Questions tagged [positioning]

{positioning} is about positioning document elements. Use this tag in addition to other tags specifying what should be positioned.

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Placing the figure exactly at the top of the page in Latex

I have a problem in placing a picture into a page. I used a simple code as below: \begin{figure}[t!] \centering \includegraphics[keepaspectratio, width=0.6\textwidth]{./pics/5_11} \caption{Number of RSUs that each vehicle has encountered} …
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How to locate figures with x,y specified location in a presentation

I want to fix my figure in slide (latex frame) as per my wish with x,y position specification.
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How to place an image at the right top of a document?

I've been learning LaTeX and this community has been very helpful. Currently, I'm trying to set up corporate letters but as a newbie I'm encountering a variety of challenges, so I'm posting them one by one instead of putting it in the comments...…
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How to place a "floating text box" at a specified location in page coordinates

I have read this thread, but I don't think it addresses the same problem. I am looking for a way to have a command in LaTeX with an interface as follows: \placetextbox{x_in_page_percentage, y_in_page_percentage}{This is my text} The command would…
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How to write any text in the others orientation

How to turn text orientation in the four diferent positions? Any text.
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Defining a width that fills remaining horizontal space for text fields in hyperref forms environment

This code \documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[showframe,headheight=2in,headsep=0.1in,left=0.8in,right=0.8in,bottom=0.5in]{geometry} \usepackage{xcolor}…
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Subscript. Superscript. Middlescript?

What's the best way to vertically center inline text for both math and text modes? Is there something similar to \textsuperscript for non-math mode?
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How to create roller coaster text?

I want to specify a curved base line (rising and falling like a roller coaster), then to have the text positioned such that it flows along that line. Is there a way to achieve this?
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Nested Undersets

how would you achieve something like this? right now my code looks like this: 90\underset{+90}{\underset{\huge \smile}{\underset{+90}{\underset{\huge \smile}{}}180\underset{+180}{\underset{\huge \smile}{}}}}360\underset{+240}{\underset{\huge…
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Offset a symbol without changing layout

I'm using a certain symbol that I would like to shift down without effecting it's layout(change the surrounding markup's positions): a test case is: $\begin{array}{ccc} a & b & c\\ a & b & e\\ \end{array}$ and I want to move c down just right…
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How to insert text outside the top margin?

Possible Duplicate: Insert graphic at precise place on a page I am trying to insert my name on the top right corner of the page but outside the top margin. How can I do that? Many thanks!
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position symbol horizontally

I would like to place symbol \ding{97} directly at the constant distance from the headword. I made command to place the symbol % place frequent star \newcommand{\freqstar}[1]{\hspace*{-1em}{\color{darkgreen}{\ding{97}}}} in front of the headword.…
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Absolute Positioning of Date in Front Page

I'm trying to fix the layout of the font page of my Master Thesis. As you can see in the uploaded image the date is not put at the bottom of the page. I've tried to move it down with the \vspace or \vfill commands, but the result was either no…
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Rotate and lap words

I want to rotate the word flower 5 times and the rotations should lap over the c. That's what I got so far: \clap{\rotatebox[origin=c]{0}{flower}}\clap{\rotatebox[origin=c]{20} {flower}}\clap{\rotatebox[origin=c]{45}{flower}} …
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pdfsavepos coordinates remains zero

My MWE below produces the following in the \jobname.ypos.txt file: {1}{1}{1}{F}{0} {1}{1}{1}{L}{0} {1}{1}{2}{F}{0} {1}{1}{2}{L}{0} {1}{1}{3}{F}{0} {1}{1}{3}{L}{0} Where the bunch of zeros at the end are supposed to be the y-pos coordinates coming…
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