When viewing a pdf of a long LaTeX document, it can sometimes be difficult to find where a certain equation or a line in the pdf is located in the source code, as there are no page numbers in the source code (Unlike visual word processors). I wonder if there is a simple way to find such a location.
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7There is, it's called SyncTeX. If you provide more information about your setup (operating system, editor, compiler, viewer), you'll get more targeted help. – Jake Sep 13 '11 at 03:19
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4I often find it helpful to search by a word/phrase/equation that will be (relatively) unique to that part of the document. Even the most basic editors have search- if you use a powerful editor, such as vim, then you can even search for regexps – cmhughes Sep 13 '11 at 03:46
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TexWorks uses the -synctex option which allows you to right click and select view source which takes you back to the source of that line, or right click in the LaTeX source and jump the appropriate spot in the PDF.
Most IDEs will also provide this sort of functionality, so if you use an good IDE you can cross reference between the PDF and the LaTeX source. Am sure you could just add this to the command line if you are compiling your documents that way.
See LaTeX Editors/IDEs for a list of these. Which editor and environment do you use?
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Under MS Windows, SumatraPDF is a viewer which works fine with SyncTeX (while Acrobat doesn't support this), usable in various editors like TeXnicCenter or Emacs.
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