4.4.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.4.2.1 What is the "correct" way of embedding text into math mode?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?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  ... 
[math-mode]
 

asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=192 163 votes

answered by Michael Underwood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=32 142 votes

4.4.2.2 \subtitle doesn't work in article document class

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=5948

I'm relatively new to TeX but until now I used mostly the beamer class. There I did this: 
\documentclass{beamer} 
\title{title} 
\subtitle{subtitle} 
\author{name} 
\date{\today} 
\begin{document} 
... 
[titles] [document-classes] [article]
 

asked by nickik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2132 108 votes

4.4.2.3 Texmaker (Windows version) - first use - Error: Log file not found!

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=63999

This is my first time using a LaTeX editor. 
I installed Texmaker allowing it to use the default directory on the C drive. 
Software Versions 
Windows: 7 Ultimate 64-bit 
Texmaker 3.4.1 for Windows 
... 
[errors] [texmaker]
 

asked by Guy Coder https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13131 29 votes

4.4.2.4 Multi-line (block) comments in LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=87303

In LaTeX, % can be used for single-line comments. For multi-line comments, the following command is available in the verbatim package. 
\begin{comment} 
Commented code 
\end{comment} 
But is there a  ... 
[comments]
 

asked by Arindam Pal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=17379 147 votes

answered by guillem https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3941 105 votes

4.4.2.5 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=41681

Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my  ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 

asked by Mehrdad https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2694 299 votes

answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=8499 303 votes

4.4.2.6 Using \footnote in a figure's \caption

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=10181

Maybe this is an easy one, but I struggled with this now too long :) 
I want to have a footnote in a caption of a figure, see the example. 
\begin{figure}[!ht] 
\caption{a figure  ... 
[floats] [footnotes] [captions]
 

asked by Matten https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1125 170 votes

answered by Herbert https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2478 110 votes

4.4.2.7 Dictionary for TeXstudio: 'No dictionary Available'

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?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/newsletter?cta=user&id=21429 60 votes