As well as \singlespacing mentioned previously to reduce the height of the table, a useful way to reduce the width of the table is to add \tabcolsep=0.11cm before the \begin{tabular} command and take out all the vertical lines between columns. It’s amazing how much space is used up between the columns of text. You could reduce the font size to something … Read more
I found this question on another forum and it says that you should install MiKTex for windows too. Worked like a charm !
The tikz package seems to have what you want. I’m not too expert with tikz, but this does give a good timeline, which looks like:
My equation is very long. How do I get it to continue on the next line rather than go off the page?
Use listings package. Simple configuration for LaTeX header (before \begin{document}): You can change default language in the middle of document with \lstset{language=Java}. Example of usage in the document: Here’s the result:
The “Missing $ inserted” is probably caused by the underscores and bars. These characters in LaTeX have special meaning in math mode (which is delimited by $ characters). Try escaping them; e.g. update\_element instead of update_element. However, if you’re trying to display code, a better solution would be to use the \verb command, which will typeset the text in a monospaced font … Read more
This is a classic difficulty in LaTeX. The problem is how to do layout with floats (figures and tables, an similar objects) and footnotes. In particular, it is hard to pick a place for a float with certainty that making room for the associated footnotes won’t cause trouble. So the standard tabular and figure environments don’t even try. What … Read more
Use the pdfpages package. To include all the pages in the PDF file: To include just the first page of a PDF: Run texdoc pdfpages in a shell to see the complete manual for pdfpages.
You can use \blacksquare ■: When creating TeX, Knuth provided the symbol ■ (solid black square), also called by mathematicians tombstone or Halmos symbol (after Paul Halmos, who pioneered its use as an equivalent of Q.E.D.). The tombstone is sometimes open: □ (hollow black square).