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I found the solution to my problem at the TeX newsgroup.

Hello.

I was wondering if anyone could help me with this problem. Well, actually, I have hordes of errors in my LaTeX file, so I am trying to narrow them down using \includeonly. But I really don't understand what TeX is doing. I still get tons of errors from the parts of my project that I have ...

Hello, if you're using the hyperref package, you have to use the option pdfstartview:

\usepackage[pdfstartview=FitH]{hyperref}

where FitH is for "Fit Horizontal". The problem with hyperref is that the default pdfstartview is FitPage (I don't remember if this is really the actual command ...

Never mind, I found the answer myself. :D

Using the hyperref package, you can add the option "pdfstartview=foo", where "foo" can be, for instance, "FitH", meaning "fit horizontally" (the same thing that in Adobe Reader is called "fit width".

More information can be found in the documentation to ...

Can you set the default zoom when generating a PDF file with PDFLaTeX? Apparently, PDFs are born with a default zoom that overrides the "initial zoom" option in the Acrobat Reader. My files always open with the "fit page" zoom. I would like them to open with "fit width" instead.

Can this be done ...

You can try using the package "cuted" and the command "\twocolumn". (See the file presfull.pdf for documentation.)

I am working on setting up some stuff in two columns myself and experimenting with cuted. It's not very pretty, and the documentation is not very good, but it may be of use to you.

I solved my problem. The command \textnormal does what I want.

I would like to be able to make text non-boldfaced in a context where it would otherwise be bold, such as in headings in the "description" environment. I.e., I want a command like this:

\item[Here is a \unbold{non-bold} word:] And a description of it...

to look something like this:

* Here is a ...

Thanks, dude.

Does anyone know how to make Mars symbols (♂) and Venus symbols (♀) in LaTeX? Y'know, the shield-and-spear symbol that represents "male" and the mirror symbol that represents "female". I can't seem to find them.

Thanks.