8.45.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.45.2.1 inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8: not set up for use with LaTeX

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This is with ref to my previous question Package clash in multilingual report. 
\documentclass[11pt,table,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{lmodern} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\... 
[errors] [unicode] [languages] [cyrillic] [input-encodings]
 

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answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 97

8.45.2.2 Dictionary for TeXstudio: 'No dictionary Available'

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I have trouble spell checking my document in TeXstudio. When I press spellcheck, I get the error No dictionary Available. Am I supposed to install a dictionary separately? How? Any suggestion? 
[texstudio] [spelling] [dictionaries]
 

asked by N Nik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=21429 Score of 104

answered by Peter Jansson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19384 Score of 143

8.45.2.3 How to write two dot above a letter?

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the two dots above a letter represents two derivative of varible t. 
My method: 
\documentclass[UTF8]{ctexart} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{epstopdf} 
\... 
[math-mode] [accents]
 

asked by mma https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=43727 Score of 130

answered by Cain https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=28428 Score of 181

8.45.2.4 Error in TeX Live a^\200\223 Font ... not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

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I freshly installed 'basic' version of TeX Live 2012 (not full, only basic version). 
I have following line in my code: 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
I get following error: 
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-... 
[fonts] [errors] [packages] [texlive] [font-encodings]
 

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answered by mpg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1239 Score of 107

8.45.2.5 Crop an inserted image?

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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]
 

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answered by Tobi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4918 Score of 419

8.45.2.6 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

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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]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3504 Score of 180

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 262

8.45.2.7 How do I align an image to center?

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How do I align an image to center? 
In a beamer presentation I have a 2-3 items on a slide followed by an image. 
The image is not wide enough to cover whole slide, so it leaves around 30% space from ... 
[beamer] [horizontal-alignment]
 

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answered by gcedo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13680 Score of 81