A dump of useful Latex commands
printlen
: To print the length of text width (6.3 for LREC template) - documentation- Use
\protect
before\cite
to add citations into captions - Use
\onslide
within\begin{overprint}
for values replacing each others - Square brackets are for optional values, curly braces are for obligatory ones
- Use
\phantom
to hide text or graphics while reserving the space - For changing the header/footer
\usepackage{fancyhdr} \begin{document} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} \fancyhead[LO,LE]{HEADER TEXT} \\ LO = Left Odd "page", LE = Left Even "page" \end{document}
- For typing IPA characters, use a package called
tipa
- This webpage has a list of greek symbols that is quite handy!
- To insert a full citation in a paper (thesis!) while using natbib:
\usepackage{bibentry} \nobibliography*
Then, use
\bibentry{ENTRY_KEY}
. - More information about the different bib entries: here
- Use
\autoref{}
instead of\ref{}
to anchor the whole reference and not just the number! - The
changes
package is useful for tracking changes ``` \usepackage{changes}
% The following lines are only needed for changing the colors! \definecolor{addedcolor}{RGB}{0,128,0} % Green for added \definecolor{deletedcolor}{RGB}{255,69,0} % Orange for deleted \setaddedmarkup{\color{addedcolor}\uline{#1}} \setdeletedmarkup{\color{deletedcolor}\sout{#1}}
…
\begin{document} \added{TEXT ADDED} \replaced{NEW}{OLD} \deleted{DELETE} \end{document}
```