9.59.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

9.59.2.1 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 387

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

9.59.2.2 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 247

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 156

9.59.2.3 \mathbb Z  yields undefined control sequence error

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=38769

I am using WinEdt 6 for compiling my TeX documents. I am getting an error with contains the line $\mathbb{Z}$ showing that it is undefined control sequence. How should I rectify it? Should I include ... 
[math-mode] [errors] [symbols]
 

asked by Ramana Venkata https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10154 Score of 241

9.59.2.4 Absolute Value Symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=43008

What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols?  Are there any packages which provide good methods? 
Some options include|x| and \mid x \mid, but I'm not sure which is best... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 Score of 316

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 239

9.59.2.5 inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8: not set up for use with LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=83440

This is with ref to my previous question Package clash in multilingual report. 
\documentclass[11pt,table,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{lmodern} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\... 
[errors] [unicode] [languages] [cyrillic] [input-encodings]
 

asked by Manish https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19116 Score of 133

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 101

9.59.2.6 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

9.59.2.7 How do you get \mathbb 1  to work (characteristic function of a set)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=26637

I am trying to get the digit one printed the \mathbb{} font in math mode, however the command 
\mathbb{1} 
outputs some rubbish. I certainly saw the character I am after in some pdf's generated from ... 
[math-mode] [formatting]
 

asked by Grzenio https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3329 Score of 239