2.24.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

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

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2291/how-do-i-change-the-enumerate-list-format-to-use-letters-instead-of-the-defaul

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

- asked by Billy ONeal (130 votes), answered by frabjous (114 votes)

2.24.2.2 How can I get bold math symbols?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/595/how-can-i-get-bold-math-symbols

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  ...
 

- asked by Michael Underwood (201 votes), answered by Mark Meckes (175 votes)