8.11.3 Can you answer these questions?

8.11.3.1 where should my .csv file be for the package datatool to read it?
8.11.3.2 Tikz externalize is **much** slower than tikz on first run
8.11.3.3 Highlighted words in LaTeX disappear in Pandoc
8.11.3.1 where should my .csv file be for the package datatool to read it?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=633337

I apologize for the newbie question. I just started using LaTeX. Where should my .csv be located if I want the package datatool to read it? 
I am so sorry for posting such as question. 
[datatool]
 
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8.11.3.2 Tikz externalize is **much** slower than tikz on first run

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=633175

Short version: The tikz externalize library takes something like 2-3 seconds to compile a single very simple diagram. As a result, when there are many diagrams, the first run of pdflatex is really ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tikz-external]
 
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8.11.3.3 Highlighted words in LaTeX disappear in Pandoc

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=633749

I wrote my thesis in LaTeX, but my supervisor wants a word document. So I used pandoc to convert it. Now I got my thesis back and had to mark the changes. I found this code (see below) to achieve this,... 
[highlighting] [pandoc] [text] [text-decorations]
 
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