\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{dmj1331} \pdfinfo{ /Title (reading-skills.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (dmj1331) /Subject (Reading skills Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{5D17AD} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F4F0F9} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Reading skills Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{dmj1331} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/91674/cs/20526/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}dmj1331 \\ \uline{cheatography.com/dmj1331} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 10th November, 2019.\\ Updated 10th November, 2019.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Reading Skills}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Skills}} & {\bf{Definition}} & {\bf{Example}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Predicting & It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story. & Reading the tittle of a book or the chapter of a book and try to guess what is going to happen using prior knowledge. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 12) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Finding the main idea, important facts, and supporting details & Finding all the relevant information to the good \seqsplit{comprehension} of a text. & Reading to make a summary. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Reading for specific information & Look exclusively for requested information. & Reading a text to answer a \seqsplit{questionnaire}. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Making inferences of new words from surrounding words and sentences & Is a \seqsplit{comprehension} strategy used by proficient readers to "read between the lines", make connections, and draw conclusions about the text's meaning and purpose. & Gathering all the information in a story and try to picture how it will end. \tn % Row Count 37 (+ 13) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Reading Skills}} (cont)}} \tn % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Recognizing the \seqsplit{structure/sequence} of a reading & It refers to the \seqsplit{identification} of the components of a story (the beginning, middle, and end). & Identify the parts of a novel. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{white} Critial reading & Involves presenting a reasoned argument that evaluates and analyses what you have read. & Asking your self questions about the readingin order to reflect about them. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 7) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fast/quick reading & It is the process of rapidly recognizing and absorbing phrases or sentences on a page all at once, rather than identifying individual words. & When we are looking for particular information. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 11) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} Scanning & It is a reading technique to be used when you want to find specific information quickly. In scanning you have a question in your mind and you read a passage only to find the answer, ignoring unrelated information. & Reading to find the main idea or topic quickly. \tn % Row Count 43 (+ 17) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Reading Skills}} (cont)}} \tn % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Skimming & It refers to the process of reading only main ideas within a passage to get an overall impression of the content of a reading selection. & Looking for information to write an essay. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 11) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.08 cm} x{5.92 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{Reading Skills}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Concept}} & {\bf{Definition}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Reading & The ability to extract information from a written or printed source. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Skills & To possess the knowledge and ability to execute an activity or a task in a good way. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Reading Skills & The implementation of prior knowledge to extract all the information from a written or printed text. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}