9.32.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.32.2.1 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 298

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 460

9.32.2.2 How to prevent LaTeX from hyphenating the entire document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=5036

I can't find where I can remove any kind of hyphenation and just have LaTeX just do a line break. 
edit: 
Honestly speaking I just don't like to read hyphenation anywhere and that's the only reason why ... 
[hyphenation]
 

asked by Splashy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1713 Score of 247

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 Score of 215

9.32.2.3 Putting two images beside each other

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=148438

If I want to put two images beside each other, what should I do? I have inserted a figure. But, rather than having the next figure on a new line, I want it to be beside the already inserted figure. ... 
[graphics] [floats] [positioning]
 

asked by Simplicity https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=28871 Score of 81

answered by Masroor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14103 Score of 178

9.32.2.4 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 176

answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179 Score of 266

9.32.2.5 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 382

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 387

9.32.2.6 Reduce space between enumerated items

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=6081

Background 
All book figures are set to "here definitely" (as they must come after the text that introduces them). 
Problem 
The list types (enumerated and bullet) have too much space between them. ... 
[spacing] [floats] [lists] [vertical-alignment] [positioning]
 

asked by Dave Jarvis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2148 Score of 201

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 26

9.32.2.7 Is there any way to do a correct word count of a LaTeX document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=534

Often assignments (or even papers) have a word count limit. That is not a big deal when using Word, but I don't know how to do that using LaTeX. My solution has been so far to compile the document and ... 
[packages] [compiling] [word-count] [scripts]
 

asked by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14 Score of 416

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=48 Score of 226