8.8.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.8.2.1 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)
8.8.2.2 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf
8.8.2.3 Omitting the date when using \maketitle
8.8.2.4 Changing the font size in a table
8.8.2.5 Command for argmin or argmax?
8.8.2.6 Is there any way to do a correct word count of a LaTeX document?
8.8.2.7 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?
8.8.2.1 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)

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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]
 
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8.8.2.2 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf

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At the moment I'm having a problem when trying to view my LaTeX file as a PDF. Whether I do it internal or external I both the error "File not found.". 
I have no idea what file it means. I've read ... 
[errors] [pdf] [texmaker]
 
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8.8.2.3 Omitting the date when using \maketitle

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I'm using the \author and \title commands to produce a title with \maketitle. I also know that there is a \date command to specify the date of my work. However, if I omit \date, \maketitle will ... 
[titles] [datetime]
 
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8.8.2.4 Changing the font size in a table

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What's the recommend way of changing the font size in a particular table? Is there a better way than enclosing all values with, for example, the \tiny function. 
[tables] [floats] [fontsize]
 
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8.8.2.5 Command for argmin or argmax?

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How can you get the argmin or argmax in Latex? Two solutions I found are: 
\underset{x}{\operatorname{argmax}} 
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmin}{arg\,min} 
Any other ideas? 
[1]http://www.breakthru.... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [math-operators]
 
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answered by Jan Hlavacek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=396 Score of 285
8.8.2.6 Is there any way to do a correct word count of a LaTeX document?

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Often assignments (or even papers) have a word count limit. That is not a big deal when using Word, but I don't know how to do that using LaTeX. My solution has been so far to compile the document and ... 
[packages] [compiling] [word-count] [scripts]
 
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answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=48 Score of 213
8.8.2.7 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
 
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answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 246