4.16.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.16.2.1 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
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[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3504 96 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2975 140 votes

4.16.2.2 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2958

I have the following towards the end of an article. The bibliography is short (4 entries). 
What's happening is that on the very last page of document I get the chart and immediately afterwards the  ... 
[floats] [page-breaking]
 

asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=564 92 votes

answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=179 133 votes

4.16.2.3 How to add a forced line break inside a table cell

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?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: 
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[tables] [line-breaking]
 

asked by Denilson SA~\[DownExclamation] Maiahttps://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=375 502 votes

answered by Bernard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=38908 212 votes

4.16.2.4 Reduce space between enumerated items

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=6081

Background 
A book with lots of images. All of the images are set to "here definitely" (as they must come after the text that introduces them). 
Problem 
The list types (enumerated and bullet) have  ... 
[spacing] [floats] [lists] [vertical-alignment] [positioning]
 

asked by Dave Jarvis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2148 72 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=510 14 votes

4.16.2.5 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} 
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[algorithms]
 

asked by cyclic https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=47334 83 votes

answered by karlkoeller https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=27635 120 votes

4.16.2.6 Using the \tab Command

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=198432

I have seen several cases of people using the \tab command to insert a specific amount of space between objects (as opposed to the \hfill command which uses any remaining space).  However, I have  ... 
[spacing]
 

asked by Mathematician https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=49199 25 votes

answered by Mathematician https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=49199 20 votes

4.16.2.7 Embed LaTeX math equations into Microsoft Word

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=25223

Let's say I have a (comparatively) lovely-looking document in LaTeX, full of lovingly typeset, (relatively) complex equations. 
Now, let's say some Philistines come along one day and decide that the  ... 
[conversion] [msword]
 

asked by badroit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1232 101 votes