Convert .bib to .bbl

To convert a list bibtex items to bib items, do the following.

• Put all the bibtex items in a references file (references.bib).
• Create a main tex file (main.tex).
• Compile the main.tex file with pdflatex and bibtex.
• The bbl file is produced as a consequence in the same folder.

The code for each component below,

% main.tex

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\cite{quatieri2002discrete}
\cite{makhoul1975linear}

\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{references}
\end{document}

% references.bib

@book{quatieri2002discrete,
  title={Discrete-time speech signal processing: principles and practice},
  author={Quatieri, Thomas F},
  year={2002},
  publisher={Pearson Education India}
}

@article{makhoul1975linear,
  title={Linear prediction: A tutorial review},
  author={Makhoul, John},
  journal={Proceedings of the IEEE},
  volume={63},
  number={4},
  pages={561--580},
  year={1975},
  publisher={IEEE}
}

# compile.sh

pdflatex main
bibtex main
pdflatex main
pdflatex main

% produced bbl file. main.bbl

\bibitem{quatieri2002discrete}
Thomas~F Quatieri.
\newblock {\em Discrete-time speech signal processing: principles and
  practice}.
\newblock Pearson Education India, 2002.

\bibitem{makhoul1975linear}
John Makhoul.
\newblock Linear prediction: A tutorial review.
\newblock {\em Proceedings of the IEEE}, 63(4):561--580, 1975.

Resize a Tikz Image to Fit the Page – Latex

To make a Tikz image fit in the page, use it in a resizebox.

\begin{center}
    \resizebox{\textwidth}{!}
    {\input{figures/figure.tikz}}
\end{center}

Yes of-course, you can have the Tikz code here instead adding it from another file using input.

Add Numbers to Figures and Tables – Latex – Beamer

To add numbers to figures and tables in a Beamer presentation, declare the following next to your document class,

\setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]

Hiding Subsections in Table of Contents – Latex – Beamer

To hide subsections in the table of contents produced by Beamer call for the table of contents in the following manner,

\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]

Hide Headline – Latex – Beamer

To hide the header or headline in Beamer presentations, wrap the frames with \setbeamertemplate{headline}{}. Headline is the horizontal strip that contains the title of the presentation, author, chapter info and such.

For example, in Frame 1 and 2 below, headline will not be present.

{
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{}

\begin{frame}{Frame 1}
% some content
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Frame 2}
% some content
\end{frame}
}

Custom Title Pages – Latex

To create a custom title page in Latex, you can define a new command.

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\makecustomtitle}{
% Design your title page how ever you want here. 
% You can use different font sizes, colors, vspaces, tables, etc. to design it
}\makeatother

For example,

% TOBLOG. How to make custom titles
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\makecustomtitle}{
\begin{center}
\phantom{.}  %necessary to add space on top before the title
\vspace{1.0cm}

% % For title
% {\LARGE \bf \@title \par}
% % Else define your own title
{\color{blue!70} \LARGE \bf Some Title \par} \\
\vspace{0.5cm}
{\large \bf Author Name}\\ [1.2cm]

\end{center}
}\makeatother