4.5.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.5.2.1 "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

4.5.2.2 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=225523

I would like to make a partial differential equation by using the following notation: 
dQ/dt 
(without / but with a real numerator and denomenator). Earlier today I got help from this page on how to  ... 
[equations]
 

asked by David https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=71265 36 votes

4.5.2.3 Using multicolumn in latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=131867

I want to create a table like this using Latex 
|               sets            | 
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |  ... 
[multicolumn]
 

asked by mahmood https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=36294 39 votes

answered by m0nhawk https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9790 67 votes

4.5.2.4 \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

4.5.2.5 Big Parenthesis in an Equation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=38868

I have an equation contained inside \[...\], which automatically makes a \sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis.  Any idea how to make  ... 
[math-mode] [delimiters]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9757 114 votes

answered by qubyte https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9043 170 votes

4.5.2.6 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=54480

I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible  ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 

asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13217 149 votes

answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=15128 84 votes

4.5.2.7 No indent in the first paragraph in a section?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=39227

I am just curious that the following format looks good to you or not? The preamble I used is just 
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amsthm} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
... 
[sectioning] [indentation] [paragraphs] [typography]
 

asked by user565739 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=8971 105 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4427 76 votes