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by seano
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How can I cite in this format: [number - authors, year; ...]
Replies: 3
Views: 3662

How can I cite in this format: [number - authors, year; ...]

Loading the natbib package with the numbers option should enable this kind of referencing. i.e.

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\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
I'll have to leave it up to you to work out the exact formatting though...

Check out the natbib documentation, I think that will give you all of the code that you need.
by seano
Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:54 pm
Forum: Document Classes
Topic: single spacing for headings but double spacing for text
Replies: 3
Views: 8700

single spacing for headings but double spacing for text

titlesec looks like it will do what I want, but only if I redefine all of the heading properties, which I don't particularly want to do: I like the defaults as they are and I would prefer to make as few changes as possible (sorry: I have too much experience with Word and still expect LaTeX to have a ...
by seano
Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:34 pm
Forum: Document Classes
Topic: single spacing for headings but double spacing for text
Replies: 3
Views: 8700

single spacing for headings but double spacing for text

Hi All,
I am using the setspace package to double space my document. Unfortunately, this also formats the chapter and section headings to be double spaced which, because of the large font size, leaves a LOT of space between the lines.

Is there an easy way to work around this?

I have checked the ...
by seano
Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: why does my \parindent not work?
Replies: 10
Views: 32409

why does my \parindent not work?

Yes - I realise this, but I'm not really comfortable about relying on blank lines to define my paragraphs. I'm going to have a document with a LOT of diagrams in it, so the presence or absence of a blank line in the file will not be so obvious.

On the other hand, it's easy to forget to include ...
by seano
Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: why does my \parindent not work?
Replies: 10
Views: 32409

why does my \parindent not work?

Oops. My mistake...
For some reason I've been writing my paragraphs like this:

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Some paragraph text \\
A new paragraph \\
A third paragraph \\
Which I now realise is, um, not correct :oops:
Now I just need to go through and change them all to \par. Oh well.

Thanks for your patience.
by seano
Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: why does my \parindent not work?
Replies: 10
Views: 32409

why does my \parindent not work?

No, no clues there.
Have checked the setspace package too, but that doesn't seem to be the problem either.

The strange thing is that the command \setlength\parindent{1cm} doesn't seem to work anywhere . I have tried it in the preamble, after begin(document) and in the called files.

The response is ...
by seano
Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:18 pm
Forum: Document Classes
Topic: boxed float that is NOT 3.4pt wider than the textwidth
Replies: 7
Views: 8252

boxed float that is NOT 3.4pt wider than the textwidth

Aaah, that looks better!

Although \vspace*{-\baselineskip}\vspace*{1.5pt} was even better :)

At least, for now it's more accurate. I'm guessing that the \doublespacing that the silly university insists on will muck it all up again...
Never mind. That can be a little task for later.

Thanks for ...
by seano
Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Insert Bitmaps, .GIF, .JPEG graphics
Replies: 4
Views: 12722

Insert Bitmaps, .GIF, .JPEG graphics

Hi,
If you have a PDF print driver on your computer (or install one), you can create PDF files directly from Excel. Simply select the diagram you want to "convert" and then press print. This should then open up a window allowing you to name your new PDF.

A couple of things to keep in mind ...
by seano
Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: why does my \parindent not work?
Replies: 10
Views: 32409

Re: why does my \parindent not work?

Thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately neither of those worked:
I couldn't find anything to do with indent or uglification in my version of unbthesis.cls (I have "Version 1.0 released 2005/11/10")
I also tried changing \oarindent within the document but that had no effect either!?!
by seano
Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: why does my \parindent not work?
Replies: 10
Views: 32409

why does my \parindent not work?

Maybe I'm just too tired, but I really have no idea why my document, which clearly has \setlength\parindent{1cm} included in the document preamble, still insists on having NO indent.

In case it helps, here's my list of accumulated packages (which are all included before the change to the paragraph ...