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Revision as of 23:04, 8 April 2009
General
Add a line break after each sentence. This makes it much easier to deal with version control, since CVS and SVN can automatically merge changes iff they happen on different lines.
Citation Formatting
Add \usepackage{cite} to your preamble to get nicer formatting for multiple-key citations.
Use text~\cite{key} rather than text \cite{key} to keep LaTeX from breaking sentences like
blah blah blah text [1]
Image Formatting
The One True Template for inserting images is:
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{filename-no-extension}
\caption{Figure caption}
\label{fig:section:filename-no-extension}
\end{figure}
- LaTeX is incredibly whiny about having the image, caption, and label in that order. Get it wrong, and parts of your paper may have funny references.
- Be sure to exclude the filename extension. That way, when a conference changes its mind and demands an .EPS rather than a .PDF, you can just convert all of your .PDF/.PNG images to .EPS, run
latexinstead ofpdflatex, and not have to change any of your LaTeX code. - Starting the label with "fig:section:" helps for code completion. (You are using an editor with code completion, right?)
