: Overfull \hbox (1.17287pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 2121--2122 [][] [35] Sometimes it also ...