8.21.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.21.2.1 Real number symbol (UTF-8: a^\204\235) in XeTeX
8.21.2.2 Crop an inserted image?
8.21.2.3 Making the bibliography appear in the table of contents
8.21.2.4 Change image size
8.21.2.5 How to change certain pages into landscape/portrait mode
8.21.2.6 How can I have two tables side by side?
8.21.2.7 Which dot character to use in which context?
8.21.2.1 Real number symbol (UTF-8: a^\204\235) in XeTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=104274

How can I get the 'real number' sign (something like \mathbb{R} with the amssymb package in LaTeX) in XeTeX? 
[math-mode] [xetex] [symbols] [amsmath] [plain-tex]
 
asked by lvaneesbeeck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24686 Score of 165
answered by lvaneesbeeck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24686 Score of 11
8.21.2.2 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 271
8.21.2.3 Making the bibliography appear in the table of contents

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8458

I need to make my (BibTeX) references section appear in the table of contents of my LaTeX document (documentclass: article), with section numbering too. 
My approach until now has been making a new ... 
[sectioning] [table-of-contents] [bibliographies]
 
asked by Genba https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2311 Score of 225
answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 170
8.21.2.4 Change image size

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=64836

I'm trying to change the image size (make it look smaller than the original). 
I tried with the next code but the image still shows at its original size. 
\begin{figure}[h!] 
\centering 
\... 
[graphics]
 
asked by Enrique https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16973 Score of 102
answered by DJJerome https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2863 Score of 99
8.21.2.5 How to change certain pages into landscape/portrait mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=337

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]
 
asked by hayalci https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=183 Score of 394
answered by rcs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=118 Score of 411
8.21.2.6 How can I have two tables side by side?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2832

Suppose I have two tables that don't have many columns (3, for example). How can I position them side by side? 
[tables] [positioning]
 
asked by bada https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=572 Score of 209
answered by TH. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=647 Score of 189
8.21.2.7 Which dot character to use in which context?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=19180

Wikipedia lists several dot characters in Unicode.  These are the ones that are ambiguous to me: 
interpunct, middle dot (A^\[CenterDot])   ·   ·   U+00B7   "midpoint (in typography)" 
... 
[symbols] [best-practices] [punctuation] [unicode] [unicode-math]
 
asked by endolith https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5773 Score of 222
answered by Danie Els https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1683 Score of 145