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### Tools

This collection of packages includes, at least, the following (some files may have slightly different names on certain systems):

array
  Extended versions of the environments `array`, `tabular` and `tabular*`, with many extra features.
calc
  Enables the use of certain algebraic notation when specifying values for lengths and counters.
dcolumn
  Alignment on `decimal points' in tabular entries. Requires the `array` package.
delarray
  Adds `large delimiters' around arrays. Requires `array`.
hhline
  Finer control over horizontal rules in tables. Requires `array`.
longtable
  Multi-page tables. (Does not require `array`, but it uses the extended features if both are loaded.)
tabularx
  Defines a `tabularx` environment that is similar to `tabular*` but it modifies the column widths, rather than the inter-column space, to achieve the desired table width.
afterpage
  Place text after the current page.
bm
  Access bold math symbols.
enumerate
  Extended version of the `enumerate` environment.
fontsmpl
  Package and test file for producing `font samples'.
ftnright
  Place all footnotes in the right-hand column in two-column mode.
indentfirst
  Indent the first paragraph of sections, etc.
layout
  Show the page layout defined by the current document class.
multicol
  Typeset text in columns, with the length of the columns `balanced'.
rawfonts
  Preload fonts using the old internal font names of LATEX 2.09. See Section 6.2.
somedefs
  Selective handling of package options. (Used by the rawfonts package.)
showkeys
  Prints the `keys' used by `\label`, `\ref`, `\cite` etc.; useful whilst drafting.
theorem
  Flexible declaration of `theorem-like' environments.
varioref
  `Smart' handling of page references.
verbatim
  Flexible extension of the verbatim environment.
xr
  Cross reference other `external' documents.
xspace
  `Smart space' command that helps you to avoid the common mistake of missing spaces after command names.

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