9.21.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.21.2.1 How do I change the `enumerate` list format to use letters instead of the default Arabic numerals?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2291

I've seen documentation whereby an \alph command is put around the \begin{enumerate} somewhere, but I'm not entirely sure how that operates... 
[numbering] [lists] [enumerate]
 

asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192 Score of 411

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 Score of 363

9.21.2.2 How to include SVG diagrams in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2099

I'm making all my diagrams in SVG format using Inkscape and then I export them to some other format (e.g. PDF, EPS or PNG). I wrote a short script that does this for me automatically, but I'd like to ... 
[graphics] [svg]
 

asked by Martin Tapankov https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=711 Score of 686

answered by Speravir https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9237 Score of 177

9.21.2.3 Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1137

I know how to define a package or a class, but how do I make it available (to myself) at all times? 
Say I have the package file commonstuff.sty (or myprettyclass.cls), that I want to be able to ... 
[packages] [installing] [document-classes] [texmf]
 

asked by Tomas Aschan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=223 Score of 624

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 390

9.21.2.4 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 186

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

9.21.2.5 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=41681

Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 

asked by user541686 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2694 Score of 500

answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8499 Score of 459

9.21.2.6 Changing the font size in a table

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=27097

What's the recommend way of changing the font size in a particular table? Is there a better way than enclosing all values with, for example, the \tiny function. 
[tables] [floats] [fontsize]
 

asked by csgillespie https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=224 Score of 241

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 154

9.21.2.7 How to add indentation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=45501

I am writing a thesis report using LaTeX and I need to add indentations because every new paragraph starts from the initial position on the left. 
How do I add indentations? 
[spacing] [indentation]
 

asked by pavani https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9327 Score of 141

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 Score of 95