10.43.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.43.2.1 How can I get bold math symbols?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=595

To make Latin-letter variables bold I can use e.g. \mathbf{a}, but while putting Greek letters or symbols such as \nabla inside \mathbf doesn't cause any errors or warnings, it also doesn't do ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [symbols] [bold]
 

asked by Michael Underwood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=32 Score of 641

answered by Mark Meckes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=206 Score of 548

10.43.2.2 How to add a forced line break inside a table cell

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2441

I have some text in a table and I want to add a forced line break. I want to insert a forced line break without having to specify the column width, i.e. something like the following: 
\begin{tabular}{|... 
[tables] [line-breaking]
 

asked by Denilson SA~\[DownExclamation] Maia https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=375 Score of 913

answered by Bernard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38908 Score of 735

10.43.2.3 Syntax similar to \centering for right and left?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=91566

For images, we can use \centering. Is there anything available to align the image to the right side or the left side of the page. 
[graphics] [horizontal-alignment]
 

asked by sachin irukula https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24343 Score of 186

10.43.2.4 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 205

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 297

10.43.2.5 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 253

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 278

10.43.2.6 Matrix in Latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=204621

I am new to Latex, and I have been trying to get the matrix of following form 
[x11 x12 x13 . . . . x1n 
x21 x22 x23 . . . . x2n 
. 
. 
. 
. 
xd1 xd2 xd3 . . . . xdn] 
... 
[matrices]
 

asked by Lakshmi Narayanan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=63361 Score of 149

answered by skpblack https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=42912 Score of 218

10.43.2.7 Commenting out large sections

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17816

To "comment out" a line, I need to insert a % at the beginning of the line (so that the line will not be compiled). 
Is there a way to comment out a large section without having to manually ... 
[comments]
 

asked by BeauGeste https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5419 Score of 457

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 366