9.18.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.18.2.1 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 294

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 454

9.18.2.2 Forcing linebreaks in \url

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3033

This question led to a new package: 
xurl 
I wish to typeset some relatively long URLs in a piece of text, and when I use \url{..}, the resulting text does not respect the margin boundaries that govern ... 
[line-breaking] [urls]
 

asked by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 Score of 340

answered by Suresh https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=103 Score of 246

9.18.2.3 How to vertically-center the text of the cells?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=7208

I have a simple table as follows: 
\begin{table*} 
\centering 
\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|p{2in}|} 
... 
... 
\end{tabular} 
\caption{The factors the camera solver depends on to ... 
[tables] [vertical-alignment]
 

asked by Rafid https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2418 Score of 185

answered by Second Person Shooter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2099 Score of 46

9.18.2.4 How to write 'A~\[Currency]' and other umlauts and accented letters in bibliography?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=57743

How to write in bibliography (package natbib) letter "a" with two dots above? Specially, I mean the word BirkhA~\[Currency]user. 
Is there a general rule or way how to write such umlauts or other accented letters ... 
[bibtex] [accents] [characters]
 

asked by Laura https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14475 Score of 409

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 557

9.18.2.5 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 327

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 399

9.18.2.6 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39017

How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? 
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by Marco Daniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5239 Score of 714

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 Score of 1018

9.18.2.7 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=108193

Is it possible to get a \neq but with a vertical bar instead of a slanted one? There are inequality operators like AMS's \gvertneqq that feature this kind of "not equal" but not without mixing it with ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [relation-symbols]
 

asked by Christian https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13450 Score of 45

answered by Heiko Oberdiek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16967 Score of 36