Can`t Run Chkdsk

I called MS and all on this one, so listen to me: Don`t call them. They will even ask to enter your computer but things are realistically quite simple if your problem is the same that I had: I was at the DOS terminal and I typed the standard thing, so that I typed chkdsk/f/r. I got a mistake. I saw NFTS on my screen and the computer saying that it could not run the command because it was locked. I then did not get the standard message, where we have an option to choose to run the command on reboot and that is when I got worried. 

MS will tell you to do the unimaginable. Don`t try them if that is your problem. Simply realize that you are in the wrong drive. In my case, all I had to do was literally typing C: and repeating the command, believe it or not. 


At that height, the MS guy had already convinced me to even format a USB with the NFTS option, believe it or not. 

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Windows 10 and Boot Issues

If your computer is freezing at the boot and you are not succeeding in going beyond the troubleshooting screen, like you have tried all options there and nothing works, you can try the freezers page here, and all those strategies, including chkdsk, and, if that still doesn't work, you will probably need to reinstall Windows 10. The good news is that MS became smarter on this version, as if it had been my suggestion, and you now do not need to format your disk again. The bad news is that you may end up losing all your files and programs for simply forgetting to unplug your USB after it is reinstalled. I have just done that! Poor me!

To make a USB that you can use for that purpose, you go to the own MS, and get a program called Media Creation Tool: Media Creation

You will need a blank USB disk of at least 4 Gb. It will probably take you 30 minutes after you have downloaded and installed the tool to get the USB ready for action.

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Suppressing Page Numbers: MS Word

Basically, go to the page that precedes the page whose number you intend to suppress, choose the tab that says Page Layout, position your cursor in the end of the text of the page that precedes the page you want to change, make sure you are not inside of the footer, put the cursor over Breaks and, as it expands, choose Next. Only that action should already solve your problem. If if doesn't, then you will probably succeed after watching this video: Video

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Formula that Escapes the Intended Margins

Latex is a very flexible tool: You can actually reduce the size of an entire formula in the middle of your paper quite easily. Most of us get into trouble with that because we forget that the commands to do that do not work in Math Mode: we have to place them before the double or single dollar sign at the beginning of our formula and after the double or single dollar sign in the end. 

We have several options available:

tiny	scriptsize	footnotesize	small	normalsize
large	Large	LARGE	huge	Huge

All we have to do is adding a {\ together with the option we want, so say {\small in front of our formula and } in the end of it (after the dollar signs in the end and before those in the beginning). 

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Items: Dash or Bullet?

If you are having the same problem I had today, which is that when you use \begin{itemize} you get a dash instead of a bullet for your \item, the solution is adding the following line to your preamble: 

\renewcommand\labelitemii{$\bullet$}

You can actually use any symbol you like to mark the item. A quick way is:

\item[*]

if you want to see * instead of the bullet, for instance, marking the start of the item. 

If you want to see a plus, then write 

\item[+]

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Latex: Page Numbers

To insert page numbers in Latex, all you need to do is typing \pagestyle{plain} after your \begin{document}: You put this command wherever you want to start having page numbers. 

You may wish for changing the style of the page numbers. If you do, then you can use \pagenumbering{style}. 

The sigmatoid style can be replaced with arabic, roman, Roman (uppercase roman numerals), alph (letters, lowercase) and Alph (uppercase). 

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Bibtex Entries: fields, classes, etc.

Bibtex sorts out one of the main doubts we usually have in terms of the Bibtex: What the fields that we can use in the description of an item are, what classes are allowed, etc. As far as I understand, Latex is a programming language, so that you could actually change all that if you wanted, and had studied Latex enough, but it is much nicer getting it all from the oven, after cooked, is it not? 

At the moment, I do believe what the mentioned source states, so that we should have: 

article 

An article from a journal or magazine. Required fields: author, title, journal, year. Optional fields: volume, number, pages, month, note.

book

 A book with an explicit publisher. Required fields: author or editor, title, publisher, year. Optional fields: volume or number, series, address, edition, month, note.

booklet

 A work that is printed and bound, but without a named publisher or sponsoring institution. Required field: title. Optional fields: author, howpublished, address, month,year, note.

conference

 The same as INPROCEEDINGS, included for Scribe compatibility.

inbook 

A part of a book, which may be a chapter (or section or whatever) and/or a range of pages. Required fields: author or editor, title, chapter and/or pages, publisher,year. Optional fields: volume or number, series, type, address, edition, month, note.

incollection

 A part of a book having its own title. Required fields: author, title, booktitle, publisher, year. Optional fields: editor, volume or number, series, type,chapter, pages, address, edition, month, note.

inproceedings

 An article in a conference proceedings. Required fields: author, title, booktitle, year. Optional fields: editor, volume or number, series, pages, address,month, organization, publisher, note.

manual 

Technical documentation. Required field: title. Optional fields: author, organization, address, edition, month, year, note.

mastersthesis

 A Master's thesis. Required fields: author, title, school, year. Optional fields: type, address, month, note.

misc

 Use this type when nothing else fits. Required fields: none. Optional fields: author, title, howpublished, month, year, note.

phdthesis

 A PhD thesis. Required fields: author, title, school, year. Optional fields: type, address, month, note.

proceedings

 The proceedings of a conference. Required fields: title, year. Optional fields: editor, volume or number, series, address, month, organization, publisher, note.

techreport

 A report published by a school or other institution, usually numbered within a series. Required fields: author, title, institution, year. Optional fields: type,number, address, month, note.

unpublished 

A document having an author and title, but not formally published. Required fields: author, title, note. Optional fields: month, year.

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