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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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