7.71.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.71.2.1 LaTeX Editors/IDEs

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What editors/IDEs are available for easing the process of writing TeX/LaTeX documents? 
Please state some useful features like code completion, spell checking, building final DVI or PDF files, etc. 
... 
[editors] [big-list] [ide]
 

asked by hayalci https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=183 883 votes

answered by YuppieNetworking https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=146 353 votes

7.71.2.2 Why do the less than symbol (<) and the greater than symbol (>) appear wrong as upside down exclamation (A^\[DownExclamation]) or question mark (A^\[DownQuestion])?

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When typing < or > in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode. 
[symbols] [punctuation] [font-encodings]
 

asked by biased_estimator https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=996 288 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 257 votes

7.71.2.3 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

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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=564 158 votes

answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179 240 votes

7.71.2.4 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

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I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 

asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=902 235 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 185 votes

7.71.2.5 How to align a set of multiline equations

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I am trying to align a set of long equations, that are themselves align environments as most of them are spreading on multiple lines. 
Currently I just have a sequence of align environments, with ... 
[equations] [align]
 

asked by Thomas 122 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11737 115 votes

7.71.2.6 Using \footnote in a figure's \caption

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Maybe this is an easy one, but I struggled with this now too long :) 
I want to have a footnote in a caption of a figure, see the example. 
\begin{figure}[!ht] 
\caption{a figure caption\footnote{... 
[floats] [footnotes] [captions]
 

asked by Matten https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1125 283 votes

answered by Dee https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16059 206 votes

7.71.2.7 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39017

How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? 
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by Marco Daniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5239 677 votes

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 972 votes