8.7.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.7.2.1 What are all the font styles I can use in math mode?

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As can be seen in above picture, there are lots of fonts or font styles that can be used in math mode. 
What are all the fonts or font styles I can use in math mode, and which packages are required in ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [big-list] [latin-modern] [computer-modern]
 

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8.7.2.2 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]
 

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8.7.2.3 How to center column values in a table?

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How can I center the column values in this code? 
\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{table} 
\centering 
\begin{tabular}{|p{2.5cm}|p{2.5cm}|p{2.5cm}|} 
\hline 
... 
[tables] [horizontal-alignment]
 

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8.7.2.4 Absolute Value Symbols

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What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols?  Are there any packages which provide good methods? 
Some options include|x| and \mid x \mid, but I'm not sure which is best... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

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answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 225

8.7.2.5 How to force a table into page width?

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I have the following table: 
\begin{table}[htb] 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\node (table) [inner sep=0pt] { 
\begin{tabular}{ l | l } 
{\bf Symptom} & {\bf Metric} \\ 
\hline 
Class that has many accessor ... 
[tables] [margins]
 

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answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 220

8.7.2.6 How to change certain pages into landscape/portrait mode

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How can I change the orientation of some pages of my document into landscape mode, while leaving the others in portrait mode (or vice versa)? 
[landscape]
 

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8.7.2.7 What are the available "documentclass" types and their uses?

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Some of the available classes of documents in LaTeX are well known and widely used, such as the article and beamer classes, while others are not so well known, such as the standalone class. 
I found ... 
[document-classes] [big-list]
 

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answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 158