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\begin{tabular}{l|ccc} & Year \\ \cline{2-4} City & 2006 & 2007 & 2008 \\ \hline London & 45789 & 46551 & 51298 \\ Berlin & 34549 & 32543 & 29870 \\ Paris & 49835 & 51009 & 51970 \\ \end{tabular} This is a practical practice from a tutorial. There...

The question is simple. I want to type |left|left|right|.

But the outcome after clicking on typesetting button is shown: —left— left —right

It's dash, rather than my desired |.

Many thanks in advance!

If you want to add blank space into your document use the \vspace{...} command. This will add blank vertical space of a height specified in typographical points (pt). For example, \vspace{12pt} will add space equivalent to the height of a 12pt font. 1. I can understand this command makes some space...

I am reading a \LaTeX{} tutorial for beginners. It mentions "Labelling". Type \label{sec1} on a new line directly below \subsection{Stage 1} Type Referring to section \ref{sec1} on page \pageref{sec1} in the Results section. I can see the difference. But I can't understand what's unique in...

Every time when I click on the Typeset button, the PDF file will be automatically saved in the same folder as the .tex file. But three other files also emerge, including .log, .gz, and .aux. It seems I never open and use these three files. So it's so annoying. What's the function of these three file...

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for your reply. In the template article, I notice that some comments starting from %, while other comments starting from %%%.

Can you explain the difference?

These are the first two lines of "template article.tex". I know they are comments. Can someone explain them?

Many thanks in advance!