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.
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.
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.
multicol
Typeset text in columns, with the length of the columns `balanced'.
rawfonts
Preload fonts using the old internal font names of LaTeX2.09. See Section [*].
somedefs
Selective handling of package options. (Used by the rawfonts package.)
showkeys
Prints the `keys' used by |, |#_#>, |[]| etc.; useful whilst drafting.
theorem
Flexible declaration of `theorem-like' environments.
varioref
`Smart' handling of page references.
verbatim
Flexible extension of the verbatim environment.
xspace
`Smart space' command that helps you to avoid the common mistake of missing spaces after command names.