8.8.1 Top new questions this week

8.8.1.1 Why put figures on top or bottom of page?
8.8.1.2 When a Period Immediately Follows the Lettrine --- A Typography Question
8.8.1.3 Derived \coordinate in TikZ
8.8.1.4 Aligning Enumerate and Itemize lists in minipages
8.8.1.5 How to change the spacing around the plus-or-minus symbol in siunitx
8.8.1.6 How to use the & symbol in the alignedat environnment?
8.8.1.7 A prime in parentheses
8.8.1.1 Why put figures on top or bottom of page?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=632028

In technical writing, I generally use LaTeX, and I'm generally happy with LaTeX's usual figure placement at the top or bottom of a page. However, some of my colleagues who are used to Microsoft Word ... 
[floats] [positioning]
 
asked by Tor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25582 Score of 20
answered by Yiannis Lazarides https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=963 Score of 25
8.8.1.2 When a Period Immediately Follows the Lettrine --- A Typography Question

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=631733

Because of the usual manner in which the French word Monsieur is abbreviated, I have often encountered a chapter beginning something like this: 
M. Nom 
In typesetting such (making use of a lettrine), I ... 
[spacing] [horizontal-alignment] [typography] [french] [lettrine]
 
asked by mlchristians https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 Score of 9
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 9
8.8.1.3 Derived \coordinate in TikZ

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=632054

Why the code not produces the line? 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\coordinate (A) at (0,0); 
\coordinate (B) at (A)+(1,0); 
\draw (A)--(B); 
\end{tikzpicture} 
[tikz-pgf] [coordinates]
 
asked by user258065 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=258065 Score of 6
answered by TorbjA~,rn T. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=586 Score of 11
8.8.1.4 Aligning Enumerate and Itemize lists in minipages

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=631760

This is my first post here, so if you have any improvements in general on how to format  questions, let me know. 
I am trying to create 2 columns (I have used minipages to define width) and then have a ... 
[vertical-alignment] [enumerate] [itemize] [minipage]
 
asked by Karlsen97 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=262417 Score of 6
answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 Score of 5
8.8.1.5 How to change the spacing around the plus-or-minus symbol in siunitx

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=632298

is it possible to customize the space inserted before and after the plus-or-minus symbol using siunitx? 
My problem is the following: when used in math mode, a space is inserted before and after the ... 
[spacing] [siunitx]
 
asked by Bastien https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=209957 Score of 5
answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 Score of 2
8.8.1.6 How to use the & symbol in the alignedat environnment?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=632297

I'm having trouble understanding how to use the & symbol in most of the alignment environnments, in particular in the alignedat environnment. 
I'm trying to align some \Rightarrow and equal signs ... 
[alignment] [alignat]
 
asked by IsaKEKW https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=262171 Score of 5
answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 5
8.8.1.7 A prime in parentheses

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I would like the prime in  $\mathfrak E ^{(')}$ to look like the normal prime in $\mathfrak E'$. 
Also I might like smaller parentheses around the prime. 
[math-mode] [brackets] [superscripts]
 
asked by D.S. Lipham https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=123985 Score of 5
answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 Score of 8