Some useful LaTeX snippets of code, hints and tips that I use repeatedly.
Recently, I had reason to insert some Chinese characters in to the main body of text of a memoir-based LuaLaTeX document. The unicode characters were already in the document so it seemed like a case […]
Extracting images from a Word file Pandoc is a great Swiss-army-knife type tool and indispensable if you convert between various document types often. I use it frequently as a first line to take care of […]
Adding unnumbered part to the ToC Sometimes, it is desirable to add section headings to a modular ToC. There are packages that help in customizing the ToC and even in creating multiple ToCs, but I […]
Admittedly, this had me scratching my noggin for a little while. I had a small amount of Spanish text to typeset and instead of manually setting up the accented characters, I cut-and-pasted it directly from […]
There are several ways to accomplish line breaks withing LaTeX table cells, but I wanted to mention a package that offers the ability to format individual table cells and thus give an easy mechanism for […]
In order to get PDF-XChange Editor working with TeXnicCenter, it is simply a case of defining an output profile. From TeXnicCenter, click build -> Define Output Profiles (or use the keyboard shortcut ALT+F7). You’ll see […]
Continuous footnote numbering across chapters By default, footnote numbering resets on a per chapter basis in several popular LaTeX classes (memoir, report, and others.) In order to prevent the reset per chapter, and have continuous […]
Sometimes, it is convenient to change the font temporarily within a paragraph in LaTeX. This can be achieved quite simply by using the fontspec package (which requires XeLaTex or LuaLaTeX.) In order to change the […]
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