How do I best prepare color .png screenshots for publication as figures in a LaTeX document that will be printed in b&w conference proceedings? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2008 - 4 answers

Who wants to share their favorite MS Word 2003 Style themes for writing academic papers? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 11 answers

Help! I don't know what I did, but I somehow destroyed my Mac's (10.5) ability to render fonts in my LaTex document correctly. [more inside]
posted on Jan 26, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I make LaTeX PDF presentations that don't look like cheap PowerPoint? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 8 answers

Other than dying first, how do you know if you have a latex allergy? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 16 answers

I'm currently writing a novel. Should I use LaTex instead of MS Word? [more inside]
posted on Nov 13, 2007 - 41 answers

How do you export or convert BibDesk (or generally Bibtex) bibliographies in a specific format (like MLA, etc.)? [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2007 - 5 answers

I found a nice LaTeX .sty file for mla6, but to format the citations properly, it requires a long preamble which I'd rather not copy and paste each time I write a paper. Can I hide it somewhere? [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 3 answers

LyX for Mac madness. How do I get Lyx and natbib to play nice? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2007 - 2 answers

Where can I find LaTex book templates? [more inside]
posted on Sep 7, 2007 - 3 answers

A Latex question: So I am writing this theoretical CS paper in Latex and need to typeset math-y phrases that I can't seem to typeset just right. Detailed description inside … [more inside]
posted on Aug 2, 2007 - 6 answers

What are good adhesives to bond rubber/latex and cloth to aluminum? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2007 - 11 answers

Help me with lists in LaTeX! And I'd like some general advice about whether LaTeX and LyX are worth the hassle. [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2007 - 22 answers

How do I center text (or, really, images) up-and-down within a tabular cell in LaTeX? [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2007 - 5 answers

Can anyone recommend a good LaTeX editor for Windows for writing my dissertation? [more inside]
posted on Mar 9, 2007 - 30 answers

I want to make a very small but critical change in the way emacs behaves in latex-mode. Can I force the tex-shell window to be a different size than half the current window? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2007 - 6 answers

What is the relationship between TeX and LaTeX? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 7 answers

Recommend and/or help me locate some masks. [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2007 - 6 answers

I am studying in human science (psychology), and I'm starting university next month. I have been using a laptop running Linux to take notes and write assignments during the past two years or so, but I feel my current technique for note taking is unsatisfactory. [more inside]
posted on Dec 29, 2006 - 10 answers

The old futon has finally given up the ghost, and I find myself in the market for a new bed and mattress. Latex mattresses intrigue me. For those of you who own or have slept on them, what do you think? I hate being warm and could never use memory-foam as a result. [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2006 - 9 answers

Most convenient way to insert equations into web pages? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2006 - 11 answers

In an effort to increase productivity, I've been trying to escape my all-too-familiar laptop with all its enticing shortcuts and bookmarks and start using my school's sexy G5 workstations. How can I install teTeX or some other LaTeX package on these babies without root? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2006 - 9 answers

I have a week to make a set of three concert programs for an upcoming music festival at my university (I am a music student). LaTeX? InDesign? Word? The catch: I am a novice (albeit an eager one) at all but the latter program. [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2006 - 12 answers

Calling all BibTeX gurus! Can anyone help me format a BibTeX style file (*.bst)? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2006 - 2 answers

How can I include a figure from a PDF file in a LaTeX document? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2006 - 11 answers

Getting latex paint out of wool. What's the best way to remove the stain? [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2006 - 4 answers

Emacs & LaTeX: Do I make the leap? [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2005 - 14 answers

Any BibTeX gurus around here? I'd like recommendations for software, running on Linux, that will help me develop and manage a bibliographical database, and for BibTeX styles/packages/whatever-they're-calleds developed for with humanities, as opposed to science or math, types in mind. [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2005 - 18 answers

Sometimes in LaTeX I notice bad-looking rivers after the period in someone's title, such as "Mr. Jones" or "St. Thomas." I assume that this is because it is treated the "." in things like "St." as if they are sentence stops, and spacing them accordingly. How can I get this to stop?
posted on May 9, 2005 - 5 answers

I am in a mess with a large PDF document I made in LaTeX. I imported my own fonts (converted from TTF) and on screen they look great. But when I print the document, they look awful. I am very confused. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2005 - 10 answers

Does anyone have a good looking LaTeX academic CV template they like to share? If it lets you list your papers etc with Bibtex cites all the better.
posted on Nov 5, 2004 - 3 answers