Questions tagged [text-manipulation]
about using TeX's programming capabilities to modify input text.
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How to reduce hyphenations
I'm trying to reduce the number of hyphenations for a novel and tried almost every "solutions" that I found here: How to reduce the number of hyphenation? How to prevent LaTeX from ...
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Convert text to bib format (by LLM?) [duplicate]
I have a large text file with around 1000 entries for bibliographical references. As a service to the community (and myself), I want to convert this file to bib format. Is there an automated way to do ...
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Mirroring/reflection of long texts
I would like to write hints for exercises and to prevent the students from immediately glancing at the hints before trying the exercise themselves, I want to type the hints in a reflected way. I would ...
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How can I pass a constructed image path to \lettrine?
I made a template that splits text into first letter and the rest creates a path to an image on disk based on the first letter I'm having issues with the next step: I'm trying to use \lettrine to ...
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Re-writing a LaTeX document programatically
Over time, I have written a LaTeX document for some work I'm doing. Basically, I have a main.tex file that imports each of my little chapters, bibliography, and whatever I have. Is there a way to, ...
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text-wrap within cells when using different column types with longtable
I was working on the following table and try to figure out how to wrap the text inside the last two column while keeping it aligned to the left; I also wish, to have to content of the adjacent cell ...
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text flow across multiple columns
Relatively new to Latex. Trying to move away from WYSIWYG Desktop Publisher Scribus. I need help getting text to flow from one designated column to another. The equivalent of text-frame links in DTP. ...
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line breaks when using lemma or proof
Sorry for the long MWE but it is only the last part going wrong, but I was unsure if its my preamble making it go wrong, the text in my lemma or proofs runs off the page and I can't see the end of the ...
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How do I keep text from rotating when rotating an op amp in circuitikz?
As you can see when running the MWE, the minus sign of the op amp is vertical. What is the easiest way to make it horizontal? \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{circuitikz} \begin{document} \...
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How to align text and equation in two columns?
What I need to do is this: I would like to have those two columns separated with the formulas aligned under. The result I got is disappointing though. I altro tried with the align command but it ...
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textit{} and textbf{} are not working and there are multiple errors which I don't know how to resolve [closed]
This is the code, % !TEX TS-program = lualatex \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage[paperwidth=9in, paperheight=14in]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsmath} ...
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Simple way to position a text anywhere on a beamer frame
This might be a very easy question but somehow I have failed to find a good answer for. I wish to put a text, e.g., word/math/string, etc. on a specific location on a Beamer frame. This is probably ...
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How to convert a dash (--/---) to a minus (-) for Applicant Tracking Systems only?
I want to optimize my CV to be ATS-friendly. Modern Applicant Tracking Systems use programmable stupidity to parse resumes and decide, whether present them to a human reader. To my surprise I ...
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Beamer: Have text box automatically shrink text size in sty file
I am in the process of creating a custom beamer theme, and in the beamerinnertheme.sty file I am trying to define the title, author, and date text boxes to automatically shrink their text to fit a pre-...
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How to fix text in my svg file?
I am working in Overleaf with a memoir document class. Recently I have already inserted successfully in my document an svg image that comes from a simple download on internet. This time I had to draw ...
