11.62.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.62.2.1 Dictionary for TeXstudio: 'No dictionary Available'
11.62.2.2 How to add an empty line between paragraphs?
11.62.2.3 Using the \tab Command
11.62.2.4 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
11.62.2.5 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)
11.62.2.6 What is the "correct" way of embedding text into math mode?
11.62.2.7 Double line spacing
11.62.2.1 Dictionary for TeXstudio: 'No dictionary Available'

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=87650

I have trouble spell checking my document in TeXstudio. When I press spellcheck, I get the error No dictionary Available. Am I supposed to install a dictionary separately? How? Any suggestion? 
[texstudio] [spelling] [dictionaries]
 
asked by N Nik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=21429 Score of 113
11.62.2.2 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 175
answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 Score of 188
11.62.2.3 Using the \tab Command

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I have seen several cases of people using the \tab command to insert a specific amount of space between objects (as opposed to the \hfill command which uses any remaining space).  However, I have ... 
[spacing]
 
asked by Mathematician https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=49199 Score of 119
answered by Mathematician https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=49199 Score of 130
11.62.2.4 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39017

How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? 
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference 
[floats] [positioning]
 
asked by Marco Daniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5239 Score of 741
answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 Score of 1062
11.62.2.5 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2063

I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 
asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=902 Score of 254
answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 Score of 200
11.62.2.6 What is the "correct" way of embedding text into math mode?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3415

Lets say I have something like: 
\[ Let x = number of cats \] 
(This is a contrived example, but pretend we are actually inside a long align environment block...) "Let" and "number of cats" need to be ... 
[math-mode]
 
asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192 Score of 307
11.62.2.7 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 253