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Latex Miktex packages

Any idea how I can install packages (ctable) to my Miktex portable when I dont have internet access on the machine with miktex? ...

[MiKTeX] The TPM file could not be parsed

Hi all, I'm getting this error when I try to Refresh FNDB, update the packages or manage it. How can I solve it? The log is: MiKTeX Problem Report Message: The TPM file could not be parsed. Data: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tpm\packages\pstricks.tpm Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\PackageManager\TpmParser.cpp Line: 390 MiKTeX: 2.8 OS: Micros...

Long Tables in Latex

I am inserting a table in to a file that already has some text in it. This is at the end of a section and right before the beginning of another. First I added the following code (sample, the real table is a real long one) \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c} a&b&c&d\ \hline c&d&e&f\ \hline \end{tabular} Everything is fine. However I realise I ...

Adding caption in LaTex without floats (tables)?

Hi I have a few tables which are not long enough to warrant the use of \longtable, but they always start on the next page which breaks the whole flow and trying to force it with a [!h] in the table did not help. So I stopped using \tables and just have \tabular tag now which seems to have fixed the layout as there are no floats. But the...

Latex error arising from non-existent parameter.

I have defined new commands within a document as follows: %--------------------------------------------------------- \newcommand{\thetmpone}{} \newcommand{\thetmptwo}{} \newcommand{\tmpone}[1]{\renewcommand{\thetmpone}{#1}} \newcommand{\tmptwo}[1]{\renewcommand{\thetmptwo}{#1}} %--------------------------------------------------------- ...