LaTeX standard packages
These are packages included in the default LaTeX2e-distribution. They are described in alphabetical order.
afterpage: Performs command when current page is printed
The package afterpage defines a command which is executed when the current page is printed. Good for controlling when diagrams are printed and potentially with longtable.
array: An extension of {tabular}
The package array defines extra facilities in {tabular}, for instance that all elements in a certain column have a certain font or similar.
color: Color-management.
The package color gives you the possibility to use colors on text and background. This package has a common documentation with graphics and graphicx below. Here are the colornames.
dcolumn: Configure a column in a table with decimal sign (dot)
The package dcolumn extends {tabular} so that you can configure a column with e.g. alignment on a decimal sign or similar.
delarray: Advanced matrix brackets
See the package delarray
enumerate: An extension of {enumerate}
The package enumerate lets you control how the counter in {enumerate} is presented.
ftnright: Footnotes in double column format
The package ftnright places footnotes in double colum format under the right column on each page.
graphics, graphicx: Insertion of images generated in other programs
The package graphics and graphicx enables insertion of images in postscript-format generated externally. Both packages have a common documentation, in which color also is included.
hhline: Lines in tables
The package hhline enables more advanced horizontal lides in tables.
longtable: Tables on several pages
The package longtable handles tables that are several pages long. See also afterpage above.
multicol: Advanced multiple-column format
The package multicol enables advanced multiple column management with switching between different column numbers on the same page.
showkeys: Show \label in the margin
The package showkeys prints all \label in the margin. This package must of course be removed when printing the final version.
tabularx: Tables with custom total width
The package tabularx enables tables with a specific total width where you can configure what columns shall take up the width variation.
varioref: Advanced page references within the document
The package varioref enables automatic page references in the document of the type 'on this page', 'on opposite page', 'on page 15', depending on where in the document the reference and target is.
verbatim: Reading whole files in verbatim-mod
The package verbatim defines a command \verbatiminput, which reads a whole file in verbatim-mod. This also defines an environment {comment} which comments parts of the document.
xr: References from one document to another
The package xr enables automatic references to equations, page numbers etc. between two or more documents.
The following packages are also included in the standard distributioon, but regarded as less important for Automatic Control.