| Command | Result |
| $\underset{top}{bottom}$ | bottom is placed under top |
| $\underbrace{bottom[\qquad]}^{top}$ | bottom is placed under top |
| $\mbox{\Large bla bla bla}$ | modify text size in math mode |
| $"`..."'$ | German quotes |
| \renewcommand\section[1]{} \renewcommand{\refname}{} |
remove the title "References" along with the place holder in the bibliography |
| \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{verbose,a4paper,tmargin=3.0cm, bmargin=3.0cm,lmargin=2.0cm,rmargin=2.0cm} |
set margins with respect to the paper size |
| \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{F} | enlargens line separation by factor F |
| \usepackage{fancybox} \fbox{\begin{Beqnarray*}...\end{Beqnarray*}} |
places eqnarray in box |
| \begin{aligned} \Phi(\underline{r}) = & \sum_{\lambda, n} \xi_{\lambda,n}(\underline{r}) u_{\lambda,n}(\underline{r}) a_{\lambda, n}\\ \Phi^+(\underline{r}) = &\sum_{\lambda, n} \xi_{\lambda,n}^*(\underline{r}) u_{\lambda,n}^*(\underline{r}) a_{\lambda, n}^+ \end{aligned} |
places equation number in the middle between two equations |
| \usepackage{cite} | [1,3-5,11] |
| *.dtx | dtx files contain the source code as well as documentation of a package. a *.ins script compiles the dtx file into a sty files |
| \newpage \mbox{} \newpage ... | add multiple white pages in a document |
| \hspace*{1cm} in eqnarray | change spacing of long entries so that general end of column is shifted |
| \thispagestyle{myheadings} \markboth{}{} | remove heading on one page |
| \mbox{\boldmath$\sigma$} | boldfont Greek letters |
| \! | negative space |
| \usepackage{lscape}\\ \begin{landscape}...\end{landscape} | make single pages landscape |