3.40.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

3.40.2.1 Is there any way to do a correct word count of a LaTeX document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/534/is-there-any-way-to-do-a-correct-word-count-of-a-latex-document

Often assignments (or even papers) have a word count limit. That is not a big deal when using Word, but I don't know how to do that using LaTeX. My solution has been so far to compile the document and  ...
 

- asked by Vivi (281 votes), answered by ShreevatsaR (152 votes)

3.40.2.2 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2275/keeping-tables-figures-close-to-where-they-are-mentioned

Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared?
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

- asked by artimess (262 votes), answered by Stefan Kottwitz (277 votes)