10.9.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.9.2.1 How to use \multirow

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=73283

I can compile this table separately but when I want to compile the whole file, it gives me an error, which is fixed by removing \multirow. 
\usepackage{multirow} 
\begin{table}[htbp] 
\begin{center} 
\... 
[tables] [multirow]
 

asked by anna https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18922 Score of 149

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 Score of 216

10.9.2.2 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3504 Score of 200

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 291

10.9.2.3 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=75116

This question led to a new package: 
matlab-prettifier 
Does anybody have a quick and easy way to typeset some relatively long MATLAB code in the appendix? I looked up a few methods, and the mcode ... 
[listings] [highlighting] [matlab]
 

asked by suzu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19279 Score of 119

10.9.2.4 Real number symbol (UTF-8: a^\204\235) in XeTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=104274

How can I get the 'real number' sign (something like \mathbb{R} with the amssymb package in LaTeX) in XeTeX? 
[math-mode] [xetex] [symbols] [amsmath] [plain-tex]
 

asked by lvaneesbeeck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24686 Score of 172

answered by lvaneesbeeck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24686 Score of 10

10.9.2.5 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 245

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 178

10.9.2.6 How to add an empty line between paragraphs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=135134

I have two sections which I'd like to separate by an empty line. Every time I press Enter, LyX removes that empty line between paragraphs. How do I prevent this? 
[spacing] [lyx]
 

asked by goldisfine https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=37301 Score of 162

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 Score of 174

10.9.2.7 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 390

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 389