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== LaTeX Tips ==

=== Resources ===

Resources I've found useful are:
 * http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes
 * http://www.astro.ku.dk/help/LaTeX/
 * http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/~dwcp/Latex/ (more up-to-date, and UK-hosted, version of the above)

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=== Tables that fill the page ===

Using tabularx you can get tables that fill the width of the page and  automatically assign space for the columns without having to specify a parbox of such and such a width.

Just use X for the dynamic columns and specify the width of the table as `\textwidth`

{{{
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lX}
foo & lots of text here that wraps and goes over the line length \\
bar & Look another one! \\
\end{tabularx}
}}}