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Hello! I am having two major problems with the pdf output of my PhD thesis which has been formatted using LaTex.The first is with in-text citations. I use the APA7 referencing system and have linked LaTex with Zotero. There is a consistent error with my in-sentence references [i.e. Research by Author (date) shows that LaTex should be better than Word.], which are showing up as ordinary in text citations, with the author's name and date within brackets [i.e. Research shows that LaTex should be better than Word (Author, year)]. This effects the sentence structure and readability of the work. I am also often finding that citations are missing the closing bracket.The second problem is that there are just large chunks of text missing, like multiple paragraphs and I can't understand why!I am absolutely not an expert on this, so if anyone can help that would be amazing!Statistics: Posted by FionaG — Mon Jun 30, 2025 2:09 am

For those who find this thread after me.Code: \newline is not enough for switching enumeration. LaTeX adds the page automatically, but there is some confusion with counter.Replacing Code: \newline with Code: \newpage works as expected.Statistics: Posted by lockywolf — Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:30 am

I have the same issue.MWE:Code: \documentclass[a4paper]{book}\usepackage{graphicx}\pagenumbering{roman}\begin{document}\pagenumbering{roman}hello, world\newpage\includegraphics[height=0.5\paperheight,keepaspectratio]{page1.png} \newline\includegraphics[height=0.5\paperheight,keepaspectratio]{page2.png} \newline\end{document}The page with "hello, world" is getting the page numbe "i", as expected, but the pages with page1.png and page2.png are all getting arabic numbers.Statistics: Posted by lockywolf — Sun Jun 29, 2025 5:53 am

Stefan,I was afraid that that is the answer. I did use the pipeline before and sometimes the result is not what one wanted. I will definitely give it a try. EdStatistics: Posted by pedrosk — Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:33 pm

I'd like to understand how to use the l3keys module.After defining a set of keys withCode: \keys_define:nn { mykeys } { ... }how do I write a command that applies these keys?For example, I have the following command:Code: \NewDocumentCommand {\bh} { o } { \tl_if_single:nF {#1} { \keys_set:nn {mykeys} {#1} } }I'm not entirely sure how to make this command accept key-valueoptions from the user and apply the definitions I set up with\keys_define:nn.Could it be explained how to properly structure such a command so thatit processes keys both from the user input and from the predefined keyset?A minimal working example of how to define keys and use them in a commandwould be important.Statistics: Posted by Borgia — Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:53 pm

Hi! If MonkeyTeX provides an API, you’ll likely need to authenticate (maybe with an API key) and send a GET request to an endpoint like /files/{filename}.tex. Check their API docs for the exact route and any headers needed. Let us know what you’ve tried so far!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:34 pm

It sounds like your guess is right — PCTeX v6 likely doesn't run an e-TeX-compatible engine by default, which is why etoolbox throws that error. Unless PCTeX allows switching to an e-TeX-enabled engine (like pdfTeX with e-TeX extensions), the simplest fix would be to switch to a TeX distribution like TeX Live or MiKTeX, which do support etoolbox out of the box.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:33 pm

Thanks for sharing, Antonio! Suena muy interesante tener una alternativa tan ligera como KerTeX, sobre todo para sistemas minimalistas o embebidos. Lo probaré en alguna distro ligera a ver qué tal funciona. ¡Gracias por el aviso!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:33 pm

Hi! It looks like BaseTeX is missing some fonts or they’re not properly installed, causing those errors. You might want to update your TeX distribution or try installing the full MacTeX instead—it's bigger but includes all fonts and avoids these issues.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:31 pm

Hi! That error usually means your PGF/TikZ package is outdated or not properly installed. Try updating your TeX distribution or reinstalling the TikZ/PGF packages. PCTeX might have old versions that don’t support some commands used in your code.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:27 pm

Hi! The first error happens because you’re running the file with latex, but you need to compile it with xelatex to use fontspec. Also, running xetex directly won’t work well for a full document. Try this command instead:Code: xelatex test_latex.texThat should fix it!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:27 pm

Hi! Sounds like a tricky keyboard-layout clash between Dragon and TeXnicCenter. Since Dragon works fine with English (US) except in TeXnicCenter, it might be how TeXnicCenter handles input or keyboard mappings. Maybe try running TeXnicCenter as admin or check if there’s an option to set input language inside it. Otherwise, using English (US) as default when using Dragon seems the best workaround for now.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:25 pm

Hi V, welcome to LaTeX! That error usually means TeXLive isn’t properly installed or TeXShop can’t find it. I’d recommend reinstalling MacTeX from scratch and then checking TeXShop’s preferences to make sure the path to pdflatex is correct (usually it should point to /Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex). That should fix it!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:22 pm

Hi Sathish! As far as I know, BaKoMa TeX Word lets you open files via command line like you did, but it doesn’t support advanced commands like WinEdt’s to jump to specific lines or selections. You might need to open the file normally and navigate inside manually. Hope that helps!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:21 pm

Hey Bullwinkle! For Android, you can try apps like “TeXPortal” or “VerbTeX,” which let you compile LaTeX directly on your tablet. They’re not as full-featured as desktop setups but work well for on-the-go editing and compiling. Hope that helps!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:15 pm

Hi Rajesh! To install Beamer in MiKTeX 2.9, open the MiKTeX Console (or Package Manager), search for “beamer” and install it from there. If you don’t see it, try updating your package database first. Once installed, it should work fine in WinShell and TeXworks. Let me know if you get stuck!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:56 pm

You're right—handling possessive forms like 's isn't built into the acro package by default. For now, the most practical workaround is exactly lo que mencionas: reescribir ligeramente la oración para evitar la forma posesiva directa. Adaptar el paquete para esto no es trivial si no estás familiarizado con programación TeX, pero si el uso es puntual, redefinir localmente el acrónimo con 's añadido puede servir como solución rápida.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:55 pm

You're not alone—ShareLaTeX (now Overleaf) doesn't show compiled files like PDFs in the file tree. The workaround is to compile myFigure.tex locally and upload the resulting myFigure.pdf manually, as you've been doing. Unfortunately, Overleaf doesn’t support automatic inter-file compilation like a local environment does. For now, managing intermediate files manually is the only way within that platform.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:50 pm

Great question! Building a lightweight LaTeX engine for mobile like Texpad’s is ambitious but doable. You’d likely need to start with TinyTeX or a custom TeX Live build, stripping it down to just the essentials (pdfLaTeX, BibTeX, fonts, core packages). On iOS, you'd compile it with clang and handle sandboxing; on Android, you'd cross-compile using the NDK. It's tricky, but looking into TeXLive source, kpathsea, and Tectonic (a modern engine in Rust) might help simplify things. Definitely a deep dive, but a rewarding one!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:49 pm

Hi Matthias! For what you need, the exsheets or exam class in LaTeX works well to format MC exams, and for scanning and automatic grading, check out Auto Multiple Choice (AMC). It integrates nicely with LaTeX, scans answer sheets, and grades them automatically—perfect for large groups like yours. Definitely worth a try!Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:47 pm

That error usually means there's a mismatch between the Qt5 libraries installed on your system and the version Texmaker expects. Most likely, Texmaker is linking to a different or outdated libQt5Core.so.5.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:46 pm

Sounds frustrating! Your issues likely come from the custom mstogs class conflicting with Overleaf’s defaults. For the citation numbering, try resetting the counter manually before the thesis part. For [1-2] formatting, natbib should handle it—but double-check that sort&compress is working with your .bst file. And if .bib isn’t working, make sure \bibliography{yourfile} is included and that your project is set to use bibtex or biber, not just \bibitem. Sometimes class files override things silently.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:45 pm

Hey! It sounds like the TeX Live installer is just hanging—it can sometimes take a while depending on your internet speed, but if it's stuck for too long, try restarting the installer. And yes, after TeX Live, you still need to install LyX separately from the LyX site. They work together, but the installs are independent.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:42 pm

Hi Art, sounds like a solid setup! Unfortunately, pdflatex isn't great at batch compiling multiple files in one go. One trick you could try is merging multiple statements into a single LaTeX file (like one per page), compile once, then split the PDF afterward. It reduces overhead per compilation and might save you a good chunk of time.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:40 pm

Hi and welcome! That’s a known quirk with \alapage and \voltabox. One workaround is to manually close the volta before the page break and reopen it on the next page. Try ending the volta before \alapage, then starting a new one after. It’s a bit manual, but usually helps avoid the empty bar.Statistics: Posted by EnriqueVilla — Thu Jun 26, 2025 10:37 pm

Such a small difference. Thank you!!!Statistics: Posted by dlongddsma — Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:47 am

**Problem:** I need to replace the default "Notes for chapter X" headings with custom titles in the enotez package. Despite trying various approaches, I keep getting "Command \@enotez@group@heading undefined" errors and custom headings don't apply.**Minimal Working Example (MWE):**```latex\documentclass{book}\usepackage{enotez}\usepackage{hyperref}\usepackage{ifthen}% Basic configuration\setenotez{ backref = true, split = chapter, reset = true}% Attempted customization solutions (various versions)%\makeatletter%\renewcommand{\@enotez@group@heading}[1]{%% \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{0}}{\section*{CUSTOM HEADING}}{}%%}%\makeatother\begin{document}\chapter{Preface}Text with note\endnote{Preface note}.\printnotes\end{document}```**Current Behavior:** - Default headings appear as "Notes for chapter X" - Compilation errors about undefined commands when trying customization - Backref works perfectly (text→notes and notes→text) **What I Need:** - Custom headings per chapter (e.g., "HITZAURREA" for chapter 0) - Maintain chapter-specific note numbering - Keep backref functionality **What I've Tried:** 1. Replacing `\@enotez@group@heading` 2. Using `group-title`/`group-heading` keys 3. Configuration in preamble vs. after `\begin{document}` 4. Version detection with `\@ifpackagelater` **System Info:** - TeX Distribution: Overleaf - enotez version: 2023/02/18 v0.11b - Full file list from `\listfiles`: ``` *File List* book.cls 2020/04/10 v1.4m Standard LaTeX document class bk10.clo 2020/04/10 v1.4m Standard LaTeX file (size option)enotez.sty 2023/02/18 v0.11b enotez keyval.sty 2014/10/28 v1.15 key=value parser (DPC)hyperref.sty 2023-05-15 v7.00t Hypertext links for LaTeX iftex.sty 2022/02/03 v1.0f TeX engine tests ltxcmds.sty 2020-05-10 v1.25 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO) pdftexcmds.sty 2020-06-27 v0.33 Utility functions of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO)infwarerr.sty 2019/12/03 v1.5 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO) ifpdf.sty 2022/06/07 v3.4 Provides the ifpdf switchkvsetkeys.sty 2019/12/15 v1.18 Key value parser (HO)etexcmds.sty 2019/12/15 v1.7 Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands (HO)kvdefinekeys.sty 2019-12-19 v1.6 Define keys (HO)pdfescape.sty 2019/12/09 v1.15 Implements pdfTeX's escape features (HO) hycolor.sty 2020-01-27 v1.10 Color options for hyperref/bookmark (HO)letltxmacro.sty 2019/12/03 v1.6 Let assignment for LaTeX macros (HO) auxhook.sty 2019-12-17 v1.6 Hooks for auxiliary files (HO) pd1enc.def 2023-05-15 v7.00t Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding definition (HO) intcalc.sty 2019/12/15 v1.3 Expandable calculations with integers (HO)etexcmds.sty 2019/12/15 v1.7 Avoid name clashes with e-TeX commands (HO) bitset.sty 2019/12/09 v1.3 Handle bit-vector datatype (HO)bigintcalc.sty 2019/12/15 v1.5 Expandable calculations on big integers (HO) hopatch.sty 2022/02/28 v1.4 Wrapper for package hooks (HO)atbegshi.sty 2020/10/05 v1.0 At begin shipout hook (HO)atveryend.sty 2019/12/15 v1.11 Hooks at very end of document (HO)rerunfilecheck.sty 2019/12/05 v1.9 Rerun checks for auxiliary files (HO)uniquecounter.sty 2019/12/15 v1.4 Provide unlimited unique counter (HO) hpdftex.def 2023-05-15 v7.00t Hyperref driver for pdfTeXstringenc.sty 2019/11/29 v1.12 Convert strings between diff. encodings (HO) hdriver.def 2023-05-15 v7.00t Hyperref driver switch (HO) ifthen.sty 2022/04/13 v1.1d Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)```**Question:** What is the correct, version-agnostic way to customize group headings in enotez without triggering undefined command errors?Statistics: Posted by Jongomez — Wed Jun 25, 2025 5:46 pm

Hi Stefan, thank you for the easy fix and your fast response!Best,MaikeStatistics: Posted by maike — Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:54 pm

Hi Maike,welcome to the forum!Use \input instead of \include:Code: \input{my_table.tex}\include is for chapter files and makes a page break, \input is for any TeX code.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:38 pm

Hi everybody,I am including a table like this in my main document:Code: \include{my_table.tex}I do this, because the table is created in R and sometimes updated.The my_table looks like this:Code: \begin{table}[htbp]\centering \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}\centering\begin{tabular}{llrrr}\topruledummy & dummy & dummy & dummy & dummy \\ \midruledummy & dummy & dummy & dummy & dummy \\ dummy & dummy & dummy & dummy & dummy \\ \midruledummy & dummy & dummy & dummy & dummy \\ \bottomrule\end{tabular}\caption{dummy} \label{tab:dummy}\end{table}I have similar tables, which are directly in the main document. Those are surrounded by text, if there is space left. However, the tables which are included by \include, take up a whole page with no text before or after the table, which I would like to change.Looking foreward to your ideas - has this ever happened to anyone else?P.S.: This is the packages I'm using - if this is of any interest:Code: % Sprach- und Zeichencodierung\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Encoding\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Font encoding\usepackage[ngerman,english]{babel} % Languages% Layout und Seitenränder\usepackage[singlespacing]{setspace}\usepackage[left=2cm, right=2cm, bottom=4cm]{geometry} % Seitenräder% Tabellen und Schrift\usepackage{booktabs}\usepackage{multirow} % Erlaubt das Zusammenfassen von Zellen über mehrere Zeilen in Tabellen.\usepackage[table]{xcolor} % Farben für Tabellen (ohne xcdraw, das Fehler wirft)\usepackage{caption} % Darstellung von Bildunterschriften\usepackage[normalem]{ulem} %durchstreichen\usepackage{tabularx}% Mathematik\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{siunitx}\usepackage{upgreek}% Grafiken\usepackage{graphicx}\graphicspath{{../../data/graphs/}} % Standardpfad für Graphiken \usepackage{float} % Ermöglicht eine bessere Platzierung von Objekten wie Tabellen und Grafiken.\usepackage{wrapfig} % Erlaubt das Einfügen von Bildern, die vom Text umflossen werden.\usepackage{subcaption}\usepackage[section]{placeins} % Verhindert, dass Floats über Abschnittsgrenzen hinauswandern -> \FloatBarrier nach Abschnitten% PDF-Seiten einbinden\usepackage{pdfpages}% Kopf- und Fußzeilen\usepackage[headsepline,footsepline]{scrlayer-scrpage}\pagestyle{scrheadings}\clearpairofpagestyles\ihead{\headmark}\automark{section}\cfoot{\pagemark}% Umdefinieren von \paragraph\makeatletter\renewcommand\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%{-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%{1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}\makeatother% Absätze nicht einrücken\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}% Literaturverzeichnis\usepackage[round,sort]{natbib} % Zitieren mit natbib und runden Klammern, sortierte Einträge\bibliographystyle{apalike}% URLs und klickbare Links\usepackage{url}\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} % farbige anklickboxen um Zitate – MUSS am Ende stehen\usepackage{nameref} % Für \nameref bei ReferenzenStatistics: Posted by maike — Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:02 pm

You have a \centering command here that causes it.The difference between the first and the second code is: in the first code, you have an empty line before the \centering command, which means a paragraph break. In the second code, you have no empty line before \centering, so it's whin the same paragraph, that Lorem text with \centering, so that gets centered too. Just make an empty line before \centering.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:10 am

I don't think there's such a thing like a web content management / server system based on LaTeX sources but rendering html. Though there's limited LaTeX support here and there, using plugins. You could build your own workflow / pipeline using conversion tools like pandoc, tex4ht or lwarp.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:58 am

I don't think there's such a thing like a web content management / server system based on LaTeX sources but rendering html. Though there's limited LaTeX support here and there, using plugins. You could build your own workflow / pipeline using conversion tools like pandoc, tex4ht or lwarp.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:58 am

Hi,welcome to the forum!It seems like you changed the bibliography/citation style. Look for the \bibliographystyle command. Perhaps post your code hier, as a reduced example to verify, so we can help you to correct it.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Wed Jun 25, 2025 8:52 am

Hey there ,my issue is that the compiled version doesnt look like it used to anymore. Problem is the citization. Everything is same as before but instead of showing me the citization as for example [LIM] it now show the whole name i have no clue whyStatistics: Posted by starscream21 — Wed Jun 25, 2025 6:51 am

not sure. probably not. I am looking for something where you have a set of documents or one large documents that you browse over internet. Let say I am writing my code and instead of writing documentation in MD and posting it in my private github repo I post it on some kind of server that I can access over HTTP protocol and further browse pages, links.... but the transmition will be over HTTP and the underlying document will be a static tex document. Not sure if this server works that way.Statistics: Posted by pedrosk — Wed Jun 25, 2025 5:19 am

Thank you again. OK, so this is the original code: Code: \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\usepackage{lmodern}\usepackage{hyperref}\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage{ragged2e}\usepackage{blindtext}\usepackage{dirtytalk}\usepackage{csquotes}\usepackage{longtable}\usepackage{tabularx}\usepackage{threeparttablex}\usepackage{threeparttable}\usepackage{tablefootnote}\usepackage{environ}\usepackage[english]{babel}\usepackage[notes,backend=biber]{biblatex-chicago}\bibliography{sample}\usepackage{hyperref}\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage[english]{babel}\begin{document}\chapter*{Preface}Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis risus ante, auctor et pulvinar non, posuere ac lacus. Praesent egestas nisi id metus rhoncus ac lobortis sem hendrerit. Etiam et sapien eget lectus interdum posuere sit amet ac urna.\centering\scriptsize\label{tab:label}\begin{longtable}{p{4cm}p{8.5cm}}\caption{l}{EXAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THROUGH HISTORY}\\\hlineTime/Year & Event\\\hlinePre-historic times & Melanesian (Vanuatu) tribesman used arrowheads contaminated with tetanus\\14th century BC & Hittite army sends rams infected with tularemia to their enemies\\\hlineAdapted from Oliveira, Manuela, Gabriella Mason-Buck, David Ballard, Wojciech Branicki, and António Amorim. 2020. “Biowarfare, Bioterrorism and Biocrime: A Historical Overview on Microbial Harmful Applications.”\textit{Forensic Science International} 314 (September): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110366 and Long, Daniel E. \textit{WAR IS HELL: The Rise of Total War from Napoleon to the Present} (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2025).\end{longtable}\end{document}And here's how it looks: Now for the new code:Code: \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\usepackage{lmodern}\usepackage{hyperref}\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage{ragged2e}\usepackage{blindtext}\usepackage{dirtytalk}\usepackage{csquotes}\usepackage{longtable}\usepackage{tabularx}\documentclass{article}\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images\usepackage{booktabs}\usepackage{caption}\captionsetup[table]{labelformat=simple,justification=raggedright,singlelinecheck=false,margin=-0.6cm}\usepackage{longtable}\begin{document}\Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis risus ante, auctor et pulvinar non, posuere ac lacus. Praesent egestas nisi id metus rhoncus ac lobortis sem hendrerit. Etiam et sapien eget lectus interdum posuere sit amet ac urna.\centering\scriptsize\label{tab:label}\begin{longtable}{p{4cm}p{8.5cm}}\caption{EXAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THROUGH HISTORY}\\\hlineTime/Year & Event\\\hlinePre-historic times & Melanesian (Vanuatu) tribesman used arrowheads contaminated with tetanus\\14th century BC & Hittite army sends rams infected with tularemia to their enemies\\\hline\multicolumn{2}{p{12.9cm}}{Adapted from Oliveira, Manuela, Gabriella Mason-Buck, David Ballard, Wojciech Branicki, and António Amorim. 2020. “Biowarfare, Bioterrorism and Biocrime: A Historical Overview on Microbial Harmful Applications.”\textit{Forensic Science International} 314 (September): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110366 and Long, Daniel E. \textit{WAR IS HELL: The Rise of Total War from Napoleon to the Present} (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2025).}\end{longtable}\end{document}And how it looks:That's what I meant, now the formatting for the main body text is all screwed up. help? [wimper] Thanks again (and I hope I did this correctly this time), DlongddsmaStatistics: Posted by dlongddsma — Wed Jun 25, 2025 1:17 am

I agree, that looks like a bug, I suspect in the moderncv code because it's only related to the order if it own commands. Like if \moderncvstyle already applies "color" values and later changes don't have an effect. On an older LaTeX installation I also saw it working fine in both orders.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Jun 24, 2025 7:32 pm

Thank you a lot. That worked for me too - was the order of the original template - so something must have changed in latex here. Smells a little like a bug. The order should not be important for this. Also this was working for me with older latex versions.Statistics: Posted by canuzzi — Tue Jun 24, 2025 6:31 pm

Hi Enzo,thanks to your example code, I could test it. I found that it works if you reverse the order of commands and choose the color before the style:Code: \moderncvcolor{green}\moderncvstyle{classic} StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:12 pm

Thanks for the reply and the greetings!The code is not changed from the default of the package - just the information is added:Code: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% "ModernCV" CV and Cover Letter% LaTeX Template% Version 1.1 (9/12/12)%% This template has been downloaded from:% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com%% Original author:% Xavier Danaux (xdanaux@gmail.com)%% License:% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)%% Important note:% This template requires the moderncv.cls and .sty files to be in the same % directory as this .tex file. These files provide the resume style and themes % used for structuring the document.%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans,german]{moderncv} % Font sizes: 10, 11, or 12; paper sizes: a4paper, letterpaper, a5paper, legalpaper, executivepaper or landscape; font families: sans or roman\moderncvstyle{classic} % CV theme - options include: 'casual' (default), 'classic', 'oldstyle' and 'banking'\moderncvcolor{green} % CV color - options include: 'blue' (default), 'orange', 'green', 'red', 'purple', 'grey' and 'black'\usepackage{lmodern}\usepackage{lipsum} % Used for inserting dummy 'Lorem ipsum' text into the template%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry} % Reduce document margins%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\firstname{Enzo} % Your first name\familyname{Canuzzi} % Your last name% All information in this block is optional, comment out any lines you don't need\title{Curriculum Vitae}\address{Foobargasse 420}{1660 Wien}\mobile{+43 666 666 66 66}\email{canuzzi@foo.net}\photo[70pt][0.4pt]{../bewerbungsphotos/niels_neu}%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\begin{document}\makecvtitle % Print the CV title\section{Pers\"onliche Daten}\cvitem{Geburtsdatum}{11.01.1973}\cvitem{Geburtsort}{J\"ulich, Deutschland}\cvitem{Staatsan- geh\"origkeit}{Deutsch}%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%EDUCATION SECTION%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\section{Ausbildung}\cventry{1993--1999}{Diplom Physiker}{Foo Universität}{Bar}{\textit{Deutschland}}{} % Arguments not required can be left empty\cventry{1984--1992}{Abitur}{Gymnasium Foobarf }{Foo}{\textit{Deutschland}}{}\section{Diplom}\cvitem{Titel}{\emph{Abbildung und Schaltung von ferroelektrischen Dom\"anen mittels spannungsmodulierter Rasterkraftmikroskopie}}\cvitem{Betreuer}{Professor Dr. Foo Bar}%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%WORK EXPERIENCE SECTION%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\section{Berufserfahrung}\cventry{01/2021--10/2022}{Softwareentwickler}{\textsc{Bar}}{Wien}{\"Osterreich}{Java Entwicklung auf Basis von Microservices und Spring Boot\begin{itemize}\item Ablösung eines Altsystemes (Docker, SQL, Kafka)\end{itemize}}\cventry{10/2016--11/2020}{Lead Softwareentwickler}{\textsc{Foo}}{Wien}{\"Osterreich}{Entwicklung, Beratung \& Third Level Support und Datenaufbereitung\begin{itemize}\item Umstellung von Multilayer auf Microservices (SPA) \item Deployments und Datenaufbereitung auf Kundensystemen (Websphere, JBoss, SQL)\item Weiterentwicklung von Klassifizierungssoftware (Java, eCl@ss)\end{itemize}}%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%COMPUTER SKILLS SECTION%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\section{Skill Matrix}\cvskillhead{}\cvskillentry{Sprachen}{5}{Java}{20}{Von SOAP zu Spring Boot}\cvskillentry{}{5}{c}{20}{Ich liebe Funktionspointer}\cvskillentry{}{4}{TCL}{5}{Nützliche Skriptsprache insb. mit TCL/expect}\homepage{https://www.hackerrank.com/profile/canuzzi}{} % The first argument is the url for the clickable link, the second argument is the url displayed in the template - this allows special characters to be displayed such as the tilde in this example%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%LANGUAGES SECTION%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\section{Sprachen}\cvlistdoubleitem{Deutsch: Muttersprache}{Englisch: Gut in Schrift und Wort}%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%INTERESTS SECTION%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\section{Interessen und Hobbies}\renewcommand{\listitemsymbol}{-~} % Changes the symbol used for lists\cvlistdoubleitem{Trekking}{Wissenschaft}\cvlistdoubleitem{Wintersport}{Elektronik}\section{Mitgliedschaften}\renewcommand{\listitemsymbol}{-~} % Changes the symbol used for lists\cvlistdoubleitem{\"Osterreichischer Alpenverein}{Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft}\cvlistdoubleitem{Happy Lab}{}\end{document}The Name should be coloured, the lines before the sections and the skill matrix value too:Statistics: Posted by canuzzi — Tue Jun 24, 2025 4:48 pm

Hi Canuzzi,welcome to the forum!The warnings happen because you are using fancy font shapes / combinations which are not available.ams_cv.tex 99 LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T1/lmss/m/scsl' undefined using `T1/lmss/m/sc' instead on input line 99.This means, small caps slanted (scsl) font is not available, so small caps (sc) is used. If that looks ok for you, don't worry. If you need it, use the kpfonts package instead of lmodern, for example.Regarding the color, I can only tell you if I see the code and the output. Maybe post the code here, and a screenshot as attachment. You can use dummy placeholder text instead of your CV data.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Jun 24, 2025 1:47 pm

Small comment, please always use the "Code"-Button when posting Code here (editor button with </> symbol when writing), for formatting and also direct online compiling. I edited it in the previous code for you.The preamble doesn't tell me anything about what happened in or after the table. Please always post a small example with the issue, so it can be tested and fixed. Also in the first examples, \begin{document} and \end{document} were missing, but I quickly added that to make the code snippets compilable.Show some code that produces the issue (when I click the "Run LaTeX here" button) and I'm sure I can fix it.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Jun 24, 2025 1:40 pm

THANK YOU!Now how do I put the text that follow back to normal? Before, it was full justified, double-spaced, and a bigger font. Now it's fully centered, single-spaced, and note-sized font. Here is the original prematter (is that right? I can't remember.) for you.Code: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LaTeX book template %%%% Author: Amber Jain (http://amberj.devio.us/) %%%% License: ISC license %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\documentclass[letter,12pt]{book}\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\usepackage{lmodern}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Source: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Hyperlinks %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\usepackage{hyperref}\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage{ragged2e}\usepackage{blindtext}\usepackage{dirtytalk}\usepackage{csquotes}\usepackage{longtable}\usepackage{tabularx}\usepackage{threeparttablex}\usepackage{threeparttable}\usepackage{tablefootnote}\usepackage{environ}\usepackage[english]{babel}\usepackage[notes,backend=biber]{biblatex-chicago}}\bibliography{sample}\documentclass{article}\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images\usepackage{booktabs}\usepackage{caption}\captionsetup[table]{labelformat=simple,justification=raggedright,singlelinecheck=false,margin=-0.6cm}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 'dedication' environment: To add a dedication paragraph at the start of book %% Source: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/texhax/2010-June/015184.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newenvironment{dedication}{ \cleardoublepage \thispagestyle{empty} \vspace*{\stretch{1}} \hfill\begin{minipage}[t]{0.66\textwidth} \raggedright}{ \end{minipage} \vspace*{\stretch{3}} \clearpage}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Chapter quote at the start of chapter %% Source: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/53380 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\makeatletter\renewcommand{\@chapapp}{}% Not necessary...\newenvironment{chapquote}[2][2em] {\setlength{\@tempdima}{#1}% \def\chapquote@author{#2}% \parshape 1 \@tempdima \dimexpr\textwidth-2\@tempdima\relax% \itshape} {\par\normalfont\hfill--\ \chapquote@author\hspace*{\@tempdima}\par\bigskip}\makeatother%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% First page of book which contains 'stuff' like: %% - Book title, subtitle %% - Book author name %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Book's title and subtitle\title{\Huge \textbf{MY WORKING PAPER} \footnote{This is a footnote.} \\ \huge Which is Driving Me Crazy\footnote{This is yet another footnote.}}% Author\author{\textsc{Dlongddsma}\thanks{\url{www.example.com}}}\setlength\LTleft\parindent \setlength\LTright\fill\begin{document}\frontmatter\maketitle%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Add a dedication paragraph to dedicate your book to someone %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\begin{dedication}Dedicated to my son\end{dedication}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Auto-generated table of contents, list of figures and list of tables %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\tableofcontents\listoffigures\listoftables\mainmatter%%%%%%%%%%%% Preface %%%%%%%%%%%%\chapter*{Preface}This gives me what I want, so I either need to "resume" my original formatting, or "exit" my new formatting.Sorry for the troubleDLStatistics: Posted by dlongddsma — Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:49 pm

Hi Pedrosk,welcome to the forum!I use TeXlive.net on my web servers. Like here:Code: \documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}\usepackage{smartdiagram}\smartdiagramset{font=\sffamily}\begin{document}\smartdiagram[circular diagram:clockwise]{ Define styles, Position nodes, Add arrows, Add labels, Review and refine}\end{document}Would this look ok for you?StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:18 am

Hi,welcome to the forum!With \multicolumn, you just forgot to put the third argument in curly braces too:Code: \multicolumn{2}{l}{...text...}Also, you can use a p column here instead of l.To adjust captions, I would highly recommend using the caption package. Here in your example:Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images\usepackage{booktabs}\usepackage{caption}\captionsetup[table]{labelformat=simple,justification=raggedright,singlelinecheck=false,margin=-0.6cm}\usepackage{longtable}\begin{document}\centering\scriptsize\label{tab:label}\begin{longtable}{p{4cm}p{8.5cm}}\caption{EXAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THROUGH HISTORY}\\\hlineTime/Year & Event\\\hlinePre-historic times & Melanesian (Vanuatu) tribesman used arrowheads contaminated with tetanus\\14th century BC & Hittite army sends rams infected with tularemia to their enemies\\\hline\multicolumn{2}{p{12.9cm}}{Adapted from Oliveira, Manuela, Gabriella Mason-Buck, David Ballard, Wojciech Branicki, and António Amorim. 2020. “Biowarfare, Bioterrorism and Biocrime: A Historical Overview on Microbial Harmful Applications.”\textit{Forensic Science International} 314 (September): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110366 and Long, Daniel E. \textit{WAR IS HELL: The Rise of Total War from Napoleon to the Present} (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2025).}\end{longtable}\end{document}StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Tue Jun 24, 2025 10:58 am

Hello board,I used a long time moderncv for my CVs. Now I had a new computer and a new Latex Dist installation and the colors are missing an everything is black/white/grey. I tried the tex live and miktex both with the same issue. Another issue is, that I get a lot of font warnings:ams_cv.tex 99 LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T1/lmss/m/scsl' undefined using `T1/lmss/m/sc' instead on input line 99.ams_cv.tex 99 LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T1/lmss/m/sc' in size <10.95> not available Font shape `T1/lmr/m/sc' tried instead on input line 99.ams_cv.tex 105 LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T1/lmss/m/scsl' undefined using `T1/lmss/m/sc' instead on input line 105.ams_cv.tex 112 LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T1/lmss/m/scsl' undefined using `T1/lmss/m/sc' instead on input line 112....Hopefully somebody can help Statistics: Posted by canuzzi — Tue Jun 24, 2025 10:17 am

To anybody that answers me plea for help:As the subject line says, I just started using LaTeX the past few weeks. I am trying to create tables, but cannot. I have looked everywhere I can think on the internet to try to find answers, and some of them are close, but none are perfect. So it looks almost perfect, the problem is I would like the table name and number to be further left justified. I put the {l} code in there, but it's not as far justified as I would like (this is a minor problem). Second, and more important, I cannot get the very bottom row to put my source information in there correctly. I can either have the information in first, left, cell, but the info is crammed into the left, small cell. OR, I use the \multicolumn command to combine the two cells, but then the cell content doesn't scroll. This code gives me the two cells at the end with the reference info crammed into the first cell (Shown in first pic)(I'm using the "longtable" package because other tables are very long).Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images\usepackage{booktabs}\usepackage{longtable}\begin{document}\centering\scriptsize\label{tab:label}\begin{longtable}{p{4cm}p{8.5cm}}\caption{l}{EXAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THROUGH HISTORY}\\\hlineTime/Year & Event\\\hlinePre-historic times & Melanesian (Vanuatu) tribesman used arrowheads contaminated with tetanus\\14th century BC & Hittite army sends rams infected with tularemia to their enemies\\\hlineAdapted from Oliveira, Manuela, Gabriella Mason-Buck, David Ballard, Wojciech Branicki, and António Amorim. 2020. “Biowarfare, Bioterrorism and Biocrime: A Historical Overview on Microbial Harmful Applications.”\textit{Forensic Science International} 314 (September): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110366 and Long, Daniel E. \textit{WAR IS HELL: The Rise of Total War from Napoleon to the Present} (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2025).\end{longtable}\end{document}And this code combines the cells, but with no scrolling and the title mysteriously dissapeared.(Second pic)Code: \documentclass{article}\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images\usepackage{booktabs}\usepackage{longtable}\begin{document}\centering\scriptsize\label{tab:label}\begin{longtable}{p{4cm}p{8.5cm}}\caption{l}{EXAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THROUGH HISTORY}\\\hlineTime/Year & Event\\\hlinePre-historic times & Melanesian (Vanuatu) tribesman used arrowheads contaminated with tetanus\\14th century BC & Hittite army sends rams infected with tularemia to their enemies\\\hline\multicolumn{2}{l}Adapted from Oliveira, Manuela, Gabriella Mason-Buck, David Ballard, Wojciech Branicki, and António Amorim. 2020. “Biowarfare, Bioterrorism and Biocrime: A Historical Overview on Microbial Harmful Applications.”\textit{Forensic Science International} 314 (September): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110366 and Long, Daniel E. \textit{WAR IS HELL: The Rise of Total War from Napoleon to the Present} (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2025).\end{longtable}\end{document}Help? What do I need to do? And thank you for your help.DLStatistics: Posted by dlongddsma — Tue Jun 24, 2025 7:06 am

This might be a silly idea and there might be a good reason it doesn't exist. However, if there is a MD based webserver like Hugo, there should be a Tex based one.... I did noticed there is "Overleaf" but that is a online editor ... Is there to anyone's knowledge a Tex Based server that can be installed on premises or even a as a service?Thank you.pedroskStatistics: Posted by pedrosk — Tue Jun 24, 2025 6:04 am

Hi,it's good that you have another email address. Seeing that Yandex is Russian and that country is running a war in Europe and is internationally sanctioned for this, I don't start connecting with it. I hope you can understand that.StefanStatistics: Posted by Stefan Kottwitz — Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:53 pm