Tools

This collection of packages includes, at least, the following (some files may have slightly different names on certain systems):

array

Extended versions of the environments array, tabular and tabular*, with many extra features.

calc

Enables the use of certain algebraic notation when specifying values for lengths and counters.

dcolumn

Alignment on `decimal points' in tabular entries. Requires the array package.

delarray

Adds `large delimiters' around arrays. Requires array.

hhline

Finer control over horizontal rules in tables. Requires array.

longtable

Multi-page tables. (Does not require array, but it uses the extended features if both are loaded.)

tabularx

Defines a tabularx environment that is similar to tabular* but it modifies the column widths, rather than the inter-column space, to achieve the desired table width.

afterpage

Place text after the current page.

bm

Access bold math symbols.

enumerate

Extended version of the enumerate environment.

fontsmpl

Package and test file for producing `font samples'.

ftnright

Place all footnotes in the right-hand column in two-column mode.

indentfirst

Indent the first paragraph of sections, etc.

layout

Show the page layout defined by the current document class.

multicol

Typeset text in columns, with the length of the columns `balanced'.

rawfonts

Preload fonts using the old internal font names of L^ATEX 2.09. See Section 6.2.

somedefs

Selective handling of package options. (Used by the rawfonts package.)

showkeys

Prints the `keys' used by \label, \ref, \cite etc.; useful whilst drafting.

theorem

Flexible declaration of `theorem-like' environments.

varioref

`Smart' handling of page references.

verbatim

Flexible extension of the verbatim environment.

xr

Cross reference other `external' documents.

xspace

`Smart space' command that helps you to avoid the common mistake of missing spaces after command names.