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Theorem formaing
\theoremstyle{remark} \newtheorem{example}{Example}

Then:
\begin{example} Some text \end{example}

Output is:
Example 1. Some text

What is the way to automatically obtain without indent:

Example 1. Some text

? I tried to write:
\begin{example} \\Some text \end{example}

But there are two drawbacks, first it must be done every-time, second drawback is that it doesn't compile and Latex error is:
./doc.tex:60:There's no line here to end.\\S

{ formatting} { theorems} asked May 20 '11 at 15:07 scdmb

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thmtools may help, otherwise switch to the ntheorem pacakge and learn to use it. It also have a \theoremstyle concept, but it is not about the fonts (as it is with amsthm ), \theoremstyle{break} will do what you want daleif May 20 '11 at 15:16

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Here's an example of the required new style definition using amsthm :
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsthm} \newtheoremstyle{mystyle}% name {3pt}%Space above {3pt}%Space below {\normalfont}%Body font {0pt}%Indent amount {\itshape}% Theorem head font {.}%Punctuation after theorem head {\newline}%Space after theorem head 2 {}%Theorem head spec (can be left empty, meaning normal) \theoremstyle{mystyle} \newtheorem{exam}{Example} \begin{document} \begin{exam} Test exam

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\end{exam} \end{document}

Here's an example using now the predefined break style from the ntheorem package:
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{ntheorem} \theoremstyle{break} \theoremheaderfont{\normalfont\itshape} \theorembodyfont{\normalfont} \theoremseparator{.} \newtheorem{exam}{Example} \begin{document} \begin{exam} Test exam \end{exam} \end{document}

Finally, here's an example using thmtools and amsthm as its backend:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsthm} \usepackage{thmtools} \declaretheoremstyle[ spaceabove=3pt, spacebelow=3pt, headfont=\normalfont\itshape, notefont=\normalfont, notebraces={(}{)}, bodyfont=\normalfont, postheadspace=\newline, qed=\qedsymbol ]{mystyle} \declaretheorem[style=mystyle]{example} \begin{document} \begin{example} Test exam \end{example} \end{document}

edited May 20 '11 at 18:30

answered May 20 '11 at 18:20 Gonzalo Medina

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