10.27.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.27.2.1 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 311

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 477

10.27.2.2 How to change color for a block of texts?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17104

I am editing a LaTeX paper with Emacs. Sometimes I want to make a block of texts less obvious (or less important to see). Instead of totally hiding them, they should still be there. Is there an easy ... 
[color]
 

asked by SoftTimur https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5110 Score of 353

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 428

10.27.2.3 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=54480

I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 

asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13217 Score of 279

answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15128 Score of 149

10.27.2.4 Show equation number only once in align environment

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17528

I want the equation number to be shown only at the last line, or better, somewhere in the middle of all. So instead of (1), (2), ... only (1). 
I use \begin{align} ... \end{align} 
[equations] [align]
 

asked by Bogdan Lataianu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5350 Score of 282

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 Score of 262

10.27.2.5 Underscores in words (text)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=48632

How can I produce the text Word_one_two in LaTeX? 
I tried: 
Samp\_Dist\_Corr 
But, it doesn't quite look right. Also, I want it in the typewriter font, so actually, I'm doing: 
\texttt{Samp\_Dist\... 
[characters] [typewriter]
 

asked by Flux Capacitor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11728 Score of 246

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 204

10.27.2.6 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 213

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 28

10.27.2.7 How do I put text over symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=74125

This is difficult for me to explain, but how do I put words over a symbol? For instance, I want to add words over an equal sign. Anyone know the command/syntax for that? 
Also adding ^ doesn't cut it..... 
[syntax]
 

asked by Lemon https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10554 Score of 164

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 Score of 129