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Fixing Overleaf Wordcount: https://www.overleaf.com/learn/how-to/Is_there_a_way_to_run_a_word_count_that_doesn%27t_include_LaTeX_commands%3F

Get the code for the fixing the front errors (breach)

Alt text (from Maxi)

I always use the \Description tag as also advised in the ACM guide: The command \Description[]{} should be placed inside every Figure and can also be used for Tables to provide an overview of the structure of a complex table. The short description is optional. Source: https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/describing-figures

Notes on survey formatting

\noindent \textit{The section headings were not visible to participants. Answer choices are shown in bullets below each question. Answer responses with the text ``Other'' included a free response box for participants to explain their answer.}

\noindent \textbf{Q1:}

\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{itemize}[noitemsep,topsep=0pt]
    \item Yes
    \item No
    \item Don't know
\end{itemize}

\textit{(free response field)}

\noindent \textit{Question was only shown if participant selected ``No'' or ``Don't know'' in response to Q1}

\textit{(participants could select multiple options)}

Tables

Multiple Rows in a Table Cell

  • Nested Tabular
  • Short stack
  • p column style with \newline

Multicol/row

\usepackage{multirow}
\multirow{ 2}{*}{Text}

Random Symbols

Quotations \`\`quote'' or \`quote' use grave ` for left quote and ' for right quote

e.g. e\,g\,.

~ is just a space that won't allow a line break. Use in situations like 5~cats text~\cite{citation} or ```Section~\ref{sec:}

New commands

todo

Citations and Refs

todo

Useful Packages

\usepackage{balance} % Balance references \usepackage{xspace} % Spacing \usepackage{hyperref} % Hyperlinks \usepackage{cite} % Citations \usepackage{array} % Pretty tables \usepackage{verbatim} % block comments

Footnotes

\nicolasc{typographical nit: I believe that the US English standard is punctuation, then footnote (glued to the punctuation, i.e., \texttt{$\backslash$footnote{something}})}