8.11.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.11.2.1 Why does \\ not return a new line in an equation?
8.11.2.2 How to prevent LaTeX from hyphenating the entire document?
8.11.2.3 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?
8.11.2.4 LaTeX template for resume/curriculum vitae
8.11.2.5 LaTeX Editors/IDEs
8.11.2.6 Crop an inserted image?
8.11.2.7 Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files?
8.11.2.1 Why does \\ not return a new line in an equation?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=194236

\begin{equation*}\label{eq:pareto mle2} 
A_0 = \frac{1}{(\alpha+t_x)^{r+s+x}}{}_2F_1\left(r+s+x,x+1;r+s+x+1;\frac{\alpha-\beta}{\alpha + t_x} \right ) "\\\" <br> 
- \frac{1}{(\alpha+T)^{r+s+x}}{}... 
[equations] [line-breaking]
 
asked by user3714137 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=60029 Score of 99
answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 49
8.11.2.2 How to prevent LaTeX from hyphenating the entire document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=5036

I can't find where I can remove any kind of hyphenation and just have LaTeX just do a line break. 
edit: 
Honestly speaking I just don't like to read hyphenation anywhere and that's the only reason why ... 
[hyphenation]
 
asked by Splashy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1713 Score of 229
8.11.2.3 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=41681

Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 
asked by user541686 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2694 Score of 461
answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8499 Score of 430
8.11.2.4 LaTeX template for resume/curriculum vitae

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=80

If you have a TeX'ed resume, did you use a template or make your own? Are there any useful packages? What looks the most professional? How about special considerations for different areas of work (e.g.... 
[packages] [templates] [cv]
 
asked by Otis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8 Score of 551
8.11.2.5 LaTeX Editors/IDEs

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=339

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] [resources]
 
asked by hayalci https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=183 Score of 887
answered by YuppieNetworking https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=146 Score of 353
8.11.2.6 Crop an inserted image?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=57418

I'm inserting an image with a simple: 
\includegraphics[height=5cm]{filename.png} 
This results in an image that maintains the aspect ratio, and so gives me something like 6cm width. I only really ... 
[graphics] [crop]
 
asked by naught101 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13192 Score of 268
8.11.2.7 Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1137

I know how to define a package or a class, but how do I make it available (to myself) at all times? 
Say I have the package file commonstuff.sty (or myprettyclass.cls), that I want to be able to ... 
[packages] [installing] [document-classes] [texmf]
 
asked by Tomas Aschan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=223 Score of 592
answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 377