9.57.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.57.2.1 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 188

answered by Second Person Shooter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2099 Score of 48

9.57.2.2 bibtex vs. biber and biblatex vs. natbib

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=25701

I've heard of many different bibliography-related packages/platforms/?. What's the difference between the following, which is good for what tasks, advantages/disadvantages, which one is the most ... 
[bibliographies] [biblatex] [bibtex] [natbib] [biber]
 

asked by doncherry https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4012 Score of 643

9.57.2.3 The \bar and \overline commands

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=22100

I want to represent, say, the closure of a set or the extended reals, e.g., $\bar{\mathbb{R}}$ but unfortunately this creates a bar that is much too small (horizontally) and can barely be seen. On the ... 
[stacking-symbols]
 

asked by 3Sphere https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6487 Score of 187

answered by Danie Els https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1683 Score of 103

9.57.2.4 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 143

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

9.57.2.5 Superscript outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=47324

What is the easiest way to superscript text outside of math mode? 
For example, let's say I want to write the $n^{th}$ element, but without the math mode's automatic italicization of the th.  And what ... 
[superscripts]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 Score of 549

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 Score of 799

9.57.2.6 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 387

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 388

9.57.2.7 Double line spacing

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=819

I would like to typeset a draft of my document with double linespacing so that my collaborators have space to write in their edits (with a pen).  How do I do it? 
[line-spacing] [setspace]
 

asked by Vebjorn Ljosa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=35 Score of 241

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 177