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LaTeX heatmap using tabular
Inspired by a question in the latex-community.org forum and on the basis of a solution to a similar question on tex.SX, I came up with some code to plot a heatmap based on matrix in form of a standard...
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Hidden text with LaTeX colored multi-row tables
When multirow cells in LaTeX tables are colored, the text is partially hidden as illustrated by the example below. This happens because the color of the second row is added after typesetting the text...
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Coloring multi-row tables in LaTeX
Since Apple introduced alternately colored rows in their lists in Mac OS X, it has become more and more popular to color tables in LaTeX in a similar fashion. Usually, this can be achieved fairly...
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Removing/hiding a column in a LaTeX table
It’s easy to add, remove, or shift rows. Just copy-and-paste or delete the corresponding line in the table. Removing columms is a different story. You might be able to come up with some sophisticated...
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Replacing repetitive values in a table column by an arrow
Ideally, tables are quickly and easily readable. Removing repetitive content helps the reader to grasp the essential result quicker and makes tables more readable. A possible option to make a table...
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Professional and clean tables with LaTeX
Tables are great to visualize data in a structured way. Unfortunately, too often I see tables which are cluttered and difficult to read and interpret. It takes little to make them more presentable and...
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Color Table Series Part 1: Introduction & Colortbl Package
Overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package 1. Introduction to colors Colors constitute the human visual interpretation of light waves of different wavelengths. Color...
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Color Table Series Part 2: Xcolor Package
Overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package 3. The xcolor package While coloring tables, the xcolor package provides the same commands as colortbl. The reason is that...
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Color Table Series Part 3 : The Colortab package
Series overview Introduction to colors The colortbl package The xcolor package The colortab package 4. The colortab package The colortab package is another package to color table cells and rules...
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Control the width of table columns (tabular) in LaTeX
Motivation LaTeX offers great functionality to create professionally looking tables. The default column types (left-aligned l; center-aligned c; and right-aligned r) adjust to the text size, rather...
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