9.20.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.20.2.1 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 379

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 384

9.20.2.2 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2958

I have the following towards the end of an article. The bibliography is short (4 entries). 
What's happening is that on the very last page of document I get the chart and immediately afterwards the ... 
[floats] [page-breaking]
 

asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=564 Score of 175

answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179 Score of 264

9.20.2.3 How do I turn off equation auto numbering

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2597

I have an equation like this: 
\begin{align} 
P(A \cup B) = \sum_{\omega \in A \cup B} P(\omega) = \sum_{\omega \in A} P(\omega) + \sum_{\omega \in B} P(\omega) 
= P(A) + P(B) 
\end{... 
[equations] [numbering]
 

asked by user1046 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1046 Score of 181

answered by levesque https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10 Score of 203

9.20.2.4 TexMaker - "File not found" when viewing as pdf

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=45900

At the moment I'm having a problem when trying to view my LaTeX file as a PDF. Whether I do it internal or external I both the error "File not found.". 
I have no idea what file it means. I've read ... 
[errors] [pdf] [texmaker]
 

asked by Floris Devriendt https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12124 Score of 35

9.20.2.5 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]
 

asked by David https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=71265 Score of 130

answered by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 Score of 13

9.20.2.6 Remove ugly borders around clickable cross-references and hyperlinks

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=823

I know that I can use hyperref to make cross-references and hyperlinks clickable.  That makes the clickable areas outlined in fluorescent green, however.  How can I make the green boxes go away? 
[hyperref] [color] [boxes] [links]
 

asked by Vebjorn Ljosa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=35 Score of 1054

answered by meep.meep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3735 Score of 1015

9.20.2.7 How can I get bold math symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=595

To make Latin-letter variables bold I can use e.g. \mathbf{a}, but while putting Greek letters or symbols such as \nabla inside \mathbf doesn't cause any errors or warnings, it also doesn't do ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [symbols] [bold]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Michael Underwood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=32 Score of 602

answered by Mark Meckes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206 Score of 513