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Package fixltx2e:
Patches for LaTeX.

LaTeX policy is that things should not change, between releases, in a way that will cause incompatibility with old documents, or will cause typesetting of an unchanged document to change.

Nevertheless, there are problems in LaTeX that it “would be nice” to correct; fixltx2e provides a home for these corrections. Corrections in the current version are:

The package is distributed as part of LaTeX; the extracted package is also available on the archive (location linked here).

Getting it

If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation manager. (For installation help, click on your distribution's name.)

Distribution Package name
MiKTeX ltxbase
TeX Live latex

You can also visit fixltx2e's CTAN directory to browse the source or download the material for installation by hand.

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Documentation on CTAN -none-
Documentation off CTAN -none known-
Maintainers
The LaTeX Team
Version 1.1h
License LaTeX Project Public License
Related packages -none recorded-
Keywords
figures, floating matter
footnotes, end notes
headers, footers
columns, multiple columns
Characterizations
primary:
Programming in TeX > Other
secondary:
Page-focused > Floats
secondary:
Page-focused > Footnotes
secondary:
Page-focused > Headers and footers

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