1. The parskip command makes a skip between paragraphs. The length of skip can be set using the command \setlength, e.g.,

   \setlength{\parskip}{15pt plus 1pt minus 1pt}
   

2. The command \itemsep sets the space between items in lists, e.g.,

   \begin{itemize}
   \itemsep = 0.8cm
   \item 
   \end{itemize}
   

3. The …

1. JabRef is an open-source cross-plotform software for managing scientific references. Mendeley is a good cost-free cross-platform software for managing scientific references. It introduces the concept of social research.

2. If you use bibtex in your LaTeX code, you have to compile your code using pdflatex/latex, bibtex, pdflatex/latex and pdflatex …

1. xetex is the state-of-art way for dealing with Chinese type setting. You can install xetex on Debian series of Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.) using the following command.

wajig install texlive-xetex 

You can use command xelatex to compile. The utf-8 format is preferred.

There are 2 good ways …

1. LaTeX
   • If your LaTeX code contains only EPS figures, you can use the latex command (also OK to use pdflatex) to compile your code.
   • If you use bibtex, you have to compile your code using commands latex, bibtex, latex and latex in sequence.
   • If you use the psfrag package to …

1. Generally PDF figures are preferred for LaTeX code.

2. There are many useful commands in Linux for converting between different types of figures, e.g., convert, pdf2ps, etc. So it does not matter much which types of figures you produce. You can always convert them into other format when needed.

3. The …

pandoc is a general purpose tool for converting between different type of documents, however, it is not good at converting LaTeX code to word. tex4ht is a better tool for converting LaTeX code to word. The following are instructions to use tex4ht to convert LaTeX to word.

1. Compile your LaTeX …