7.56.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.56.2.1 Force figure placement in text

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8625

I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
\... 
[floats] [positioning] [captions]
 

asked by Marin https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2755 565 votes

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=169 687 votes

7.56.2.2 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=4268

No matter how I try to do it I always get the following error : 
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen] not set up for use with LaTeX. 
I have tried using A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]$^{\circ}$, \deg, \textdegree, ... 
[symbols] [unicode]
 

asked by levesque https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10 101 votes

answered by Antal Spector-Zabusky https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1425 92 votes

7.56.2.3 Change image size

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=64836

I'm trying to change the image size (make it look smaller than the original). 
I tried with the next code but the image still shows at its original size. 
\begin{figure}[h!] 
\centering 
\... 
[graphics]
 

asked by Enrique https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16973 97 votes

answered by DJJerome https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2863 92 votes

7.56.2.4 Scale image to page width?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39147

I use 
\inclugraphics[scale=TRYING TO GUESS THE NUMBER FOR PAGE WIDTH]{...} 
but I find this errorsome, is there some ready flag to set the image to page width? I usually use PNG and JPG photos. 
[graphics] [scaling]
 

asked by hhh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2956 248 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 235 votes

7.56.2.5 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2958

I have the following towards the end of an article. The bibliography is short (4 entries). 
What's happening is that on the very last page of document I get the chart and immediately afterwards the ... 
[floats] [page-breaking]
 

asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=564 157 votes

answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179 233 votes

7.56.2.6 Commenting out large sections

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17816

To "comment out" a line, I need to insert a % at the beginning of the line (so that the line will not be compiled). 
Is there a way to comment out a large section without having to manually ... 
[comments]
 

asked by user5419 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5419 386 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 303 votes

7.56.2.7 inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8: not set up for use with LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=83440

This is with ref to my previous question Package clash in multilingual report. 
\documentclass[11pt,table,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{lmodern} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\... 
[errors] [unicode] [languages] [cyrillic] [input-encodings]
 

asked by Manish https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19116 124 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 95 votes