4.10.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.10.2.1 making appendix for thesis

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=49643

I need some help with creating an appendix for my thesis. I have about 10 figures which need to be in the appendix. I have a good appendix with the following code: 
\appendix 
... 
[appendices] [thesis]
 

asked by user13017 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13017 132 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3954 153 votes

4.10.2.2 What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=24599

In the preamble I have: 
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\setmainfont{Arial} 
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following? 
\tiny, \scriptsize,  ... 
[fontsize] [class-options]
 

asked by Level1Coder https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=6825 199 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 326 votes

4.10.2.3 What are all the font styles I can use in math mode?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?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  ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [big-list] [latin-modern] [computer-modern]
 

asked by doncherry https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4012 301 votes

answered by Christian https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13450 398 votes

4.10.2.4 Make MS Word document look like it has been typeset in LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=8308

A few years back, I used to use LaTeX for writing reports and such, and I really liked the look of them. 
However, nowadays I am forced to use MS Word to write my reports, but that does not hinder me  ... 
[formatting] [typography] [msword] [word-to-latex]
 

asked by Theodor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2788 90 votes

answered by Caramdir https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=83 55 votes

4.10.2.5 How to create fixed width table columns with text raggedright/centered/raggedleft?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=12703

I would like to create a table with some columns' width specified, while the text in those columns should be centered both horizontally and vertically. I found out that 
\usepackage{array} 
... 
[tables] [horizontal-alignment] [width]
 

asked by Covi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3970 199 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=510 308 votes

4.10.2.6 LaTeX Editors/IDEs

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=339

What editors/IDEs are available for easing the process of writing TeX/LaTeX documents? 
Please state some useful features like code completion, spell checking, building final DVI or PDF files, etc. 
... 
[editors] [big-list] [ide]
 

asked by hayalci https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=183 738 votes

answered by YuppieNetworking https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=146 318 votes

4.10.2.7 Write pseudo code in latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=163768

I am trying to write pseudo code in my paper. Here is the snippet and image like what I want.  Can some one please help me to format it. 
\begin{algorithm} 
\caption{Euclida^\200\231s algorithm}\label{euclid} 
... 
[algorithms]
 

asked by cyclic https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=47334 79 votes

answered by karlkoeller https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=27635 116 votes