8.79.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

8.79.2.1 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)
8.79.2.2 How to force a table into page width?
8.79.2.3 How to type special/accented letters in LaTeX?
8.79.2.4 How to typeset subscript in usual text mode?
8.79.2.5 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?
8.79.2.6 How to change color for a block of texts?
8.79.2.7 Commenting out large sections
8.79.2.1 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=4268

No matter how I try to do it I always get the following error : 
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen] not set up for use with LaTeX. 
I have tried using A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]$^{\circ}$, \deg, \textdegree, ... 
[symbols] [unicode]
 
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8.79.2.2 How to force a table into page width?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10535

I have the following table: 
\begin{table}[htb] 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\node (table) [inner sep=0pt] { 
\begin{tabular}{ l | l } 
{\bf Symptom} & {\bf Metric} \\ 
\hline 
Class that has many accessor ... 
[tables] [margins]
 
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answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 232
8.79.2.3 How to type special/accented letters in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8857

How to type these special letters from European languages in latex? 
A~\[Currency], A~(c), and L'? 
[symbols] [languages] [characters] [accents]
 
asked by user2918 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2918 Score of 226
answered by Kit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=791 Score of 192
8.79.2.4 How to typeset subscript in usual text mode?

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It's easy to make subscripts in math mode: $a_i$. 
How do I make a subscript outside math environment, likethis? 
[subscripts]
 
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answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 201
8.79.2.5 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=225523

I would like to make a partial differential equation by using the following notation: 
dQ/dt 
(without / but with a real numerator and denomenator). Earlier today I got help from this page on how to ... 
[equations]
 
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answered by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 Score of 11
8.79.2.6 How to change color for a block of texts?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17104

I am editing a LaTeX paper with Emacs. Sometimes I want to make a block of texts less obvious (or less important to see). Instead of totally hiding them, they should still be there. Is there an easy ... 
[color]
 
asked by SoftTimur https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5110 Score of 324
answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 394
8.79.2.7 Commenting out large sections

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To "comment out" a line, I need to insert a % at the beginning of the line (so that the line will not be compiled). 
Is there a way to comment out a large section without having to manually ... 
[comments]
 
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answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 329