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by offroad
Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:03 am
Forum: MiKTeX and proTeXt
Topic: Unable to compile set of documents on miktex 64-bit
Replies: 0
Views: 2852

Unable to compile set of documents on miktex 64-bit

Hi all,

Could you please help me figure out why my documents won't compile?

I recently bought a new 64-bit laptop and as I have all my files backed up to the cloud, I can edit my tex files from any device. That is the fun part. The problem, however, is that my files won't compile on the new ...
by offroad
Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can't get minipages to work
Replies: 5
Views: 8014

Re: Can't get minipages to work

It worked like a charm.

Thank you very much!

Márcio
by offroad
Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can't get minipages to work
Replies: 5
Views: 8014

Can't get minipages to work

You could post a minimal working example to show us what you got. It's just easier to help you.

Please use the Code Button. You can verify, that your example is compilable by clicking on Open in WriteLaTeX .

I found an example online and manage to adapt to my needs. The problem is that it won't ...
by offroad
Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Can't get minipages to work
Replies: 5
Views: 8014

Can't get minipages to work

Hi all

I've been trying, without any success, to use 'minipages' to align 2 pictures and a text between them, just like the attached file below.

Could any of you shed some light on this?

I'm running MikTeX on Windows 8 with pdflatex. All pictures are in the pdf format.

Any help is very much ...
by offroad
Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Personalized Nomenclature
Replies: 3
Views: 16764

Re: Personalized Nomenclature

I like the Glossaries package. I'll read the documentation. Thank you!
by offroad
Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Personalized Nomenclature
Replies: 3
Views: 16764

Personalized Nomenclature

I would very much like the nomenclature divided into groups (Greek letters, Roman, Acronyms etc). I read the documentation but couldn't get it to work.

This is what the doc says:

If you have distinct groups among the identifiers in your nomenclature (e.g. Greek letters for physical constants ...
by offroad
Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Personalized Nomenclature
Replies: 3
Views: 16764

Personalized Nomenclature

Hi all,

I've been trying to build a personalized nomenclature with subgroups (Greek letters, Roman letters, acronyms, superscripts, subscripts etc) but I can't it get to work along with the personalized style I just added.

I uploaded a minimal working example so you can have a quick look at it. To ...
by offroad
Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Mismatch in Document Quality on Screen and on Paper
Replies: 4
Views: 3918

Re: Mismatch in Document Quality on Screen and on Paper

I added the 'palatino' packagge and everything SEEMS a little better now. I like the LaTeX default font better, you know!
I'll print one page tomorrow and compare.

Many thanks
by offroad
Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Mismatch in Document Quality on Screen and on Paper
Replies: 4
Views: 3918

Mismatch in Document Quality on Screen and on Paper

I suspected it was the hardware (printer) but it was not.

Why do you think this? Try another printer to verify if the result shows the same quality. You coud attach a sample PDF file here.

Stefan
Because I printed a report from MS Word and it was great quality.

I'm uploading a pdf file so you ...