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Is there a way to draw a horizontal line across a page at the halfway mark, without changing the text at all?
I've got to write a document that is one and a half pages long. I've been trying to measure what half a page is without having to print it out and use a ruler each time, then realized there is probably a way to just print a line on each page, so I can see where half a page is. However, how do I specify to put this line at the 1/2 way mark, and not change the text layout at all?
One possible solution would be to use the space reserved for marginal notes to place the comments/notes and to use the background package to place the vertical rule separating the text from the notes/comments; a little example (feel free to adapt and improve my example to suit your needs):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{marginnote}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{background}
\usepackage{lipsum}% just to generate filler text
% settings for the vertical line
\SetBgScale{1}
\SetBgColor{black}
\SetBgAngle{0}
\SetBgHshift{-0.52\textwidth}
\SetBgVshift{-1mm}
\SetBgContents{\rule{0.4pt}{\textheight}}
\newcommand*\Note{%
\marginnote[\textcolor{blue}{\raggedright{\LARGE ?}\ Note }]{}%
}
\newcommand*\Warn{%
\marginnote[\textcolor{red}{\raggedright{\LARGE !}\ Warning }]{}%
}
\reversemarginpar
\begin{document}
some test text\Note{sdfasdfdsfsd} \lipsum[1]
\Warn{sdfasdfdsfsd} \lipsum[1]
\end{document}
A portion of the resulting document:
You can redefine cmidrule so that the page break always occurs after a \cmidrule:
\makeatletter
\def\cmidrule{\noalign{\ifnum0=`}\fi
\penalty\@M%
\@ifnextchar[{\@cmidrule}{\@cmidrule[\cmidrulewidth]}}
\makeatother
Now you can adapt the solution of David Carlisle:
% end page foot
\noalign{\vskip-\cmidrulesep}
\midrule
\multicolumn{3}{r}{\footnotesize\itshape
Continue in the following page} \\
\endfoot
Here the complete MWE:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{longtable} % for table in more than one page
\usepackage{booktabs} % top, mid, bottom rule in tabular
\usepackage{array} % personalize column in tabular
\usepackage{multirow} % multirow, multicolumn in tabular
\makeatletter
\def\cmidrule{\noalign{\ifnum0=`}\fi
\penalty\@M%
\@ifnextchar[{\@cmidrule}{\@cmidrule[\cmidrulewidth]}}
\makeatother
% column with math env in display style
\newcolumntype{L}{>{$\displaystyle}l<{$}}
\newcolumntype{C}{>{$\displaystyle}c<{$}}
\newcolumntype{R}{>{$\displaystyle}r<{$}}
%%% LONGTABLE DECLARATION %%%%%%%%%
\newenvironment{tablebig}[2]{
\setlength\LTleft{0pt} % to obtain {\textwidth}
\setlength\LTright{0pt} % to obtain {\textwidth}
\begin{longtable}{rCL}
\toprule
\multicolumn{2}{c}{\texttt{#1}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\texttt{#2}} \\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
% new page heading
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\footnotesize\itshape
Continue from previous page} \\
\toprule
\multicolumn{2}{c}{\texttt{#1}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\texttt{#2}} \\
\midrule
\endhead
% end page foot
\noalign{\vskip-\cmidrulesep}
\midrule
\multicolumn{3}{r}{\footnotesize\itshape
Continue in the following page} \\
\endfoot
% final foot
\bottomrule
% \multicolumn{3}{r}{\footnotesize\itshape
% Conclusion from previous page} \\
\endlastfoot
% corpo della tabella
}
{\end{longtable}}
\begin{document}
\title{MWE}
\maketitle
\section{Section}
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% line between rows
\newcommand\tncm{\tabularnewline\cmidrule{2-3}}
\begin{tablebig}{First Column}{Second Column}
test & test & test \tncm
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\end{tablebig}
\end{document}
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