11.65.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.65.2.1 Column and row padding in tables
11.65.2.2 Superscript outside math mode
11.65.2.3 How to force a table into page width?
11.65.2.4 Which dot character to use in which context?
11.65.2.5 What are all the font styles I can use in math mode?
11.65.2.6 How to add a forced line break inside a table cell
11.65.2.7 Commenting out large sections
11.65.2.1 Column and row padding in tables

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=31672

How do you guys go about controlling column padding in tables? 
Update 
To clarify, I'm looking for a way to control both vertical and horizontal padding. So, if I had a simple table like in the ... 
[tables] [spacing] [columns]
 
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11.65.2.2 Superscript outside math mode

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What is the easiest way to superscript text outside of math mode? 
For example, let's say I want to write the $n^{th}$ element, but without the math mode's automatic italicization of the th.  And what ... 
[superscripts]
 
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11.65.2.3 How to force a table into page width?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10535

I have the following table: 
\begin{table}[htb] 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\node (table) [inner sep=0pt] { 
\begin{tabular}{ l | l } 
{\bf Symptom} & {\bf Metric} \\ 
\hline 
Class that has many accessor ... 
[tables] [margins]
 
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11.65.2.4 Which dot character to use in which context?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=19180

Wikipedia lists several dot characters in Unicode.  These are the ones that are ambiguous to me: 
interpunct, middle dot (A^\[CenterDot])   ·   ·   U+00B7   "midpoint (in typography)" 
dot ... 
[symbols] [best-practices] [punctuation] [unicode] [unicode-math]
 
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11.65.2.5 What are all the font styles I can use in math mode?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=58098

As can be seen in above picture, there are lots of fonts or font styles that can be used in math mode. 
What are all the fonts or font styles I can use in math mode, and which packages are required in ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [big-list] [latin-modern] [computer-modern]
 
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11.65.2.6 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]
 
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11.65.2.7 Commenting out large sections

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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 ... 
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