8.71.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.71.2.1 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2275

Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared? 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by artimess https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=833 Score of 377

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 378

8.71.2.2 TeXnicCenter & Adobe Reader DC

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=250472

How to configure TeXnicCenter to work with Adobe Reader DC? When I building and view current file .tex the following error "Can not execute the command" shows up and the PDF is not generated. 
If ... 
[pdf] [texniccenter] [adobe]
 

asked by Walter Silva https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=80192 Score of 63

answered by JiAo\231A~\[DiscretionaryHyphen] ChmelA~\[DiscretionaryHyphen]k https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=82051 Score of 84

8.71.2.3 Dictionary for TeXstudio: 'No dictionary Available'

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=87650

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 106

8.71.2.4 How to align a set of multiline equations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=44450

I am trying to align a set of long equations, that are themselves align environments as most of them are spreading on multiple lines. 
Currently I just have a sequence of align environments, with ... 
[equations] [align]
 

asked by Thomas 122 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11737 Score of 128

8.71.2.5 How to create fixed width table columns with text raggedright/centered/raggedleft?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=12703

I would like to create a table with some columns' width specified, while the text in those columns should be centered both horizontally and vertically. I found out that 
\usepackage{array} 
\begin{... 
[tables] [horizontal-alignment] [width]
 

asked by Covi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3970 Score of 293

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 451

8.71.2.6 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 166

answered by lvaneesbeeck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24686 Score of 11

8.71.2.7 Tabular: title above and caption below?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=15282

I have a table that I would like to put the Title above and a caption below. Intuitively (though I know how troublesome intuition can be in something like LaTeX), I should be able to do as below: 
\... 
[tables] [captions]
 

asked by Alec https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2457 Score of 74

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2693 Score of 53