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darek
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how to italic every "word"

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hello
how to make italic every "word" in document ?, for example i have many "et al." i need italic them all but only them in all document.

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Stefan Kottwitz
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how to italic every "word"

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Hi Darek,

welcome to the board!

You could create a macro for that:

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\newcommand*{\etal}{\textit{et al.}}
Then, in the document you could write \etal.

If you decide to change that later, you just need to change this newcommand definition.

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