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LaTeX tips and tricks

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\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-0.25in} \setlength{\headsep}{10pt}

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%% get an actual tilde (~) in latex without resorting to $\sim$: \textasciitilde

%% make vertical rubber space \vfill % this makes a pre-defined amount of rubber space. It's equivalent to \vspace\fill \vskip 10pt % this makes a fixed amount. It's a TeX command, so no curly braces.

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Fonts and symbols

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% compact font that is good for tables; can also use {9pt}{8pt} depending on style file \fontfamily{cmss}\fontseries{uc} \fontsize{10pt}{9pt} \selectfont

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% Sometimes the footnotes don't appear at the bottom of the page. Than you have to use \usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}

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%% get an actual tilde (~) in latex without resorting to $\sim$: \textasciitilde

%% lowercase script letters \DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{pzc}{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it}{<-> s * [1.200] pzcmi7t}{} \DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it}

%% superimpose one symbol on another to make a new symbol %% the arguments are x and y alignment, in em (pos or neg) %% here I superimpose a square with a capital V and a small v %% largesquare comes from the mnsymbol package; boxempty comes from stmaryrd \usepackage{slashed} \usepackage{mnsymbol} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \declareslashed{}{\largesquare}{-.01}{0.005}{V} \declareslashed{}{\boxempty}{.06}{-.04}{\mathscr{v}} \newcommand{\boxV}{\slashed{V}} \newcommand{\boxv}{\slashed{\mathscr{v}}}

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Misc trickery

% place a note for editing \renewcommand{\note}[1]{~\\\frame{\begin{minipage}[c]{\textwidth}\vspace{2pt}\center{#1}\vspace{2pt}\end{minipage}}\vspace{3pt}\\}

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% Sometimes the footnotes don't appear at the bottom of the page. Than you have to use \usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}

% get an extra line on one page \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}

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