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How to remove the "References" title

I would like to know how to remove the "References" title from command \bibliography{}. If I write: ... text ... \cite{RefAnd2013} ... \bibliographystyle{IEEEtran} \bibliography{AnderBib} ... more text ... \end{document} Appears "References"…
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Natbib In-Text Citation displays (author?)

I have taken a look through many other questions on this subject but cannot seem to fix my issue. Essentially while references display correctly I cannot get the author citation to appear in my text despite running pdflatex followed by bibtex…
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Can I test if a file exists?

Can I somehow test if a file exists? And can I use this to do only things when it exists? I like to do something like if(exist('members.csv')) { do something }
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Bringhurst chapter style in memoir

I'm trying to imitate Robert Bringhurst's chapter style in memoir. The class includes one such chapter style, but does not typeset the chapter number on the right side margin, as in Bringhurst's book. This is a sample of Bringhurst's The Elements of…
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Correct way to use include and includeonly when writing a large document like a thesis

I am writing a large document with several chapters and I would like to work on each chapter separately. In my main.tex I include the chapters either like \include{chap1.tex} \include{chap2.tex} \include{chap3.tex} or \input{chap1.tex} …
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Can a default path be set globally for \input{...} akin to \graphicspath{...}?

For the graphicx package, we can use \graphicspath{...} so that we can directly use filenames in the argument of \includegraphics{...}. Can a similar thing be done for directly using filenames in \input{...}. I know of the method mentioned here but…
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LaTeX Error: Option clash for package xcolor

I have an option clash between package xcolor and another package, but I don't know which. Here is my MWE \documentclass[10pt]{beamer} \setbeamertemplate{navigation…
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Sections indexed with numbers, subsections with letters

Is it possible to set the environment in such a way that sections are indexed with numbers, and subsections with letters? I mean, I'd like to have the following result: 1 First section 1.a First subsection 1.b Second subsection ... 2 Second…
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Is there a WYSIWYG editor for biblatex styles?

Does anyone know if a WYSIWYG editor for biblatex exists, where I simply can enter some kind of template (e.g. regular expression or whatever) and the needed commands to produce this style would be generated. Especially for the style of entries in…
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How to change the word "Proof" in the proof environment?

I want to change the word "Proof" into "Solution". Of course the following works. \begin{proof}[Solution] \end{proof} But it's quite cumbersome to add this additional [Solution] every time. Is there a way to make it automatic? Edit: I'm using…
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Will it ever be possible to use wrapfig with an enumerate or itemize environment?

wrapfig is incompatible with the enumerate and itemize environments. Is there a typographical reason not to wrap a list around a figure or is it a technical limitation of LaTeX? If it is a technical limitation, is there any work (new packages or…
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How to best typeset "special" constants (complex unit i, Euler's number e,...)?

I'm trying to come up with a typographically appealing way to express "special" numbers such as the complex unit i = sqrt(-1) or Euler's number e. It has to be such that it cannot be confused with regular numbers (such as the running index i, for…
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How to disable links completely using hyperref package?

A have a LaTeX paper I want to submit to the EDAS system. EDAS doesn't want papers to have links and suggests to 'remove the hyperref package from your file'. However, if I do that, my compilation breaks because of some hyperref options in my tex…
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When is TeX better than LaTeX?

Is there any situation where it is preferable to use TeX (or perhaps plain TeX) rather than LaTeX to write a document?
oz1cz
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Linebreak between \left and \right

I would like to type something like this: \begin{equation} \begin{split} \left( ba ba ba \\ ba ba ba \right) \end{split} \end{equation} But it contains error; I think it's because \left( and \right) should be in the same line. How…
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