How do I prevent LaTeX from padding spaces between paragraphs so that next section begins at top of next page?

The parameter that controls inter-paragraph spacing is called \parskip(See Paragraph Spacing ). You set it (with “rubber” values) using something like: \setlength{\parskip}{1cm plus4mm minus3mm} The defualt value of \parskip is class dependent. The “plus” and “minus” parts tell TeX how much it can adjust the value to improve the layout (that is they make the … Read more

How do I convert a document from Latex into Microsoft Word 2003? [closed]

All programs that allegedly convert a document from LaTeX to some word-processing format will lose some information that was there in the original, but apparently you’re willing to live with that. Here’s one trick that may or may not be suitable for your purposes: if latex2rtf does a good enough conversion (I have no idea … Read more

Making a small modification to a LaTeX environment

\let\oldfigure\figure \def\figure{\oldfigure\centering} Another solution which works with the optional arguments. Fixed. \let\oldfigure\figure \let\oldendfigure\endfigure \def\figure{\begingroup \oldfigure} \def\endfigure{\centering \oldendfigure \endgroup} Fixed 2. It does work well with any options and any rules and \par inside. \makeatletter \let\oldfigure\figure \def\figure{\@ifnextchar[\figure@i \figure@ii} \def\figure@i[#1]{\oldfigure[#1]\centering} \def\figure@ii{\oldfigure\centering} \makeatother

How to write programming code containing the ‘ character in latex?

Load the upquote package to fix this issue in verbatim mode. If you want straight quotes in monospaced text mode (e.g., \texttt{…}), or indeed in any other font, then you can use the \textquotesingle command defined in the textcomp package: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{upquote,textcomp} \begin{document} \newcommand\upquote[1]{\textquotesingle#1\textquotesingle} \verb|’c’| \texttt{\upquote{h}} \textsf{\upquote{h}} \upquote{h} \end{document} This will work well for fonts … Read more

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