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Identifier Caption
afterpage Execute command after the next page break.
altnline Line numbering in LaTeX 2.09.
annotation-pkg Suppress or permit annotations to a document.
attrib Attribution of block quotations in LaTeX.
border Draw a black border around a Plain TeX page.
catchfilebetweentags Catch text delimited by docstrip tags.
chgbar Draw change bars in the margin.
comment Selectively include/excludes portions of text.
comment-pln Comment macros for use in Plain TeX.
csquotes Context sensitive quotation facilities.
dashrule Draw dashed rules.
dashundergaps Underline with dotted or dashed lines.
dialogue Quote short scripted dialogue in LaTeX.
ed Editorial Notes for LaTeX documents.
eemeir Adjust the gender of words in a document.
errata Error markup for LaTeX documents.
evautofl Pages with cut lines and punch marks.
figflow Flow text around a figure.
formular Create forms containing field for manual entry.
indent Environments that change margins.
kantlipsum Generate sentences in Kant's style.
lineno Line numbers on paragraphs.
lipsum Easy access to the Lorem Ipsum dummy text.
lscape Place selected parts of a document in landscape.
menu Typesetting menus.
messagebubbles Display message bubbles as a conversation.
metainfo Typeset document outline with metainfo.
midpage Environment for vertical centring.
ncccropmark Draw cropmarks on the output page.
nccrules Compose dashed lines.
needspace Insert pagebreak if not enough space.
nextpage Generalisations of the page advance commands.
nowidow Avoid widows.
ntabbing Simple tabbing extension for automatic line numbering.
parnotes Notes after every paragraph (or elsewhere).
pos-at Position things at absolute positions on the page.
prelim Mark preliminary copies with a line of information.
prettyref Make label references "self-identify".
pst-abspos Put objects at an absolute position.
quoting Consolidated environment for displayed text.
relsize Set the font size relative to the current font size.
semioneside Put only special contents on left-hand pages in two sided layout.
slemph Slanted emphasis in LaTeX.
stdpage Standard pages with n lines of at most m characters each.
stubs Create tear-off stubs at the bottom of a page.
sublabel Sub-number counters.
swrule Lines thicker in the middle than at the ends.
tabbing Tabbing with accented letters.
texlogos Ready-to-use LaTeX logos.
tocenter Centring (and other) Page Layout.
todonotes Marking things to do in a LaTeX document.
ulem Package for underlining.
vruler Numbering text.
wallpaper Easy addition of wallpapers (background images) to LaTeX documents, including tiling.
watermark Draw "watermarks" on the output page.
xcomment Allows selected environments to be included/excluded.
zwpagelayout Page layout and crop-marks.

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Category Description
Document types Everything from books and articles to memos and letters. Also here are documents for specific publishers.
Document types > Books Books.
Document types > Books > Publisher styles Styles for books from specific publishers.
Document types > Books > Others Other packages.
Document types > Articles Articles; research papers.
Document types > Articles > Journal styles Styles for specific journals.
Document types > Articles > Others Others.
Document types > Proceedings Proceedings; a collection of articles.
Document types > Proceedings > Proceedings styles Styles for specific proceedings.
Document types > Proceedings > Others Others.
Document types > Reference manuals Reference manuals.
Document types > Presentations Presentations.
Document types > Overhead slides Overhead slides.
Document types > Theses PhD theses.
Document types > Theses > Thesis styles Styles for specific institutions.
Document types > Theses > Others Others; general theses styles.
Document types > Curriculum Vita Resumes and CV''s.
Document types > Letters Letters and form letters.
Document types > Exams, exercise sets, and answers For examinations and answer keys.
Document types > Other Other.
Document types > Other > Calendars Calendars.
Document types > Other > Syllabus Course syllabus.
Document types > Other > Envelopes Envelopes.
Document types > Other > Labels Labels.
Document types > Other > ID Tags ID Tags.
Document types > Other > Business cards Business Cards.
Document types > Other > Minutes Minutes of meetings.
Document types > Other > Memos Memos.
Document types > Other > Newspapers and newsletters Newspapers, newsletters, and magazines.
Document types > Other > Scripts Stage plays, screenplays, etc.
Document types > Other > Chess Chess games.
Document types > Other > Other games Games besides chess.
Document types > Other > Music Music.
Document types > Other > Posters Posters.
Document types > Other > CD and DVD covers CD and DVD covers.
Document types > Other > Recipes Recipe cards.
Document types > Other > Misc Misc. document types.
Document parts The parts of a document such as the Table of Contents, the Appendix, or the Bibliography.
Document parts > Abstract Adjust the format of your abstract.
Document parts > Table of contents Manipulate the format of your table of contents, or have multiple tables of contents.
Document parts > Preface Manipulate the format of your preface.
Document parts > Chapters and Sections Manipulate the format of your chapters and sections.
Document parts > Appendix Manipulate the format of the appendix, or have multiple appendices.
Document parts > Glossary Manipulate the format of your glossary.
Document parts > Bibliography Display bibliographic materials.
Document parts > Bibliography > Bibliographic styles Styles for specific publishers or journals.
Document parts > Bibliography > Others Others.
Document parts > Index Manipulate the format of your Index.
Document parts > Other Other document parts.
Page-focused Macros aimed at the single page level, or smaller, such as changing margins, page headers, multiple columns, colored text, etc.
Page-focused > Page geometry Margins, portrait vs landscape, etc.
Page-focused > Multiple columns Two or more columns.
Page-focused > Page numbers Pages numbered with roman numerals, etc.
Page-focused > Headers and footers Material on every page.
Page-focused > Footnotes Footnotes.
Page-focused > Floats Material, such as figures, that may float to the top or bottom of a page, or to a following page.
Page-focused > Tables Supplement TeX''s table mechanism.
Page-focused > Captions Captions for figures, tables, or floats.
Page-focused > Citations Citations.
Page-focused > Lists Itemized lists, etc.
Page-focused > Boxes and minipages Material on a page that is boxed.
Page-focused > Verbatim Material shown in the format in which it was typed.
Page-focused > Paragraphs Specialized paragraphs, such as special shapes.
Page-focused > Background Material behind the page''s text.
Page-focused > Color Colored text.
Page-focused > Material in margins Marginal notes, cross references, appearing in the margin.
Page-focused > Poetry Poetry.
Page-focused > Other Other.
Subject-specific typesetting One of the things that sets TeX apart is its facility with typesetting in Mathematics. It is also widely used in other areas, such as Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, and the Humanities.
Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics Equations, symbols, etc., from mathematics.
Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Commutative diagrams Commutative diagrams.
Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Equations Equations, sub-equations, etc.
Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Matrices, vectors Matrices and vectors.
Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Mathematical symbols Mathematical symbols, including accents.
Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Theorems Theorem-like environments.
Subject-specific typesetting > Mathematics > Other Other mathematics.
Subject-specific typesetting > Computer science For example, typesetting program listings.
Subject-specific typesetting > Physics Physics.
Subject-specific typesetting > Other natural sciences Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, etc.
Subject-specific typesetting > Social sciences Economics, Psycology, etc..
Subject-specific typesetting > Linguistics Linguistics.
Subject-specific typesetting > Other subjects in the humanitites Classics, Philosophy, etc.
Subject-specific typesetting > Music Typeset music.
Subject-specific typesetting > Other Subjects not listed elsewhere.
Documentation Documentation.
Documentation > Tutorial An introduction.
Documentation > Help files A collection of documents.
Documentation > Other Information on some specific part of TeX.
Fonts Access to fonts, free and commercial.
Fonts > Text body fonts Fonts that can be used as the text of a document, perhaps including symbols. These include TeX support files for these fonts.
Fonts > Symbol fonts Fonts containing only special symbols. These include TeX support files for these fonts.
Fonts > Support files Materials allowing the use in TeX of fonts obtained from various vendors. The fonts are not here, just the materials to use them with TeX
Fonts > Font tools Font tools, including utilities.
Fonts > Other Other fonts.
Graphics Using and making graphics in a variety of formats.
Graphics > MetaFont or Metapost Packages to make fonts or graphics derived from Knuth''s MetaFont.
Graphics > Postscript or PDF graphics Make or manipulate graphics using the Postscript or Portable Document Format languages.
Graphics > Tools Programs to manipulate graphics, often to massage graphics created outside TeX.
Graphics > Inside TeX Graphics created inside a TeX document.
Graphics > Other Graphics packages that fit outside the categories above.
Non-English languages Using non-English languages, including automatically adapting the typesetting conventions in those languages.
Non-English languages > French Français.
Non-English languages > German Deutsch.
Non-English languages > Spanish Español.
Non-English languages > Italian Italiano.
Non-English languages > Greek Both ancient and modern Greek.
Non-English languages > Polish Polszczyzna.
Non-English languages > Russian Russian.
Non-English languages > Indian languages Various languages of the subcontinent.
Non-English languages > Chinese, Japanese, Korean Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in TeX.
Non-English languages > Other Other non-English languages.
Output Output for paper, for the web, or for almost any format.
Output > DVI Use Knuth''s device independent format.
Output > PDF, PostScript Use the Portable Document Format, or PostScript.
Output > HTML Output to the web page language HTML.
Output > Other Output to other targets.
Programming in TeX Programming structures and development infrastructure, in TeX.
Programming in TeX > Box manipulation Manipulating TeX''s boxes.
Programming in TeX > Cross references Tricks with references.
Programming in TeX > Date and time Work with dates and times in a variety of formats.
Programming in TeX > Programming structures Constructs for programming, such as control structures.
Programming in TeX > Package management Managing TeX packages.
Programming in TeX > Other Other packages for programming in TeX.
Tools Document creation, management, and manipulation utilities.
Tools > Editors and shells TeX-aware editors and TeX graphical environments.
Tools > Bibliography managers Programs that namage a bibliographic database.
Tools > Bibliographic manipulation Utilities to manipulate bibliographic materials.
Tools > DVI manipulation Manipulate files in Knuth''s device independent output format.
Tools > PDF tools Manipulate material in the PDF format.
Tools > Spell-checkers Check spelling in a variety of languages.
Tools > Document management Create, develop, compile, and manage TeX documents.
Tools > Word counting Count the words in a document.
Tools > Convert formats Convert to and from word-processor formats.
Tools > Other Other tools.
Distributions People have gathered the needed components, so you don''t have to.
Infrastructure Source code to build TeX systems.
Infrastructure > Current systems Source of TeX systems now in wide use.
Infrastructure > Extensions Extensions beyond TeX.
Infrastructure > Hyphenation Hyphenation patterns.
Literate programming Material in the spirit of Knuth''s WEB system.
Other Things that do not fit in other categories.

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