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by VivianU
Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:40 pm
Forum: New Members
Topic: I'm Canadian and I like LaTeX, eh
Replies: 3
Views: 2282

I'm Canadian and I like LaTeX, eh

Thanks Johannes and Stefan. Stefan: you know about indexing! That's refreshing. I'm constantly having to explain what it is. :D
by VivianU
Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:32 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Extra line between section heading and 2-column list
Replies: 6
Views: 4486

Extra line between section heading and 2-column list

Thanks Stefan, the \setlength command worked nicely.

Thanks for the suggestion, Ijon, I didn't know you could do that!

You're right, Bartman; I tried taking out \textbullet and there was no change. Good to know.
by VivianU
Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:20 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Extra line between section heading and 2-column list
Replies: 6
Views: 4486

Extra line between section heading and 2-column list

Thanks for responding Bartman. Here you go.

\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,oneside]{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{paralist}

\begin{document}

\subsection*{Subjects}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{asparaitem}[\textbullet]
\item Arts and art history
\item Biography
\item Classics ...
by VivianU
Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:11 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Extra line between section heading and 2-column list
Replies: 6
Views: 4486

Extra line between section heading and 2-column list

Hi,

I hope this is the right part of the forum for posting this question. I did my resume in LaTeX, and it looks pretty good for the most part. My only problem is a section with a 2-column list. The white space between the heading and the list is bigger than the white space between all other ...
by VivianU
Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:52 pm
Forum: New Members
Topic: NEWBIE
Replies: 4
Views: 3267

NEWBIE

Hi Raymond. I'm Vivian. I just joined. :)
by VivianU
Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:51 pm
Forum: New Members
Topic: I'm Canadian and I like LaTeX, eh
Replies: 3
Views: 2282

I'm Canadian and I like LaTeX, eh

Greetings,

I first found out about LaTeX a couple of years ago. I can't remember how, but it was perfect timing. I despised the new MS Word even more than all the old ones, and had found OO Writer and WordPerfect inadequate at index creation (I'm a freelance Indexer). I saw LaTeX as a great ...