Questions tagged [memoir]

Memoir is a LaTeX package providing a documentclass similar to book class but more flexible and customizable.

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Using \parindent and \parskip with \paragraph{} has no effect

I'm creating documents using the memoir class in XeLaTeX. I'm having trouble creating proper paragraph presentation, and in particular my when I create paragraphs with \paragraph{}lorem ipsum LaTeX ignores the \parskip and \parindent settings. For…
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How to change font and color of sections in memoir?

I have a test document using memoir and I'd like to figure out how to change the font and color of sections and lower levels. \documentclass{memoir} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Times New…
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Latex and Memoir class, guillemot left/right

I am using memoir class with latex, and I need the two characters: "«", and "»". I found the following commands: \guillemotright and \guillemotleft, but they look very ugly. Is there something wrong in what I am doing? Latex…
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How does one format a letter in the Memoir document class for LaTeX?

If you have a traditional letter with content like-so. From Someone 50 Example Drive Random City, ZIP Country Tel: 444-555-6666 July 30, 2009 To Somebody 51 Example Drive Random City, ZIP Country Tel: 444-555-7777 Dear Somebody: Get off my…
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pdfLaTeX + memoir class compile error

I'm in the middle of writing my thesis, and was using KOMA-Script. The document compiles just fine. I stumbled upon the memoir class yesterday, and was thinking of giving it a try, so here I am trying to compile with this class instead of…
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Is there a quick way to get titlesec "simple mode" functionality in memoir class?

Memoir class doesn't play nice with the titlesec package. Memoir has all the functionality of titlesec, but it doesn't seem to have a nice "simple mode" analogue. So in titlesec (with the article document class) I could just use…
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latex memoir, the verse environment, and \poemtitle

I am currently using the memoir class to typeset some poems. The \poemtitle command gives me a centered poem title, but I would rather have the title flush with the edge of the poem body. I have redefined the \poemtitle command to remove the…
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How to suppress page ejects when using \chapterstyle{article} in the Memoir class for LaTeX?

I just started using the article chapterstyle in Memoir. I'm composing in LyX, with each section of the article in a child document. When compiling from the main document, I want each section to be numbered as follows: 1. Introduction 2. Related…
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Latex : Understand memoir pagestyle

I have a sample of doc in latex and would like you to explain why this is not working as expected. This is the…
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LaTeX, ntheorem package and memoir document class: no room for new \count error

So I want to use memoir document class and the ntheorem package with the thmmarks option. When I try and compile a file like this, I get "no room for a new \count" errors. What can I do about this? ntheorem with thmmarks option works fine in…
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