Jan
31st
Tue
31st
tip: latex
a number of useful listings settings for inline code snippets http://bit.ly/Ai4fnu
Apr
5th
Tue
5th
tip: latex
use \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks] to span multiple slides, for, e.g., bibtex references http://bit.ly/i3iOLP
Jan
5th
Wed
5th
tip: latex
use \usebackgroundtemplate{\includegraphics{…}} to incorporate full screen image slides in beamer http://bit.ly/efZkLw
Dec
14th
Tue
14th
tip: latex
to remove figure numbers, either \usepackage{caption} with \caption*{} or \renewcommand\capstart[1]{} http://tinyurl.com/264vfan
Mar
17th
Wed
17th
tip: latex
or use \includegraphics[clip,trim=dx1 dy2 dx2 dy2,…] to trim figures by given lengths (via @drewconway) http://bit.ly/dpC7ro
tip: latex
use \includegraphics*[viewport=x1 y2 x2 y2,…] to crop figures (h/t @5harad) http://tinyurl.com/ykj94yl
May
1st
Fri
1st
tip: latex
use the geometry package to set margins: \usepackage[left=1in,top=1in,right=1in,bottom=1in]{geometry} http://bit.ly/bd4gT
Apr
22nd
Wed
22nd
tip: latex
use pdffonts to check whether fonts are embedded in pdfs http://bit.ly/T0DCr (another tip via @ssuri)
tip: latex
if margins are rendering incorrectly with latex->dvips->ps2pdf, try dvips -t letter http://bit.ly/15kuY4
